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Unloading the Print Cake After a Print
After a print and before part breakout, you must remove the print cake from the print chamber and transport it to the MQC System .
Pull Pins
Laser
Window
Lowering heaters in print chamber
Insert Laser Window
Baffle Plug
To remove the print cake:
1 . Turn off the chamber lights .
1 . Open the outer door of the print chamber .
2 . Unlatch and open the inner print chamber door .
3 . Raise heaters .
4 . Remove the Laser Window by turning it counterclockwise ¼-turn and pulling it out of the top of the chamber . Put it in a safe, clean
location and clean it before reinstalling it into the print chamber . See the section,
“Cleaning the Laser Window” on page 59
.
5 .
Press the red Laser Window Baffle Plug into the top of the chamber (see illustration).
6 . With the handle facing towards you, fully insert the print cake cylinder into the print chamber, placing it over the print bed .
Full insert print cake cylinder into chamber
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let the print cake cool down without the nitrogen flow.
Make sure the outer tabs of the cylinder catch on the rim of the print chamber door .