Changing Tips Or Material Type - Stratasys Fortus 360mc User Manual

CHANGING TIPS OR MATERIAL TYPE

Note: If you are changing tips, or changing to a different material type, the user
interface has a menu selection that guides you through the process.
Caution: If the material type is changed, the tips must be changed.
Perform the following steps to change the system's tips/material type:
1. Clean the oven and the tip wipe assembly.
Note: Residue from lower temperature materials can melt and drip onto higher
temperature parts if cleaning is neglected.
2. Inspect the tip wipe assembly (refer to
3. From the Main Menu select
4. Select
Change Tips/Mtl..
The Change Tips/Mtl. menu is designed to guide you through the steps necessary to complete a
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material type change, or a tip replacement procedure.
• Select each step sequentially, from top to bottom, within each displayed menu screen.
Skip steps only if they are not relative to the procedure being accomplished (a tip may be
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changed without changing material type; a material type change should always be accompanied
by a tip change).
Some steps are not selectable - indicated by an * preceding a number, i.e. *2, *3. They are
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provided as a convenience to guide you through the procedure in the appropriate sequence of
steps.
5. Select
Unload Model and Support..
The head warms up to the material operating temperature, and the canister LED rapidly flashes
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green.
• Once the necessary temperature is reached, the head drive motors and canister drive motor turn
in reverse. The material is pulled back from the head about 4-6 inches (102-152 mm).
• The head temperature lowers to standby temperature and the canister LED turns to a slower
flashing green (same flash rate as used to indicate canister Ready condition).
"Clean/Inspect Tip Wipe Assembly" on page
Operator Control
Build Job..
>Operator Control..
Modeler Status..
Maintenance..
and press ENTER.
Unlock Door <E>
Load/Unload Mtl..
>Change Tips/Mtl..
Calibrate..
and press ENTER.
>Unload Model and Support.. <E>
*2. Insert new canisters (if required)
*3. Install tips
Select Materials/Tips..
and press ENTER.
|*Tips: Model T16
|* Support T16
| Temp Control..
| Move Head/Stage..
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