Printing Batch 1 PLA

Hey All,

By now most or all orders should have been shipped. And many of you have been recieving them. It is just PLA so there should not be any issue but here is a general set of guidlines and potential gotchas that might come up.

Print Settings

• PLA

• 60-70 degree bed

• 210-225 Degree hotend.

• Fan on 100% at 1mm

The astute amoung you will have notices that the temps are higher than most PLA. That is true. Most PLA prints at 180-220. That is also true for this, sort off. We did not use standard PLA which is often 4043. We printed with a PLA called 850. This is a high heat PLA that is much stronger. It was actually designed to be a partial alternative to ABS. We use this material for its higher clarity and it is what we use in our print farms.

Depending on your machine most generic PLA settings will be fine. But if you are running into issues like jamming on PTFE throat machines we would reccomend upping the heat a bit. (Because often the sensor data for the hotend is also not the true hotend temp, but that is another conversation)

Other than that use regular retraction settings and print on standard build plates from Glass to Buildtac

Below is the technical datasheet for the High Heat Ingeo 850 PLA for this batch.

TechnicalDataSheet_3D850_monofilament_pdf.pdf

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