Questions tagged [heated-bed]
Use this tag for questions about the Heated Build Platform or Plate (HBP) for 3D printers.
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Printing PLA on PEX surface - is heated bed needed?
I have a WhamBam build system on order. A magnet attaches (glues down I think) to the Aluminium printing bed (or add a glass sheet? Separate question), then PEX material on flexible steel sheet gets ...
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Tronxy Marlin boards (two of them) reboot when asked to heat bed
I have two Tronxy 2.0 V5 Marlin boards that reboot whenever heat is applied to the bed. The bed has been swapped (because I thought that was the problem) for a new shiny one. The thermistors, too, of ...
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Long prints shifting with Ultimaker 2
I am currently using Ultimaker 2+ to print some big parts with PLA. As long as the printing lasts for less than 15 hours (that's what I observed by experience, approximately), there are no problems.
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Minimum MOSFET rating for MK3 heatbed
My printer (Prusa i3 Mk3 rework clone, with a 200 x 200 MK3 ALU-heatbed, RAMPS 1.4) has a car relay for heated bed control. It works just fine using bang-bang on Marlin, but I would like to replace it ...
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Will this MOSFET allow the heat bed to run at a different voltage than the control board
I am currently running my Tronxy X5s with a MKS Gen L board. So far I have not ran the heat bed over 50 degrees C since I have only printed with PLA so far. I plan to try PETG and/or ABS in the near ...
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Premium heated bed upgrade options?
The stock heated bed which came on my Creality printer is significantly warped beyond any simple leveling with the screws. Lets say I want to upgrade the stock bed to a premium heated bed, does such a ...
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Magnetic heatbed options - can I trim these to size?
I'm looking at options for removable heatbed surfaces for my Prusa Mk2 clone, which has a MK42 bed, 250x210mm
I have a removable spring steel plate at the moment, but it is not dependably flat - ...
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Creality CR-10S Pro 3D printer heated bed turns off after first few layers: normal?
When I run prints on my Creality CR-10S Pro 3D printer (using Ultimaker Cura as slicer), I set the heated bed to around 70 °C for PETG. after the first few layers, the heated bed set point ...
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Adhesion problem when printing calibration test
Here is my first attempt at printing a "Bed Leveling Calibration test".
It obviously didn't come out as I would have hoped, but what can you say just looking at this picture?
Is it possible to tell ...
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How to clean up my buildpate for a new build surface?
My ender3 came with a BuildTak-clone surface, and as I was a little too vigorous in getting the print off the bed (I had failed to level right and printed a bit too tight to the bed, resulting in ...
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Bed leveling compensation not working! [closed]
I have a DIY 3D printer that uses a probe as z min limit and bilinear bed leveling. The problem is that bed leveling compensation sometimes doesn't work.
This is in my starting scripts in Simplify3d:
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How to remove exess filament from bed after removing model
Recently got an Anycubic I3 Mega Printer and I've been playing with what it can do, but after a model is done it leaves residue on the build plate behind that is bugging me. Do I NEED to remove it? If ...
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Evidence of a warped build plate?
The first layer is very patchy indeed. I've calibrated the build plate pretty accurately but even if it was a badly calibrated build plate I don't think it would have this effect.
It doesn't seem to ...
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Silicone spray as a release agent?
I've just printed my very first part and it did not want to come loose from the build plate, it fact, it just broke instead.
I can heat the bed up again and work it off, but I wondered if a release ...
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Heatbed PID vs Bang-Bang - which one is more stressing on components?
I recently switched from Bang-Bang to PID controlled bed heating. The stock firmware pulsed On/Off with about 5 seconds each cycle. Now with PID, my bed keeps its temperature much more stable, the ...
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RAMPS board - no power to heatbed
I'm setting up my first 3D Printer, a Prusa i3 MK2 clone.
When I try to heat the bed, nothing happens. Then Marlin throws this error after a while:
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Proper wire gauges for extending all CR-10S wires
I want to extend all my CR-10S wires. I have two long wire types: 22 and 18 AWG wires. I've done some research and found the following:
Extruder heating element: 22 AWG or lower.
Extruder thermistor ...
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Bed heating from Pronterface works, but not from LCD menu nor from SD print
Running my Ultrabase (glass plate) through a MOSFET on an stock A8 board with Marlin 1.1.8. When I do PID tune through Pronterface (by using the M303 E-1 C8 S70 ...
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Upgrading to silicone heat bed, will it burn my house down?
I'm looking into upgrading my heated bed and replacing it with a silicone bed. I know nearly nothing about electronics, so I would like someone more knowledgeable to confirm if what I have theorized ...
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Clamps / clips for glass on heatbed
I'm looking for clamps to fix the glass on my heatbed. After some search I found that some people use clamps printed of PLA. Can I use PLA clamps for a heated heatbed (~60 °C)?
I also tried ...
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Will a glass bed warp as it is heated?
I purchased a glass bed to use with my still-in-transit Ender 3. Since the bed came in before the printer, I pulled it out and used a flat edge ruler to see how flat the glass surface is.
It appears ...
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Build plate cools during print
I am using a Flashforge Creator Dual Extrusion 3D Printer with RepG (ReplicatorG), and tonight a print completely detached from the build plate.
I reset everything and watched it closely. It is a ...
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Anet A8 Hotbed Not Heating Correctly
For my Anet A8 I replaced the stock power supply 12V/20A with a eTopxizu 12V/30A, plus I added a fused 250V/10A power switch and mosfet. The issue that I am having involves the hotbed, it has no ...
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How to center my prints on the build platform? (Re-calibrate homing offset)
When I print large prints close to (but not exceeding) the maximum dimensions of the heated build platform on my Anet A8, the brim or skirt or the print itself is printed outside the heated bed, while ...
