Questions tagged [extrusion]
Questions about extrusion mechanisms in varying types of 3D printers or the extrusion process.
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Inconsistent layer widths and uneven outer walls
I have problems with layer widths and uneven outer walls on my 3D prints. Sometimes layers are squeezed and sometimes pushed outside. I noticed that these problems happen when there are retractions on ...
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Why does FlashPrint have different (non-100%) default extrusion ratios for different filaments?
In FlashPrint there is an Extrusion Ratio setting. It's set to 97 % for the stock PLA profile and 107 % for the stock PETG profile.
I would've thought these would be 100 % by default (and the same for ...
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Extruder stops printing before finishing first layer (Ender 3 v2 w/BIQU H2)
Let me preface this with me being quite a newbie to 3D printing, however, I am an engineer and coder, so tinkering with stuff like this is quite the norm for me. Don't be afraid to be too technical, ...
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Ender 3 v2 layer skips
I am having some issues with my printer skipping/not extruding random layers of my prints. It happens a few layers in and sometimes doesn't even affect the entire layer. I have tried switching from ...
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What makes a new nozzle clog before I can finish the print?
I found my Ender 3 was skipping extruder steps a lot, mainly while printing infill (tri-hex at 30%), to the point I saw several layers of infill with spotty extrusion or nothing adhered at all.
When I ...
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Ender 3 extrusion not working properly
I got a new hotend for my Ender 3. When I start to 3D print a model, everything seems to be going well. After about 20 minutes or so the extrusion stops and the extruder motor can't push the filament ...
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Inconsistent layer stacking
I'm throwing this out that as a long shot, as I'm not sure if anyone can help me, but maybe there's someone out there who had a similar issue and might have successfully dealt with this before.
I'm ...
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Bioprinter does not extrude Anet A8 Marlin
I have a modified Anet A8 that is supposed to print hydrogels
(paper : Ultra-Low-Cost 3D Bioprinting, Kahl M et al. 2019).
For this to work, we do not need any temperature-related settings, however, I ...
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Prusa MK3S not extruding during printing but extruder working
I didn't have any printer-related problem for the past 6 months, but now all of a sudden my Prusa MK3S stopped extruding during printing.
This is very strange as I can easily load\unload filament and ...
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Prints have over extrusion only during diagonals
So I have printed multiple benchies with various slicer settings. I have also made sure my bed is leveled well.
But no matter what I do, I get these over extrusion whenever my nozzle is moving in ...
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My Monoprice Select Mini v2 isn't pushing out filament and it isn't the nozzle
The printer isn't pushing out filament.
I'm using the filament that came with the printer, and I know it's not the nozzle. I've tried to get the metal piece surrounding that goes from the Bowden ...
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What volumetric extrusion rates can the Ender 3's stock hotend achieve?
With a fully stock Ender 3, the limiting factor is almost surely the extruder, not the hotend, so I'm asking from a standpoint of having an upgraded extruder (mine is direct drive) but stock hotend. I'...
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Bed is leveled and not warped but still uneven printing?
I have the Creality CR-10S. I replaced the glass it originally came with as it was warped and I wasn't getting any material out on 2 of the sides.
I switched to a PEI sheet and got the same results ...
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Top and bottom of part not coming out smooth
I have an Ender 3 printer and can not figure out why the top and bottom layer of this print comes out the way it does every print. I have tried increasing the initial layer height to 0.3 mm and ...
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What is cause of blob when layer area reduces by 50%?
This is printing PETG extruding at 250 °C, 1st layer bed at 80 °C then 60 °C on other layers. Nozzle is 0.4 mm; printer is German Reprap X400. The all metal extruder is clean with no oozing. The ...
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What are ways to avoid heat creep?
Printer configuration and many settings affect heat creep. Heat creep stopping extrusion doesn't necessarily involve melting the filament too high above the nozzle. All it takes is making the ...
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How to change the extrusion value (E parameter) in G-code?
