Head Cooling Fan - Stratasys FORTUS 360mc Service Manual

Head Cooling Fan

Purpose
1.
Prevents filament from softening before entering the tip
Figure 2-2: Filament Path from Drive Wheels to Liquefier
Drive Wheels
Filament must
remain solid in
this area.
Tip
Flange Area
Liquefier
Heater Block
Heater Block
• Filament serves two purposes within the system: in a liquefied state, it is
• Filament must remain solid from the point at which it leaves the drive
• The Head Cooling Fan directs cooling air to the drive wheel and tip flange
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extruded to build models; in a solid state, it is used to push softened
filament through the modeling tip.
wheels until it is inside the tip. If the filament softens too early, filament
mis-feed will occur.
area. This allows the tip to reach extruding temperature while filament
entering flange remains solid.
(Figure 2-2).
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