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Heatbed with zones?
Waiting for a heatbed to get up to 85˚C for a relatively small part got me wondering why beds aren't hardware/G-code configurable for what area is heated? I'm sure it would be an increase in parts ...
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POM filament not sticking to the build plate?
In the creation of the process of printing my own bearings to reduce noise, minimize play/tolerances and size the bearings to the actual size of the application, I obtained a spool of Polyoxymethylene ...
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Adhesion problem (heat bed or extruder issue)
I am having an issue with the transition from the first layer to the second. It seems that the first layer isn’t staying put on the hot bed and the extruder is dragging it around creating a ball of ...
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Heated Bed not heating on original Prusa i3. Using a Ramps 1.4 EFB
So as the title said my heated bed stopped heating mid print.
I'm pretty confident the bed itself is not the problem as I've ran continuity tests from the wires and a resistance check (which showed ...
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How do skirts aid print bed adhesion?
In cura one of the options under "build plate adhesion" is "skirt", which seems to simply print a loop around, but not touching, my print. How is this supposed to help my prints stick to the bed?
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Speeding up the heating of the heated bed
Currently I am using a 12 volts, 20 amperes power supply (Model S-240-12)
The stepper motors and the extruder need 5 amp, and the heated bed build plate needs 11 amp.
Technically you only need to ...
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Monoprice i3 clone heat shuts off printing abs
I have the Monoprice Select 3D Printer (i3 clone). I'm trying to print ABS. I set the temperature to 230°C for the extruder and 110°C for the bed. I can see the printer warming up to those ...
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Can I have a glass bed with only the center heated?
I have a 15x15 cm heating resistor from my current printer (printing area: 12x12 cm).
I would like to switch to a glass bed and to rework my printer to increase the printing area to 20 cm (22x22 cm ...
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Print slipped away
I try to configure my 3D Printer properly.
I printed this boat model https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2763854 (with a scaling of 0.6):The quality of the print looks nice but at the last roof the ...
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Mains powered heatbed safety
I'm building a 40x40x40cm corexy and I am quite impatient so I want the heated to reach the target temperature as fast as possible, so I ordered a Keenovo silicone heater
It is a 220VAC 1200Watt bed, ...
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Why is a heated bed important?
I hear that heated beds can help with removing finished prints, but not all printers have them!
Is this a nice to have or must have feature?
Are there any downsides to heated beds?
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Flat heated bed replacement for uneven bed
So the heated bed I got with my anet a8 is not entirely even. The middle of the bed is lower than the outer edges of the bed, which always causes issues with the first layer, especially with a larger ...
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Heated bed for the XYZprinting Davinci mini w
Anybody ever tried to retrofit a heatbed to the Davinci mini? Guess it should be possible with z-axis offset, but it seems very hard to find one with the proper dimensions (165mm x 165mm or 6.5" x 6.5"...
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How to increase bed temperature over 103 degrees
I am having problems with my tevo tarantula large bed 12Volt power supply, I am getting the thermal protection message when heating my bed with target temperature set to 115 degrees.
The process slows ...
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What is the power consumption of the heatbed and hotend?
What is the power consumption of your heatbed (size) and hotend (model)?
I want to verify that it is possible to use a battery to power them.
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Heat bed won't heat above 70°C [closed]
I am currently heating a silicone heat bed through the 110v/220v AC mains and for some reason it only seems to heat up to 70°C, but it is heating the bed evenly. The power supply I am using is 24v ...
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Heat bed troubles
I am currently building my own 3D printer, it is all set and ready to go but I seem to be having issues with the silicone heat bed I purchased. The motherboard I use is from the Flashforge Creator ...
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Problem With large prints on Lulzbot Taz6
I have got a Lulzbot TAZ6 3 days ago. Last night I started a print which is 21 hours long and when I returned check on it this afternoon it was a complete mess.
These are the objects that I wanted to ...
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24 V heated bed from -12 V and +12 V ATX power supply?
As long as there's a MOSFET in between, can I supply 24 V bed/extruder heat from an ATX power supply using -12 V and +12 V and ignoring the common rail?
I assume so, I can't think of a ...
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3Dtouch triggers way too close
Today I finished building and adjusting a Prusa-Clone printer. The brain is a 32bit board with Smoothieware on in. To run the auto bed leveling routine I installed a 3DTouch (BLTouch clone, sorry low ...
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How can I get PLA or PETG to stick to a glass bed permanently without adhesives?
3D printing gurus,
I've read on several forums that people have had issues with printing with PETG or even PLA on glass and it sticks so well to the glass that chunks of glass rip off due to thermal ...
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Turn off heated bed in Repetier?
I have a printrbot simple metal with the heated bed upgrade. I think theirs a problem with my board, so long story short, I'm just trying to print without actually heating up the bed. The problem I am ...
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XYZ cube's layer is shifted, How can I check my TEVO Tarantula axis?
I just bought new TEVO Tarantula and tried to print xyz cube. I found that my cube's layer was shifted as showed in picture. How can I fix this ?
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Nozzle always “randomly” moves to 0 during print, then resumes
I recently bought an Anet A8 (https://pevly.com/anet-a8-3d-printer-review/). I've managed to get everything up and running, leveled the board, but am now running into a problem.
At the start of the ...
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Why some corners aren't sticked well?
Is this a leveling problem? or it's because the bed temperature isn't equal in everywhere?
If it's because of leveling, it means the distance between nozzle and bed in this not-sticked corners are ...
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Strange leveling problem by PrusaI3
I have a PrusaI3(Chinese kit that I assembled myself). my strange problem is that: when I try to leveling the bed, upper-left and bottom-right corners of the bed, are more far than the nozzle, respect ...
