Denford Software & Machines

Hi,

Have been using the UP printer for a few weeks now and have noticed an issue that I hope someone can help with, or may have come across themselves?

Basically when printing some objects I am getting ‘shrinkage’ at one or more of the bottom corners of the component. I have attached a couple of photos of this. The actual finished component is pulling away from the raft it is sitting on. The raft itself is fine in the sense that it isn’t coming away from the platform.



Is it something to do with un-even cooling of the plastic? Or is the component not getting a strong enough bond to the raft?

It doesn’t seem to be a particular point on the platform that this happens. I’m using default settings with either Loose or Hollow Fill.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Guy

I found this to happen on larger prints of mine too. The steps I took to resolve the situation were...

1. Thoroughly clean the breadboard
2. Reduce the density of the fill material (I think there was too much heat at the corners with a higher density setting allowing the material to 'lift')
3. Double-check that the print table is flat and level.
4. Make sure the print table is 90%+ hot before starting your print
5. Keep the fan on low during the initial layers. (turning up later wasn't necessary with the above steps taken).

Having done the above, a print of mine which failed four times for the same reason you have mentioned, then worked perfectly.

Hope that helps.

Many thanks for the pointers S1m0n

I shall give these ago.

Point 5 though - I didn't realise you could control the fan on the Up 3D printer or are you using a different machine? With the Up I have read somewhere that you can change the fan deflection 'plate'. Is the objective to keep heat in the model by reducing the cooling air flow?

Thanks again for the tips,

Guy