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Questions tagged [temperature]

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How to tell if PLA temp is too hot/cold

I was having an issue with flat sheets raising up during initial layers. I had my bed at 80 °C and kept raising it thinking it was an issue with cold. After reducing the temperature to 50 °C the sheets sit flat now but sometimes sections come loose.…
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What temperature should I bake PLA prints at to increase strength?

I recall seeing that it's possible to "bake" or "anneal" or even "remelt" PLA prints to strengthen them. As I understand it, the main effect is improving layer adhesion, which is the main source of weakness in tension in the original Z-axis…
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At what bed temperature is it safe to remove PLA prints?

I print with PLA with hotbed set to 60 °C. If I try to remove the print immediately after printing, the bottom part of the print might deform and keep the shape to which it was bent at the time of removal. If I don't remove the print immediately,…
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BLTouch error causing bed and nozzle temp setpoints to change to zero

I replaced my CR-10 motherboard with no problems and ran fine for a few weeks, then decided to add a BLTouch. BLTouch was enabled from the config.h during compile. I had heating issues at first but eventually figured out I had the thermistors plugs…
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Horizontal lines on feature/geometry/density change

I've had an Ender 5 Plus for a few weeks now. It's printing great and I've got my tuning pretty good at the moment. I've noticed some horizontal inconsistencies matching feature/geometry changes. It seems to be associated with maybe layer time(?) I…
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Increase of filament diameter near nozzle when printing long time

I own a Creality Ender 5 Plus printer, and I use 1.75 mm PLA filament made by ESUN. When I print parts weighing less than 200 grams within a day using the standard quality settings (0.2 mm layer height and nozzle temperature of 210 °C), everything…
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Why is MPC better than PID for 3D printers, and (why) is it more useful for 'high-power heaters'?

The YouTube video 'PID vs MPC' from Mark Misin Engineering Ltd perfectly demonstrates that Model Predictive Temperature Control (MPC) is more powerful than Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID). Marlin implemented MPC as described in Marlin's MPC…
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Changing the temp from 200/60 in any degree triggers thermal runaway

I am new to 3D printing and having a strange issue I don't understand and would love some help with. I have an Ender 3 Pro and when I use the settings 200 °C & 60 °C it prints fine. However, I want to change the bed to 55 °C as the bottom layers are…
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Ender 3 hot end heater "stuck on"

Forgive this long-winded post, but I thought it would be helpful to include the back story leading up to a very scary situation on my Ender 3. I was printing a job and everything started out fine just like it normally does. I'm not sure if it is…
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Calculating suitable pressure for compressed-air-based cooling

I've heard a bit about folks using air compressors with tubing to the toolhead and outlet openings there as part cooling. One example is the Berd Air, but from the information I can gather, it works with rather low pressures where the expansion of…
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How to print at low temperatures (filament melting at about 70 °C)?

I'm using Cura to slice prints from a biodegradable polyester called PCL (Polycaprolactone). I need to print @ ~70 °C but extruder does not run until nozzle reaches 175 °C. Which setting to change so extruder will turn on when nozzle temperature has…
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Edit G-code in Octoprint to adjust temperature

I have a few G-code files uploaded to Octoprint for a project, where I will be printing many items of the same model, sometimes in different colors. I have some new filament for this project, in a different color and from a different brand, but of…
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Why does my CR-10 SE bed heat up to 60 °C just to cool down to 50 °C using Creality Print?

I just got a new CR-10 SE. I downloaded the newest version of Creality's slicer (It's called "Creality Print" instead of "Creality Slicer"; see pic at end), and printed a couple of test prints. The prints look great, but I noticed that every time I…
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Printing more heat resistant materials or increasing melting point

I use an Ender-3 3D printer with no additional modifications, due to a specific project I require printing of material that is more heat resistant than the usual PLA by at least 40 - 50 °C. A method to somehow increase the melting temperature of the…
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Ender 3 printer shutting down with "MAXTEMP BED" error

I had problems with my extruder and while I was fixing it, this came up on the screen and it started beeping (I shut off the 3D printer and started it again but it still came up on the screen): ***ERR: MAXTEMP: BED PLEASE RESTART*** If I turn on…
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