Material feeder makes loud squeaky noise

[ecflam 0]

Hi all,

I got a UM2 couple weeks ago and the material feeder started making this loud squeaking noise couple days ago. Any idea? Here is a video:

http://lavandespa.com/images/temp/squeaky_feeder.mp4

Thanks.

 

[ecflam 0]

nevermind, I unwind the filament roll a bit and the sound went away.

 

[mnis 11]

That happens sometimes, and could be due to a partially higher water content in the filament, I suppose.

Markus

[fingerpuk 0]

It's the filament rubbing on the extruded as it enters.

[gr5 2,265]

What fingerpuk said. I recommend putting the filament on the floor. This rubbing causes problems and slowly grinds up the black ABS plastic that the feeder is made out of and that ABS plastic gets dragged eventually into the nozzle where it causes serious problems in the nozzle such as blockages or reduced ability to extrude.