Although I will admit the latest occurrence was due to my bad choice in filament over the months I have had need to clear blockages in the AMS PTFE tubes.
It strikes me that having to dismantle the unit is a little fiddly and have been pondering the idea of making a removable panel underneath the unit to be able to access and unclip the tubes.
Any thoughts/suggestions on this idea as depending on feedback I may give it a go.
It could be interesting. The AMS certainly could have been designed with ease of repairing in mind. I would be concerned with maintaining an air tight seal to maintain humidity levels for those that treat the AMS as a dry box.
Yep, the design would need to be air tight but a nice TPU gasket should hopefully suffice. The bottom half of the unit is available as a spare part so if it all goes horribly wrong the situation can be rectified.
having just cleared a blockage , if the outer case had been made slightly bigger the roller unit could be pivoted at the front of the case to give access to the tubes and would not need to be removed from the box , also it could be held in place by clips and not screws
I saw a TPU bottom access plate for the AMS on Makerworld once. After dismantling an AMS twice today, I’ve been looking for the model, but I can’t find it.