3D Systems, Inc.
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Blended Material Bin:
Material which is a combination of used material and fresh material is stored for production use in
this hopper . The system handles this automatically .
Used Material Bin:
Material which has gone through the system is stored here for production use . The used material is
reclaimed through the sifter .
See letter ‘F’ below
.
Fresh Material Input:
Fresh material is loaded at this location . The user must scan the RFID tag on the container across
the RFID Reader
(See letter ‘I’ below)
to open the doors .
Breakout Controls:
This roller switch allows the user to turn the sifter on and off .
Reject Chute:
Spent material (as determined by the user) is loaded into the reject chute .
Sifter:
The user removes the parts from the print cake in the breakout area and places the material for reuse into the
sifter . After sifting, the material will be transported to the used material bin .
Breakout Area:
The print cake is brought here using the
Part Transfer Cart Assembly
.
Thermocouples:
Two temperature gauges for the print cake used to determine whether or not the print cake has cooled
sufficiently to break out the parts.
Nitrogen Blanket:
This lid is placed on top of a filled print cake cylinder to control the cooldown of the print cake using
nitrogen .
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
I
G
H
F
E
D
C
K
L
MQC System – Front View
ProX Material Quality Control (MQC) System
Supplied by
: 3D Systems
Installed by
: 3D Systems
The ProX MQC System is an integral part of the ProX 500 3D Printer . It is responsible for properly regulating and controlling the SLS
material used to print parts with the ProX 500, as well as breaking out parts from the print cake . Up to two printers can be used with a
single MQC System .
B
A
