Nano Polymer Adhesive is designed to minimize failures on high-end polymers. Whether you run a print farm or make single, high-temperature, functional 3D prints, this adhesive will make your work far easier.
Nano Polymer Adhesive is designed to minimize failures on high-end polymers. Whether you run a print farm or make single, high-temperature, functional 3D prints, this adhesive will make your work far easier.
Vision Miner’s Patrick Smith and Rob Lent sit down to talk about why choosing high-temperature plastics is the smart, long-term investment for many businesses in 2019.
Every failure is another step towards mastery. Every failure teaches you something new about your part that you must master to get better. And, every failure takes you a step in the direction of getting that part perfectly tuned in.
For 3D printers, cooling settings affect the blow rate of the fan mounted at the head of the print nozzle. Interestingly, this fan actually blows cold air onto the plastic at the mouth of the nozzle, not at the metal of the nozzle itself.
The balance between nozzle diameter and layer height comes down to both personal preference and project requirements. If you need a part fast and it does not matter how that part looks, then you can go with higher layer heights and a larger nozzle with little concern. But, if you need a part to fit accurate specifications as well as look detailed, you may consider going with thinner layer heights, assuming you have the time required.
The purpose of a heated bed on 3D printers is to provide a semi-warm place for the initial layers to fuse together and maintain strength and toughness. When the bed is too cold, the foundation of your part will become too hard before laying flat. This creates warping, a lack of bed adhesion, and a failed print.
The key to supports is understanding how plastic rests after being printed. Naturally, 3D printers are incapable of printing in mid-air, so we utilize support structures to give features such as overhangs an area on which to print. All of the material used as support can be seen as sacrificial material you remove once the part is done as its sole purpose is to build up to the point at which the part begins.
In today’s article, we take a brief look at temperature tuning for 3D printers. While this will change depending on each material you go with, it is important to familiarize yourself with a baseline understanding of how temperatures affect printing.
The trade-off between speed and quality is a matter of the hardware in a 3D Printer. Do you need a strong part where looks don't matter but quick printing time does, or do you want a part with perfect dimensional accuracy and little to no surface blemishes.
In 3D Printing, retraction pertains to the process of physically retracting material within the printing head during movement. Tuning your retraction is important because too much or too little will affect part quality.
When people normally hear about 3D-Printing, they have the idea of a microwave where you can drop your part in, press a button, and wait until a perfect part comes out in due time. However, 3D-Printing is a far more complex and involved process, especially for high-temperature applications with advanced materials.
PEEK Printing can be a challenging, yet rewarding experience. At Vision Miner, it’s our job to maximize the reward and minimize all of your challenges. This article will explain how to properly print in PEEK by drawing attention to crystallization.
