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Questions about stepper motors, a motor type commonly used in 3D printers.

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Stepper Motor for Prusa i3

See: NEMA 17 stepper motor, and; Stepper motor The minimum (recommended) specifications, for a Nema 17 stepper motor, are: 1.5 A to 1.8 A current per phase 1 to 4 V 3 to 8 mH inductance per phase 44 … On the Nema 17 Stepper motor link, above, there is a table of a number of stepper motors, of various makes and models, that have been proven to work. …
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Extruder stepper motor problem, what can be wrong?

Or, less current to stop the stepper from overheating. … Pololu - A4988 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier with Voltage Regulators - this is a very common stepper driver. …
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What is this stepper motor connector called?

From the same website, this page Stepper cable for RAMPS pinout, shows the DuPont connector to the control board and the JST-PH-6P connector to the stepper motor (I've not fixed the typos in the quoted … Main feature of RAMPS stepper header and this cable is that you can reverse stepper direction by turning connector on RAMPS 180 degree. …
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Which NEMA 17 Stepper Motor for Titan?

The safest thing to do is to wait a month (it probably won't take that long anyway), and order the correct stepper motor from China, or pay more and locally source the 42BYGHW609. … BTW, take a look at the RepRapWiki - Nema 17 page which lists suitable stepper motors. …
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Z axis: Stepper motor and lead screw torque calculation

motor; I can't see where you obtained the value for axial force of 10 N, from the datasheet of the stepper motor. … Regardless of these issues, tackling each question separately: Selection stepper motor to lift given weight? …
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Nema Stepper used in Flashforge 3D printer

Then compare it with the dimensions of a NEMA 17 stepper motor: Image from RepRapWiki - NEMA 17 Stepper Motor The dimensions of other stepper motors, NEMA 11/14/17/23, can be found here: RepRapWiki … As of 2013, most RepRap designs call for NEMA 17 Stepper motors or NEMA 14 Stepper motors for both positioning and extruding. …
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Z-Axis doesn't work only during printing

So you need to either: Change/upgrade your stepper motors to ons with more torque, or; Change the rods, for some with a smaller lead. … and (As Tom points out) An 8 mm lead can result in the weight of the X-axis gantry (especially in a P3Steel) overcoming the idle torque of the stepper. …
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