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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Motor

« on: September 01, 2022, 03:25:03 PM »

Well, got the motor shipped to me, and it's not working either. I'm thinking maaaaybe it's the PCB board that is not working, ordered one a replica from Aliexpress, but it will take months for it to get shipped here. swapped the motor with my Z axis on the printer and it does kind of work but not fully, maybe they use a different pin set. need to play around with the connectors as well. contacted Zortrax support group on FB, waiting for someone to actually give me a call so we can discuss the issues with the printer, which is nice, but then again I hope it will happen since their support is a bit off and they take a while to get back to you. I do hope they can find the ribbon cable somewhere that they can ship to me alongside with a motor and the CPB board, Hope it's not going to cost me a fortune, otherwise I would probably give up on this printer since it's giving me so many issues.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Motor

« on: August 30, 2022, 10:05:24 PM »

Yes I did, I've noticed that some pins are kind of connected 5-6-7 i think.

Got a new motor, and it also does not work. ehh. Some one online suggested to take parts from Duplicator 6 since it's pretty much identical for M200. The motor was like 8$ in total 40$ including shipping.
https://wanhao.store/products/d6-34-z-axis-motor-extruder-motor


I know it says Z axis but also says extruder motor. i took a leap of faith, no big deal. It kind of twitchy on Z axis motor as well LOL

Here are the markings on it.


Moons' Stepping Motor
Type C17HD40102-05N
61406203  20/12/19


Oddie, or Julia, need your help desperately, it seems that you are the only people left out there who can truly help with M200 printers
Any possibility to do a zoom call?

I've been trying but looks like even my IT skills are a bit Kurva with this printer lol

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Motor

« on: August 23, 2022, 01:45:20 PM »

I've actually found one at work and tested it out, both motors work fine when i switch them over but both also do not work with Extruder PCB board when I wire them in.
Printer is not complaining about the cable anymore, heats up the element with no issues, both fans work fine, calibration works as well, did all the tests on in the Maintenance menu and everything is working perfectly. So this leaves me with absolutely no idea what else to try in order to make the motor work.

Tested the all pins on PCB board and they all pass through current, maybe something is wrong with the PCB board it self?

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General Discussion / Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Motor

« on: August 22, 2022, 09:07:28 AM »

Hello All,

My Zortrax Extruder Motor is not working, (kind of) is there a generic brand of motor I can replace it with or it has to be Zortrax brand?

Funny thing is that it's not working when I connect it to Extruder PCB but when I disconnected my Z axis motor and connected it it works fine.

Are they special kind of motors specifically designed for extruding materials?

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 19, 2022, 11:34:08 PM »

Yes indeed, that was my plan all along, I've actually wanted to advice you to do the same

I'm just waiting for it to "settle" in with all that electrical tape so the pins would not move easily. I'll do that when my next issue will get resolved. I will post a new topic about it thus not flooding this particular discussion. Hopefully it will be helpful for all the other people who are looking for answers to a problem that I've had

Thanks again for your help.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 19, 2022, 11:07:26 PM »

Yesssss it worked, it was my mistake in the end (I practically made a reverse to a reverse cable lol. Thanks you sooo MUCH my friend.
Here is my final product, and the cables and connectors are not going anywhere

Now I'm facing a different problem, but I'm going to troubleshoot it, and make a new topic on the forum.

Thanks again for your help Odie.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 19, 2022, 12:50:08 PM »

Hi Odie,

Yes, I tried exactly that. I have not connected all the cables in my first picture bc it was just a practice run, I've switched over all the cables and connectors several times, I think where I made a mistake was the cable the wrong way. If you can see the pink line is on the left side of the cable, but it should be on the right side on the cable.

Based on your diagram I need to align the clipping pins to with the cable and the connector on the PCB board, AND theeeennn reverse the cables. 

I will give it a try today and will let you know. once again that's for your help and prompt responses

Just to clarify, all the pins need to be reversed, there are not exceptions on any of the pins that need to stay not reversed?

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 18, 2022, 11:05:17 PM »

Thats what I have going. ive just isolated the rest of the pins.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 18, 2022, 10:16:24 PM »

I still dont get it. I've tried so many different combinations, but it still complains to check the cable. Let me take some pix of what I have and I'll layi it down to you so maybe you can point my mistakes. Uff, it's fun and frustrating at the same time, but I'm glad that I found a SOMEONE WHO IS WIILLING TO HELP.

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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable

« on: August 10, 2022, 03:20:44 PM »

Having problems finding that damn cable, looks like it's out of stock everywhere.
Was thinking in building my own, found a pretty cheap cable here.

https://www.amazon.ca/BLS-2-54mm-20-Pin-Connector-Extension/dp/B073QR4S2W/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=20+pin+IDC+cable&qid=1660151300&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE1MldHTzg0V1oxVjcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA1MzUxNThQMU9BR1JFQUY3SVImZW5jcnlwdGVkQWRJZD1BMDY5NzAzMjNON0pRRUE4V1kxQ0Ymd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

But need to understand more about those pin 1 to pin 1 connector, do any of you guys can create a diagram of how those need to be connected? Technically it is Pin 2 right? As I remember Pin 1 and Pin 10 are not connected on the original cable. Will come home and check the existing broken cable.

I'm good at IT but a bit confused with the electronics part.