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SLS p r o c e s s 6 5 P R E P A R E T O B U I L D
u s e r ’ s g u i d e u n l o a d i n g t h e I P C
3
When the green light is on steady and the
BOS operator panel display says
Breakout
Station Standby Mode , press .
4
When display says Breakout Station Ready ,
turn the POWDER TRANSPORT switch on
the BOS operator panel to the RECYCLE
position.
5
While in RECYCLE mode, if there is powder in
the BOS powder transport hopper, the BOS
will respond to IRS requests for to send it.
U n l o a d i n g t h e I P C
The IRS Blender bin
must be full before the
IRS can transfer
powder to an SLS
system. When the
Blender is low, the
yellow lamp on the IRS stacklight is on.
When you are ready to unload the IPC, move
it next to the IRS, connect the
IRS umbilical,
pressure
sensor line
, and grounding clamp
through the access opening at the bottom of
the crate.
See Loading Virgin
Powder on page 167 for
more details on IPC
features and functions.
Pulse air
Powder
dilute air
Powder
IRS umbilical connections on IPC
Bulkhead
connection
with RFID
tag reader
Umbilical
Ground wire
connects to
IPC band
clamp
IPC
P
ressure
sense
line connection
(available at the
crate access
opening)