Printing tips

What material should I use?

ZeroG printers are designed to be printed using ABS or ASA. This means we’ve included tolerances for material shrinkage in our models.

It’s recommended to print your ABS or ASA parts inside of an enclosure, this will greatly increase layer strength.

We find that parts printed in ABS+ are weaker in layer adhesion compared to non ABS+ filaments. Although easier to print, they’re easier to break. We’re aware that not every blend of ABS+ is equal, however it’s what we found with the ABS+ we tested.

Calibration print

Check it out now! You can find it here. This test print will assist you in determining the proper fitment of dowel pins, heatsets, and bolts, as well as testing the bridging and overhangs. The printable pages description will provide you with the necessary settings to use.

Analyzing a break

Great! Let's use this moment to check your layer adhesion. We mostly use our Steppers mounts or X Joints to check the adhesion. Below you’ll find a picture of a collection of breaks, on how it should look.

Example 1 - X Joint

Shows a break going across multiple layers. A break on multiple layers indicates good layer adhesion.

Example 2 - Stepper mount break

White stress marks showing on the break but nothing on multiple layers. White stress mark on plastic indicates force was needed to seperate the layers.

Example 3 - x joint

The part has been printed with a .6 nozzle showing a gap between the outer perimeter and the inner perimeters. It’s still a strong part, the break goes across multiple layers.

Filament choices

Materials we recommend

We've got a few materials that we do recommend, we've also listed some alternatives without a rating (1-5).

Material

ASA

Recommended

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Note/Info

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Material

ASA-CF

Recommended

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Note/Info

Carbon Filled ASA also helps prevent warping while printing

Material

ABS

Recommended

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Note/Info

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Material

ABS-CF

Recommended

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Note/Info

Carbon Filled ABS also helps prevent warping while printing

Filament brands that we recommend

• Polymaker

• Bambulab

• LDO ABS

• 3DO

Filament colors that we DO NOT recommend

1. White - You can, but we don’t recommend it. The pigment shows a ton of flaws and causes weak layer adhesion.