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Feb 15,  · It is recommended to clean the inside of the feeders after three months. In order to do this, the feeders have to be removed from the printer. The following steps need to be performed for both feeder 1 and feeder 2: Start by removing the material. Go to the configuration menu, select the material you want to remove and then Unload. After this, turn off the printer . May 24,  · Remove the clamp clip from the feeder-end of the Bowden tube, press down on the tube coupling collet and pull the Bowden tube upwards out of the feeder. 3. Remove the feeder: Use the hex screwdriver to loosen the two bolts that hold the feeder to the back panel and remove the feeder from the printer. 4. Reduce feeder tension. For instance the Ultimaker 2 is an awesome 3D Printer but the feeder motor can sometimes be a bit tricky to deal with especially if you are switching between mm and 3mm filament. We printed out and tested this alternate feeder motor design found on Youmagine designer IRobertI. So far the results have been incredible.
 
 

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After several months of ultimaker 3 feeder problems free, I was able to finally purchase Ultimaker S5 printers for the workplace. Now, it’s one problem after another. This wasn’t the trouble free printing experience I had envisioned.

We received these printers a few weeks ago and just ultimaker 3 feeder problems free doing basic test prints, to tech the students. Printer One keeps having an issue grinding into the PVA material. Or not feeding at all. We frequently have to manually “move” material for the prints to print with material.

The feeder tension is set to the middle position and I’m still seeing these grinding issues. Printer Two is even worse. Feeding filament into extruder two is nearly impossible. Filament doesn’t smoothly pass through. It takes a few pushes to get it into the Bowden, which just leads to a ground up filament segment if we attempt to move the material or print.

I don’t know what’s messing up that extruder but it’s clean, no debris I know PVA is tricky and brittle, but no matter how much we change the tensioner, it’s grinding and again, that feed from extruder to bowden seems compromised. Have others had issues with their feeders? I thought I would inquire with the community while awaiting a response.

I spend a lot of effort promoting the ease of use of Ultimaker at work. I’m pretty red faced. Hi LePaulthank you ultimaker 3 feeder problems free your message and for lobbying for the Ultimaker S5! Printer one only has troubles with PVA, or also other materials? Do you preserve the PVA in anyway, either prior or during printing? Printer two; did you try different types of filament?

Could ultimaker 3 feeder problems free perhaps share a picture of your feeder, potentially with the cover off if you mention you had it off before? I’m not sure what I would be looking for, but perhaps something catches our eye. One has only tried PVA that came with the printer. It’s working now Not ultimaker 3 feeder problems free normal process.

Again, only new filament I think one thing I нажмите чтобы увидеть больше is the collet piece holding читать статью bowden into the extruder has some play. So there may be some ultimaker 3 feeder problems free there causing friction. I cleaned out some more debris before putting it all back.

Well, as soon as I had it back together, it’s a struggle to get that filament to slide into the extruder. Back to where I started. Can you push the filament so far into the Bowden tube that you see about 5cm of it? I always load it that way, then you don’t have to wait funtil it comes out of the print ultimaker 3 feeder problems free.

Same here. It can take several shoves to finally get it in there. But that leads to the failure and grinding. I personally always cut a point on the end ultimaker 3 feeder problems free my filament ultimaker 3 feeder problems free i load it, it makes it so much more easy to load than a flat end.

So i would dry it out 65C for hour should do it and then put it in a polybox or some other airtight system, even when in use. The second came out clean. This morning I had a student start a print with support and nothing is coming out the PVA /40564.txt. I always remove the PVA from the printer if i don’t need it immediately againand feed some cheap PLA through the BB core just with the normal “load material” function.

I never had a clogged BB core since i use this method no matter how long it rests unused in a drawer. I guess any leftover PVA will slightly expand in the nozzle when it absorbs moisture and then simply clogs, if it is reheated again Oh – детальнее на этой странице double check if the feeder is correct reassembled – especially take sure that this screwhead is back inside the housing.

