Questions tagged [print-fan]
Questions relating to print cooling fans used for cooling the extruded material in a 3D printer. For electronics cooling fans, use the 'fans' tag.
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Ender 3 Pro: Parts cooling fan making strange noises
I am using an Ender 3 Pro that I bought near the end of March 2023, and I have not modified any of its parts. About an hour ago, I tried preheating the hotend (using the 'Preheat PLA End' setting) and ...
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FlashForge Adventurer 3 cooling fan making grinding sound
Ever since I got this printer for my 15th birthday the cooling fan has made a grinding sound when the nozzle was near the wall. I thought it was just the clear wall vibrating but now when I start a ...
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Is a 40x20 Noctua fan with a shroud good for part cooling?
I am having a lot of troubles with running my Prusa Mk3S at my student dorm, because of the extremely loud stock part cooling fan - it annoys people A LOT). So I started working on a design using one ...
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How can I successfully set up my fans to run on my CR-10 using Marlin?
I have a CR-10 (original version), and I just installed an SKR E3 Mini V3.0 board, with custom Marlin firmware. Everything else seems to be running properly, but some of my fans won't spin, or won't ...
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Repurpose extruder pin(s) for a parts cooling fan?
I recently picked up a second hand/defective 'Renkforce RF100' printer. A pretty obscure German brand. The problem with it was: broken hotend fan cable which caused clogging that the previous user was ...
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Can I Print With a Fan Missing 3 Blades?
I recently broke the cooling fan on my Voxelab Aquila while doing some maintenance, and I'm in the middle of a multi piece print that I would like to finish soon. I found the fan replacement I need, ...
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Pros/Cons of 3D printed part cooling mods
In my previous research for mods for my Ender 3v2, I came across the topic of part cooling mods. The two most common are the Petsfang and Hero Me sets.
What are the pros and cons of third-party/DIY ...
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Ender 5 radial fan (part cooling fan) screw size
I’ve been having problems with my old fan shroud that I printed and when I went to install the new one the little screws that hold it in fell in the carpet which pretty much makes them lost forever. ...
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Are part cooling fans available in opposite orientation? [duplicate]
All the blower fans for part cooling I've seen rotate counter-clockwise when viewed from the intake side. I'm looking to replace mine on an Ender 3 with something stronger, and one of the worst parts ...
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How to systematically calibrate all the parameters of variable fan speed?
When a part is thin and the overall layer time decreases below a certain threshold, the plastic has no time to cool down enough to solidify and properly support the next layer, resulting in low print ...
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Can I replace the cooling fan blade for the hot end on creality ender 3?
I broke one of the blades of the fan and that's making the x-box vibrate. Other than that it works fine and I can still print at a very low flow rate and a lot of noise. Will replacing the blades, not ...
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How to find correct part cooling fans?
I have a 2-pin 40 mm axial fan as part cooling fan. I don't post a link because I would like a general answer.
It runs on 12 V and when I start it at less than 40% it doesn't start. Even if I start ...
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Does right handed radial fan exist?
I have mounted two radial fan on my printer as a part cooling solution.
As you can see, the fan has input on the left side and blows air down. Does a mirror construction exists? With outlet on the ...
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4pin fan on RAMPS board - direct?
The question is simple - I have a RAMPS 1.4 running Marlin 1.1.9 with the three MOSFETs being used (end, fan, bed), but I'd like to have a couple other Marlin-controlled fans. One of them would be a 4-...
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Prusa i3 improvement - cooling fan
I wanted to add a cooling fan to my Prusa i3. The board used by this printer is an MKS GEN L v1.0, such as this one:
The cooling fan plug seems to be the white one on the top left corner, just below ...
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Controlling more fans with RAMPS board
I am using RAMPS 1.4 with Marlin. With Marlin, you can control a large number of fans with the M106 P<fan index> command. I'd like RAMPS to control some ...
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Cooling fan spins extremely fast, noisy on startup
I have built a 3D printer from parts. It is using a standard 12V power supply, an Arduino Mega 2560 replica and a RAMPS 1.4 board. The hotend cooling fan is connected to the 12V-AUX pin (the one right ...
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Why turning off model cooling for first layer?
I had few printing troubles for first layer yesterday (will certainly ask there as soon as I can take photos) but one of the things I've noticed is that the model cooling fan (the fan that is supposed ...
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Cooling fan noise when head is moving in the X axis
I have this fan model, it is a SUNON model number MF50151VX-B00U-A99
and it is a blower type.
When the head is moving in the X-axis it makes noise.
I think this type of fans is not suitable for ...
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Understand what CR-10S fans are cooling
I am designing a fan mount for the CR-10S printer to hold the E3D All-metal v6 HotEnd and BLTouch sensor.
The CR-10S printer has two fans.
One on the front:
and another one on the right:
I need ...
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Is it advisable to use additional external fan(s) for printing PLA?
I was wondering if adding (an) extra fan(s) (not connected to the printer, but blowing on the print area) could improve the quality of PLA based prints(printing at 210 C). The printer already has a ...
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How to configure Marlin to enable auto-fans with dual extruder
I have successfully assembled my custom-built 3D printer and configured Marlin for two extruders and one heated bed. Here is a picture of the printer.
My heated bed runs on a linear axis with ball ...
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Fan Fails to Start
SOLVED: I replaced the leads coming from the fan motor and it is working just fine. Thanks for the input. If anyone else has this model, I would suggest printing and installing a wire clip in order to ...
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How to utilize/calibrate print fans for PLA?
At the moment, I am thinking about print fans that cool the plastic when printing. I am not asking about the design of the fanducts, which might be a whole book on its own. I would like to know how to ...
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