Canister Bay; Accessing The Bays; Canister Bay Components - Stratasys Fortus 360mc User Manual

CANISTER BAY

ACCESSING THE BAYS

The canister bays are accessed by opening the canister bay door on the front of the system
canister bay door is not a part of the door safety interlock system and, therefore, can be opened during system
operation.
Figure 3-13:

CANISTER BAY COMPONENTS

THE CANISTER BAY
The standard 360mc/400mc system has two operating material bays - 1 model and 1 support.
• An optional four bay upgrade (large oven option) is available for the system and can be added before
or after system installation.
For two bay systems, the middle two bays are operating bays.
The middle left bay holds modeling material; the middle right bay holds support material.
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• The two end bays can be used for canister storage.
For four bay systems, all four bays are also operating bays.
• The left two bays holds modeling material; the right two bays holds support material.
Note: Auto Changeover capability is included with the four bay option -
automatically loading a second canister during a build when the first canister
runs out of material (see
While building, two canisters will be active. An active canister has material filament loaded to the liquefiers
(steady green LED).
On four bay systems, you can replace inactive canisters without pausing the system.
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Canister Bay Components - (shown with 4 operable bays - large oven option)
Canister
LEDs
Model Material
Canister
"Canister Auto Changeover" on page
Vacuum
Canister Gauge
Drive Levers
Air Pressure
Gauge
Purge Waste
Bucket
Support Material
Canister
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45).
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