Material everywhere around the hot-end

[Guest]

Hi everybody!

So I got a failed print some time ago where I came home to a huge ball or material around the hot-end.

Currently it's only an esthetic problem but could it start moving towards the fans and block them?

Is there any guide on what to do?

 

[gadgetfreak 7]

We had to remove such blocks two times over about 10 months...it could be time consuming or pretty quick to remove it. Try with removing the fan shroud first if possible. Heat the hot end and use pliers and a soldering iron to remove pieces of the blob.

Last time it took only 10 minutes I think. You can ask Anders tomorrow about it, he did it pretty fast.

[ultiarjan 1,162]

arghh that seems like a big leak ... any idea what has caused it ?

 

[gadgetfreak 7]

It could be anything that causes the extruded plastic to curl up against the side, like a damaged nozzle tip or old dried plastic/plug etc I guess...usually after a long failed night print.

[ultiarjan 1,162]

Ahh.ok i thought you had a leak at the top of the heatingblock....

[nallath 674]

It's not only asthetic a problem, it will very soon be a problem for your entire hotend. Degrading / burning PLA does not improve your print quality So, remove the PLA as soon as possible, and check if everything is tightly screwed.

 

[peggyb 161]

could be worse...

someone started a print and walked away, all the pla (5 hours print) got stuck.

Removed it like gadget freak said; heating the nozzle and a soldering iron.

 

[Guest]

Ok, thanks for quick answers! I'll try to remove everything before printing again!