Before I ask you my question I want to summarize my problem.
I am trying to build my personal 3D Printer and I can send the controller of my Extruder (Motor) only integer values. Slicer (Cura) ...
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Are there FDM epoxy/resin printers?
After seeing a question about FDM printing of temperature-resistant parts, high-temperature 2-part epoxy came to mind. Are there any (experimental or production) FDM extruders for laying viscous, fast-...
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Printer is over extruding for the first few layers
I'm facing a strange issue where my printer is over-extruding only for the first 6-8 layers (layer height of 0.2 mm).
All the layers above that have no such issue, which, as far as I understand, rules ...
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e-steps are wrong only during printing moves
I have two otherwise-identical machines (called "Lefty" and "Righty"), so I have a baseline to compare. I am running Marlin 2.0.7.2 on both machines. They are Creality CR-10 ...
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Incorrect inner dimensions of 3D prints with Ender 3
I have problem with my Ender 3. Whenever I print, I have proper outer dimensions (accuracy usually better than 0.1 mm, sometimes a bit worse), but every hole, pit or any inside dimension is inaccurate ...
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Will 3D printing work upside down or in zero gravity?
I assume SLA printing only works on Earth and upright.
But would fused-filament printer (e.g. Prusa Mk3) work in zero gravity? What about upside down or sideways? If not, could it be modified to work ...
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Ender 3 Pro - Randomly skip lines
I am a newbie to the 3D printing world. Every night spending hours researching and troubleshooting. Recently though I am having a weird problem for which I can not figure out a solution. While ...
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Help fixing Prusa i3 MK3 print jams
While printing a paint rack from thingiverse I keep getting jams. Other prints (shorter) work fine. Can anyone give me a clue?
Here's a video of the printer
I thought it was heat creep so I increased ...
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How is the extrusion rate matched to the movement speed?
A typical line of (depositing) G-code seems to set a maximum speed (F), a new position to move to (X, ...
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What causes this characteristic pattern and what is it called?
I am using a Qidi Tech 1 (Flashforge Creator Pro). There is no auto bed leveling and I have done my best to tweak it by hand using the screws underneath the heated bed plate.
What is causing this ...
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Resume print but no extrusion
Had a print stop about 20 % through and read through some old questions (3+ years) so I'm posting again. Apologies if it's in here some where...
Found the layer to restart, deleted everything from ...
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Gaps between perimeter walls; potential under extrusion?
The cube is a 2 cm x 2 cm with infill at 30 % and layer height 0.2 mm, more details can be seen below.
I'm printing with PETG using an Ender 3 printer.
There seems to be a gap between the perimeter ...
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Filament consistently jamming / clogging in Bowden tube on MP mini 3
I've had this MP Select Mini III for years and years. Lately it's consistently jamming/clogging somewhere between the hot end and the PTFE tubing - but not right away, often when it starts getting to ...
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Causes of over-extrusion?
What could be the causes of a consistent over-extrusion? I know about these:
steps/mm of extruder motor set too high
larger filament diameter
slicer setting: filament diameter - setting it lower ...
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Optimum ratio of line width to layer thickness for overhang performance?
When I have overhangs in my model, Cura colors them red. However, I noticed if I make layer thickness thinner, the red area is reduced or disappears.
This could mean that thinner layer thickness is ...
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Creality CR-10 problems with extrusion while printing
I have an extrusion problem with my creality CR 10 3D printer while printing.
I am using a standard 0.4 mm nozzle with a 1.75 mm diameter PLA and I use Cura as my slicer.
This printer ...
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Increase volumetric flow rate using a longer nozzle
I'm looking to increase the printing speed, through increasing the volumetric flow rate, which is currently at 5 mm³/s. Larger amounts cause the feeding mechanism to skip steps.
I'm running at ...
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Partially missed / dragged layers
I'm trying to diagnose a print issue that looks like a missed layer (sorry, first-time printer here)
and
Specs:
Printer: QIDI Tech X-Plus (direct drive).
