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.
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).
ASA
⭐⭐⭐⭐
-
ASA-CF
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Carbon Filled ASA also helps prevent warping while printing
ABS
⭐⭐⭐
-
ABS-CF
⭐⭐⭐
Carbon Filled ABS also helps prevent warping while printing
Filament brands that we recommend
Bambulab
LDO ABS
3DO
Filament colors that we DO NOT recommend
White - You can, but we don’t recommend it. The pigment shows a ton of flaws and causes weak layer adhesion.
Last updated
Was this helpful?