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Mar 2015

Hello everybody,

I first tried to print this model: www.thingiverse.com/thing:205869

As you can see in the attach, the print never goes well near 75mm of height.

I am using a Replicator2 with Simplify 3D using pale ale gold PLA/PHA from @ColorFabb

Here are my settings:

First print (the one on the left):

  • Retraction is activated (default)
  • Infill: 20%
  • Number of shells: 3
  • Top and bottom layers: 4
  • Layer height: 0.1mm
  • Extruder temperature: 205°C
  • Default printing speed: 2400 mm/min

Second print (the one on the right):

  • Retraction is activated (default)
  • Infill: 10% changed at 75mm of height: 100%
  • Number of shells: 2
  • Top and bottom layers: 4
  • Layer height: 0.1mm
  • Extruder temperature: 215°C
  • Default printing speed: 2400 mm/min changed at 75mm of height: 600 mm/min

The rest of the print is simply perfect… it’s a shame!

Could you please give me a hand so I can troubleshoot this?

Thanks a lot

My guess is that you are printing the top to slow. When you print very slow, the filament heats up further upwards and gets soft there. That’s when you risk getting it stuck. Infill at 100% seems unnecessary to me.

Thanks for your answer.

The fact is, I printed using a 100% infill and changed print speed to 600mm/min for the top because the first print failed.

Do you think that 2400mm/min is already too slow?

Successfully printed with these settings:

Layer height: 0.1mm

Infill: 10%

Speed: 3600mm/min

Shells: 2

Thanks a lot.

Hi! At the end of the print the model is getting smaller which activates simplifies3d slow down routine. You can find these senttings under the cooling tab. Basically simplify slows down the printspeed too much which causes the filament to clo, due to heat creeping upwards into the filament beyond the hot/cold break of the hotend. Try printing with adjusted cooldown settings, for pla minimal layertime could be 5-6 seconds. You can also play with the max amount of slowdown simplify is allowed to change. Because your print speeds to start with is already low, the extra slowdown is just too much. 40mm/s at 0.1mm is really quite slow. On the rep2 we usually print at 70/80mm/s at 0.2mm layerheight at 195C to 205C. That’s almost twice as fast at dubble the layerheight, so our output volume of material is much higher which helps prevent clogging hotends on slow speeds. Hope these tips help find better settings!

Oops, this was already suggested in the comments, didn’t see them when writing my comment, great that the print turned out well eventually.

9 days later