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====== 3D-Printing Area ====== | ====== 3D-Printing Area ====== | ||
^ Mentors | [[user: | ^ Mentors | [[user: | ||
- | Let's talk about 3D-Printers. | + | ===== Material in the 3D-Printing Area ===== |
- | 3D-Printers are amazing machines, which you can use to create parts, pieces | + | |
- | The only issue here is, is it printable and do you have the right material for it. | + | * Ultimaker 2 |
+ | * PLA | ||
+ | * ABS | ||
+ | * PETG | ||
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+ | Let's talk about 3D-Printers. 3D-Printers are amazing machines, which you can | ||
+ | use to create parts, pieces | ||
+ | here is, is it printable and do you have the right material for it. | ||
Before starting to print, we should take a look at the printer itself. | Before starting to print, we should take a look at the printer itself. | ||
- | === The 3D Printer === | + | ===== The 3D Printer ===== |
If you strip down the 3D-printer to the most basic parts, it consist only of | If you strip down the 3D-printer to the most basic parts, it consist only of | ||
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* the nozzle | * the nozzle | ||
* the printbed | * the printbed | ||
* filament holder | * filament holder | ||
- | Before printing you should always clean the printbed. | + | - Before printing you should always clean the printbed. |
- | Make sure the printbed is well leveled. \\ | + | |
- | Every 40 printhours, oil the axes of the printbead. | + | |
- | Every 100 printhours, clean the filament holder. | + | |
- | Every 120 printhours, oil the printbed axe. | + | |
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+ | 3D-printing has a huge dependency on the room temperature. So if your room has | ||
+ | around 30°C, simply postpone it. You have a 70/30 percent chance, that the | ||
+ | print will simply ends in failure or that he refuses to print. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The same goes of course for a room, which is to cold. Let's say around 10°C. | ||
+ | You would need to change your material settings to get a somewhat good print | ||
+ | and the adjusting will take at least 1 hour. | ||
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+ | The ideal room temperature is around 20°C. A printer cover, which leads to a | ||
+ | more stable print room temperature, | ||
+ | the printer posses a print cover, you need to adjust the material settings too. | ||
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+ | ===== Filament ===== | ||
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+ | The filament is very important as it is your print material. It's quality | ||
+ | should be conserved as far as possible. We have boxes to stock all the material | ||
+ | which is not used. If you change the material, be sure to put them into one of | ||
+ | these boxes. | ||
- | 3D-printing has a huge dependency on the room temperature. So if your room has around 30°C, simply postpone it. You have a 70/30 percent chance, that the print will simply ends in failure or that he refuses | + | Depending for which purpose you will print your part, you have to consider |
- | The same goes of course for a room, which is to cold. Let's say around 10°C. You would need to change your material settings | + | material attributes. **Example: |
- | The ideal room temperature | + | down. it will become very though. on the other side it is not very resistant |
+ | water. ABS on the other hand is resistant | ||
+ | Also it is not very heat resistant. | ||
- | === Filament === | + | Most suppliers, like [[https:// |
- | The filament is very important as it is your printmaterial. It's quality should be conserved as far as possible. We have boxes to stock all the material | + | information, |
+ | attributes |