Material: PLA.
Extruder temp: 200 °...
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PLA support material suddenly a problem on Ender 5
I have an Ender 5 that I meticulously calibrated with good success and was regularly getting great print quality with PLA. I stopped using it for a couple of months and when I resumed (without having ...
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Monoprice select mini underextrusion?
Can someone please review the picture and tell me things to try to fix, the threads are full of little gaps. The layers that are solid, below the threads have a tiny bit of space between them. Is it ...
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CR10 V2 under extruding and heating up too quickly
The heater cartridge on my CR10 V2 broke so I ordered a new one(12V). After replacing it the new one heats of very quickly past the target temperature and the slowly decreases to the target. Once it ...
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Ender 5 Pro print quality issue
I got my 3D printer from Creality 1 day ago. My dog off the SD card came perfectly, Benchy was also printed almost flawlessly. I used standard Benchy settings on all my prints.
Now I tried making a ...
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Gobs of filament during initial movement of extruder
I have successfully printed a few models on my Maker Select V2 (Wanhao Duplicator i3) including 3D Benchy, but I'm seeing a consistent problem with a model that I've sliced with Cura.
The extruder ...
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Ender 3 Extruder First Layer Perfect But Then Starts Clicking Afterwards
All of a sudden I seem to be having a lot of issues with under extruding on my Ender 3. The bottom layer (of height 0.1 mm) prints perfectly fine. This is done at 15 mm/s speed. However, The ...
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New PETG spool from eSUN is making popping sound while extruding
I just bought new eSUN PETg filament. When I started to extrude it, I heard popping sound same as moisture boiling out of it. I don't expect new eSUN vaccum sealed filament having moisture content. Is ...
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Wavy lines on 1st layer only
I'm getting wavy lines on the first layer only in both the x and y direction identically. The first layer is 0.4 mm with a 0.4 mm tip. The other layers are 0.2 mm. I've tried changing the Z offset ...
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How to solve this extrusion problem?
I was using this model at 100% infill to test extrusion:
The printer is an old Printrbot which I converted to Klipper, so I'm doing some tests to ensure correct parameters.
ABS filament 3 mm (not 2....
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Prusa i3 MK3S keeps clogging during print. Ugly streaks sometimes, and complete clog when printing with lower layer lines
The extruder on my Prusa i3 MK3S keeps clogging while printing. Loading is fine, and each time it clogs, unloading and loading the filament seems to work.
The filament extruded just after resolving a ...
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Ender 3 Pro extruder drive rocking back and forth
I've been running this Ender 3 Pro for quite some time with no problem up until recently. The issue was the printer refused to extrude filament (the extruder stepper seems to be rocking back and forth)...
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3D printing overhangs that are over .200 in
I am new to 3D printing but have been in CNC Machining for a few years. I have a part I am trying to print that is a cylinder 1.000 in. in diameter and has a .200 in overhang starting at 1.300 in. In ...
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Why and how am I supposed to change the extrusion multiplier? [duplicate]
The slicing software knows exactly (given accurate E-step, filament diameter, nozzle diameter values) how much cold plastic is pushed in the extruder and how much mass is extruded.
Why should the ...
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How to calculate the extruder gear ratio given a desired max printing speed filament diameter and nozzle diameter?
I have a Printrbot LC with the following extruder gears:
Stepper on the right, filament toothed gear inside, same size of the small stepper gear.
I don't have much more information besides the model ...
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Ender 3 Pro Filament extrusion problems
I run quite a few Ender 3 Pro's using the same slicer settings (Simplify3D), and just recently I have noticed a very odd extrusion problem.
I find that at about the same height on several printers ...
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Why is my 3D printer not extruding properly?
I have a Duplicator i3 mini, which has yet to make it a month without breaking. This time it is extra broken because the filament is not extruding properly. the most successful print I've had yet had ...
