Operation Manual

BFB-3000 Set Up and Operations Manual
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6.9.2 Extruder control
 Make sure all extruders are loaded.
 Use ‘Manual move’ (page 18) to move the extruders to the centre of the machine,
and lower the bed. This makes it easy to clean any purged material.
 On the control panel select the ‘Extruder control’ function and press enter:
RUN FILE
EXTRUDER MAPPING
MANUAL MOVE
>
EXTRUDER CONTROL
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SETTINGS
 ‘Extruder control’ manages one extruder at a time (E1, E2 or E3) using the buttons on
the control panel.
EXTRUDER CONTROL
Cur
Tgt
RPM
E3
E2
25C
0C
0
>
E1
259C
*
260C
0
“>” indicates
selected extruder
E1, E2 or E3 are
selected using
the Z buttons
Temperature
at extruder
nozzle (°C)
Target
temperature
at extruder
nozzle (
°C).
Use Y buttons
to change.
Revolutions per
minute for the
extruder drive
screw. Use X
buttons to
change.
Extruder motor
will not turn until
target
temperature has
been achieved.
“*” indicates
extruder is being
heated.