Removing Canisters - Stratasys Fortus 360mc User Manual

• The display will show
6.
Replace the canister. Refer to
Installation" on page

Removing Canisters

1.
Removing an Empty Canister
A.
B.
Note: Empty canisters have a small, unusable volume of
material remaining. The leftover material allows
manufacturing tolerances and ensures that Auto Changeover
works properly.
• There will be a piece of material, approximately 2 inches (50.8 mm) in
2.
Removing a Partially Used Canister (refer to
numbers).
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Caution: IMMEDIATELY pull the canister from the bay after
lifting the drive block lever. A delay may allow filament to be
forced into the canister. If filament is forced into canister, cross
winding is likely, making the entire canister unusable.
F.
4-15, and
Raise the drive block off the canister by lifting the drive block lever.
Pull the canister out of the bay.
length, that extends beyond the filament exit hole. When removing an
SR20 support canister, this piece may break off as the canister is removed.
Make sure that the broken piece drops out of the drive block. If necessary,
remove the drive block inlet to remove this piece of material.
Unload filament from the liquefiers (see
Liquefier Tips" on page
After
Unload Complete
thumbwheel door (item 3).
Re-insert the square foam gasket (item 7A) into the thumbwheel door.
Close the thumbwheel door.
Raise the drive block off the canister by lifting the drive block lever.
Immediately pull the canister out of the bay (within ten seconds of lifting
the drive block lever).
*AtHead for the unloaded material.
"Removing Canisters" on page
"Handling/Storing Canisters" on page
Figure 4-3
"Unloading Material from the
4-13).
is displayed on the user panel, open the canister
4-14
4-14, "Canister
4-21.
for referenced item