Screwhead is inside, thanks for that reminder. It always makes that un-nerving SNAP when you open the feeder. I think I have narrowed it down a bit more. When feeding filament in, it doesn’t seem to always hit the hole in the level to glide into the bowden. It definitely takes some finesse to get through there but it seems like more than usual. With the cover on tension screw under the адресwe tension it to the middle position, per the service manual.

There was a few inch gap between the two segments, so we used the Instagram for windows exe process to push them together. Side note, is there a way for the PVA extruder to do the prime blob as the primary one does at start of print we checked that on in Cura I know we can do a prime tower but that’s overkill. How could that be fixed? Yes, it can do a prime blob just be sure you click on that print core at the top of the settings to swap the settings over источник that print core.

It looks like a bad roll of PVA is the cause of my issues. That’s next! Hi LePaul. Obviously, the filament’s feeder continued to push the нажмите чтобы увидеть больше in such a way that the last bowder between the feeder and the head got disconnected reducing the push inside the head even further.

After cleaning the head with cleaning filament, we ultimaker 3 feeder problems free observed a kind of caramelized clogged material. Hi sankayopthank you for your message and welcome to the community! Please do be aware that you are responding to a post that is over 1,5 years old, and answers given or information found may be ultimaker 3 feeder problems free by now. Before you used your PVA, did you dry it to ensure it is dry enough to use? It is important to realise that the material station is intended to keep your filament dry, not to make it dry.

You can find instructions on how to dry it here. We have introduced a new feeder wheel after Paul’s original issue which significantly increase the reliability of printing with Основываясь на этих данных. I would recommend to stick to the original profile, and make sure your PVA is dry before you load it in the material station.

You might want to check if the coupler holding your bowden tube did not get damaged why the bowden tube got loose. You can do so by removing the horse shoe, push down the coupler and pull out the bowden tube. The coupler should now sit loose in the feeder and you should be able to get it out. In the inside you should see 4 small metal blades that grab into the bowden tube.

If they seem bent or missing you might want to get a new coupler from your ultimaker 3 feeder problems free they don’t cost much. If they are по этому сообщению good or when you have new ones make sure the bowden tube is put back properly.

Instructions can be found here. So I would recommend to dry your PVA, ultimaker 3 feeder problems free the default profile, make sure the print больше информации are clean and let us know how it goes then. Ultimaker 3 feeder problems free netflix for windows not working Thanks SandervG. The result is on-going but looks ok. Of course, at the cost of the resolution that is now limited to 0. Concerning the BB 0.

Nevertheless, I just read about the cardbox /33592.txt with 50’C on the building plate for hrs ; or the hrs in an industrial oven. I don’t see why such a difference. We have both so, I’ll give it a try. Concerning the bowder coupler, I have never seen these 4 small metal blades, so I suppose I should look after them re-order.

I have purchased 6 Ultimaker S5’s for my workplace. We have found that if we put it in our filament dryer for a few hours, it will work pretty well. Every now and then we observe it breaking within the Bowden tube. I highly recommend the PrintDry Pro series of filament dryers!

We also vacuum seal the material in their plastic containers. They are not cheap but for the research printing we ultimaker 3 feeder problems free, we feel it is worth it. We are trying out the Ultimaker Breakaway ultimaker 3 feeder problems free. We’re still working on the ideal settings for it since some of the team find it difficult to remove.

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Ultimaker considers print cores a “consumable” just like filament. Even if you bought one core every 5 spools of filament it wouldn’t be all that significant of a cost. I started an almost 3 hour print a little bit ago. The middle fan is spinning and I will see how it goes. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community.

It’s easy! Already have an account? Sign in here. SandervG posted a topic in Official news , February 9, Share More sharing options Followers 1. Recommended Posts. Print head 1 still works great with an ABS filament. Why would it stop extruding and chew up the filament in the feeder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options JohnInOttawa Posted November 1, When you unload the filament, does it show any divots or signs of grinding?

Jls 0 Posted November 2, Smithy 1, Posted November 2, Great that you were Abel to solve the problem. Thank you. I will check that measurement later. Jls 0 Posted November 3, Jls 0 Posted November 4, Smithy 1, Posted November 4, The fan is still available as spart part, just ask your reseller.

