Renkforce RF2000 v2 Series User Manual

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17. General notes on 3D printing
The print quality of 3D printers depends on a great many factors.
Itisnotalwayspossibletoachieveasatisfactoryprintresultattherstattempt.
Extruder temperature
Thebestextrudertemperaturedependsonthelamentmaterialandtheprinterlayerthickness.Themanufacturerinformationfortheprinting
temperature can vary very strongly here.
Performthersttestprintsatatemperatureinthemiddlerangeofthemanufacturer'sinformation.
To optimise the print quality, print the same object with the same printing layer thickness and different extruder temperatures in 5 °C steps and
then compare the results.
Thiswayyoucanapproachthebestextrudertemperaturefordifferentlamentsandprintinglayerthicknessesmosteasily.
If the extruder temperature is set too hot, the material cannot cool off fast enough and will melt the layer below again.
Iftheextrudertemperatureistoolow,thelamentwillnotbecomeliquidenoughandthelamentowisnothomogeneous.Theindividualla-
mentlayersalsocannotcombinesufciently.
Printing plate temperature
Theoptimaltemperatureoftheprintingplatealsodependsonthelamentmaterial.Itpermitsperfectadhesionoftheprintedobjecttothe
printing plate.
PLA can also be printed without a printing plate, but a temperature of approx. 60 °C has turned out to be ideal.
When printing PLA (particularly at small objects with a small footprint), the heating bed should additionally be applied with cleaning tape or a
slightly structured crepe tape to increase surface adhesion.
ABSneedsaheatingbedforprinting.Otherwiseitwillnotadhereatalloronlyinsufciently.Here,atemperatureofapprox.120to130°C
should be tried out.
If the temperature of the printing plate is too high, the printed object may distort or the lower layers will cool off too slowly.
Ifthetemperatureoftheprintingplateistoolow,theprintedobjectwillnotadheresufcientlyorthecornerswillcomefreeoftheprintingplate
while printing.
Print layer thickness
The print layer thickness determines the height of the individual print layers and thus the resolution and quality of the printed object.
The thinner the printed layers, the better the print quality and the longer the print duration.
The thinner the printed layers, the lower the print quality and the shorter the print duration.
Experimentwiththeaboveparameterstondthebestprinterresultsforyoudependingonthematerialused.
 TherstprintattemptsshouldbedonewithPLAlament,sinceitisamaterialthatcanbemasteredrelativelyeasilyandthatis
subject to fewer problems with shrinkage, accuracy and adhesion on the heating plate.

Renkforce RF2000 v2 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Renkforce
Model	RF2000 v2 Series
Category	3D Printers
Language	English