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Extruder Drive Stalling

dcecurtis

Extruder Drive Stalling
August 26, 2012 05:15PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 13

My extruder drive is stalling randomly every now and then i turned up the current some bit and that didnt work. I cant tell whats wrong.

Any help would be great,

Thanks Daniel

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Lodorenos

Re: Extruder Drive Stalling
August 27, 2012 04:02AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 83

I assume you mean the motor doesn't turn the gear every now and then. Have you tried loosening the extruder idler?

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dcecurtis

Re: Extruder Drive Stalling
August 27, 2012 08:46PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 13

Yeah, i dont really know why its happening. it pretty much stops turning out of nowhere and i cant cange the current because if i go higher it doesnt turn at all.

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Andrew Smith

Re: Extruder Drive Stalling
August 28, 2012 07:16AM

Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 643

You could be hitting the thermal shutdown, the chip gets too hot and cuts out for a second till it cools. Turn the current down a little.