Torgeir Posted November 4, If this is internal noise from the fan, it will need to be changed. Using shrink tube only makes the wire stiffer and make it break soon again. The fan is working, so the problem is probably the fan. Where can I mail order a new fan? Every UM reseller should have it.

I’ve got a video here on how to install it:. Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign In Now. If the glue is good, it will probably keep working just fine like that and you wont need to buy a new feeder. If you exchange your feeder with a new one and are not afraid of very little tinkering , you also could upgrade to the S5-Feeder s :.

The costs for the S5-feeders are about the same as for the UM3 feeders, and the upgrade also contains abrasive-resistance and the filament flow sensor. I have currently interchanged the feeder levers of the two ultimakers and I am testing the faulty feeder right now.

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Share More sharing options Followers 2. Recommended Posts. Hi all, Was printing a 27 hour piece for work and I came back to the piece being a mess of extreme curling at the edge and spaghetti PLA everywhere picture 1 while the nozzle was still moving with no extrusion.

Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options BairdB 1 Posted June 9, What kind of printer is this, is it an Ultimaker? Yes, It is a Ultimaker 2 Extended. How many print hours are on your machine? What’s the tension set to on your feeder? Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. Register a new account.

 
 

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By Jls , November 1, in Ultimaker 3D printers. My printer is not printing at all. All of a sudden today the filament stopped coming out. I am able to load filament properly in either printcore 1 or 2, but nothing comes out during printing. Any ideas? From your description I would say it is the fan. Check the middle fan, it is the one in the door which start automatically when the print core is heating up and hotter than 40C or 50C. Maybe it is blocked by some filament strings or so.

I found that the wires going to the sensor for active leveling were broken. I resoldered them. Then I still had a problem with active leveling until I uncompressed all three springs on the build plate. After that, I did a manual leveling. Then I was able to do active leveling. Now printing seems to work again. The bed springs should be not too soft and not too hard.

If I remember correctly the distance between the two aluminum plates should be 14mm, not exact, round about There is definately a problem with the middle fan. Automatic leveling works when I unplug the fan. From my search, I see it is called an axiel fan I am still confused why a working fan can mess up the leveling sensor.

I assume it would be best to replace the fan. Unfortunately the fan seems to be discontinued. Any suggestions or comments? And when leveling works without the fan, then you probably have a damaged fan cable. The fan creates a lot of interferences when a wire is damaged which causes problems with the capacity sensor used for the leveling process. How hard would it be to splice in new wires? Do you think shrink tubing on the wires might solve the problem? I would use multi tread silicone insulated wire, more expensive -but will never break!

If it’s done right. However, check that it is this “wire intermittent issue”, if not, -this can be EMC noise from the internal inverter inside the fan. Jls I have the fan available here. It’s in stock and available to ship today. In regards to how the fan relates to the active leveling If your fan cable is pinched or damaged, it can create electromagnetic interference while the fan is running, and that interference can disrupt your active leveling readings and cause active leveling to fail.

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Share More sharing options Followers 3. Recommended Posts. Jls 0 Posted November 1, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options Smithy 1, Posted November 1, Would be helpful if you can describe what you have already done or checked. Is the feeder working? Print core clogged? Print core replaced? The feeder is working when I load filament. I am not sure about the middle fan. Is that the fan on the printcore door?

I have the problem on both printcores. I tried my. JohnInOttawa 99 Posted November 1, When you unload the filament, does it show any divots or signs of grinding? Jls 0 Posted November 2, Smithy 1, Posted November 2, Great that you were Abel to solve the problem. Thank you. I will check that measurement later. Jls 0 Posted November 3, Jls 0 Posted November 4, Smithy 1, Posted November 4, The fan is still available as spart part, just ask your reseller. Torgeir Posted November 4, If this is internal noise from the fan, it will need to be changed.

Using shrink tube only makes the wire stiffer and make it break soon again. The fan is working, so the problem is probably the fan. Where can I mail order a new fan? Every UM reseller should have it. I’ve got a video here on how to install it:. Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

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