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no pla feed

Posted by malc 
no pla feed
July 02, 2018 04:28AM
Can anyone help please. I am new to this, so I apologise for my knowledge base. I have just bought a Reprap Prusa i3 Impresora 3D DIY kit LCD MK8. I have built it and everything is working, including Cura from a pc running windows 7 64bit except the filament feed. There is no PLA coming out of the print nozzle. I have checked the nozzle and it is clear as is the heat tube in the extruder module. The temperature of the nozzle is 210 and here are the Cura settings - layer height 0.1, shell thickness 0.8, bottom/top thickness 0.6, fill density 20%, print speed 50, print temp 210, bed temp 70, filament diameter 1.75, flow 100%.
I can't hear any motor movement in the extruder head.
Thankyou
Re: no pla feed
July 03, 2018 03:20AM
Does the extruder motor turn/move at all with no load on it? If not you might have a faulty driver or loose connection. Otherwise you might have too much/little idler tension.
Re: no pla feed
July 03, 2018 03:22AM
thanks, I will check that out
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