Printing tips
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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.
Check it out now! You can find it . 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.
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.
Shows a break going across multiple layers. A break on multiple layers indicates good layer adhesion.
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.
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.
We've got a few materials that we do recommend, we've also listed some alternatives without a rating (1-5).
Bambulab
LDO ABS
3DO
White - You can, but we don’t recommend it. The pigment shows a ton of flaws and causes weak layer adhesion.
ASA
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ASA-CF
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Carbon Filled ASA also helps prevent warping while printing
ABS
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ABS-CF
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Carbon Filled ABS also helps prevent warping while printing
