Cycling Power; Loss Of Extrusion - Stratasys Dimension Elite User Manual

Cycling power

1. Turn the power switch to the OFF (O) position. The display will show Shutting Down.
2. After the printer has cooled down enough to shut down, the display will go blank.
3. When the display is blank and the printer has shut down, turn the circuit breaker to the OFF
(O) position.
4. Once the circuit breaker has been turned to the OFF position, wait 60 seconds and turn the
circuit breaker back to the ON (I) position.
5. Turn the power switch to the ON (I) position. The printer display will show that it is starting up.
Once the display shows Idle or Ready to Print, you can send a file to the printer to be printed.
Note:
for it to reach its normal operating state.

Loss of Extrusion

Occasionally, the printer's head may experience loss of extrusion. This will be evident by
observing one of the following:
• Seeing the head moving with no material coming out of either liquefier tip
• The height of the model and support materials are not equal
• Sagging structures due to lack of support materials
WARNING:
of printer!
Diagnose loss of extrusion:
1. Press Cancel... and remove any parts from the printer.
2. Insert a new modeling base.
3. From the display panel, press Maintenance...
4. Press Machine...
5. Press Head...
6. Determine if there is an extrusion problem by pressing Forward (command will be available
after Head reaches operating temperature). Watch both tips for several seconds, looking for
extrusion (material purge).
Note:
extrude material. After the tip reaches operating temperature you may need to
wait up to 30 seconds before extrusion will begin.
7. Press Stop to stop the extrusion.
8. If material steadily flowed from the tips, the head is not experiencing loss of extrusion.
9. If material did not extrude from both tips,
10. Return the printer to the Maintenance state - Press Done... then press Yes when the printer
displays Is Material Loaded?
1 1. Press Done... until back at Idle.
When the system is 'cycled' in this manner, it may take up to 15 minutes
The head area is very hot!! Use gloves when working in this area
If it was previously at a cool temperature, the tip may not immediately
See "Recovering From Loss of Extrusion" on page 48.
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