So I’ve heard the flashforge creator pro cannot handle ninja flex material… I was wondering if this is true and if there are any flexible filaments compatable with the flashforge. Who has done some experimenting?
Ive had no trouble with Flex on Creator Pro.
Hi. Flexi material is printable in general. I don`t know the material that u talk about. Be careful because tolerances and quality could be lower than abs.
I have done a few prints with the Ninjaflex filament on my Flashforge creator pro and had no problems with it.
You have to set down the printing speed very low though.
Grtz.
Erwin - 3D BLITZ
I printed the Ninjatek Cheetah without problems.
Not true… I have a creator pro myself and have been printing with Ninjaflex a fair amount. Also used Semiflex, Ninjaflex Cheetah, and Sainsmart flexible filament. The Ninjaflex requires a little extra care when loading (push down on the spring with your finger and feed it in manually until the gear teeth grab it) but all in all, not too much of a headache.
Go to thiniverse and search for flashforge creator pro and look for extruder upgrades. There are some that will make it easier to print with flexibles. Also there are some tricks listed out there.
Hello,
Out of the box - “No” Flashforge cannot print Ninjaflex. Of course, my older model Flashforge Knock-off might not compare to newer advances since 2013. The tolerances after the drive wheel are too large to control the path of flexible filament. Imagine trying to get a wet piece of spaghetti into a 2mm hole at a sustained drive rate. Sooner or later the spaghetti is going to receive drag and buckle. With mine, the filament just wrapped around the drive wheel until is finally bound up.
This weekend my newly developed, printed, assembled extruder design printed in Ninjaflex with my modified extruder. It’s not ready for prime time, however there are a couple 3rd party extruders out there that do claim to print Ninjaflex with the price tag to match. The key in the the extruder design past the drive wheel - the filament needs to have a direct path with tight tolerances and slower print speeds. I was able to print directly in Blue Painters tape - Of course it took me 3 tries…
Text from http://www.flashforge.com/creator-pro-3d-printer/
Unlock materials. Explore the Frontier.
Thanks to the proprietary dual extrusion system and enclosed chamber, Creator Pro can print a wide range of materials including ABS, PLA, Dissolvable, Flex, T-glass and composite materials such as woodFill, copperFill, brassFill and more.
http://www.flashforge.com/creator-pro-3d-printer/
I too have printed successfully with all these filaments on my FFCP and my Qidi Tech I. I print at 15 mm/s for all settings (outline, infill, etc.) and with extruder temp of 235 and print bed around 40.
Hello,
It can handle all of Ninjatek’s products. Semiflex is straight forward just follow the recommended temperature guidelines. Ninjaflex is challenging only in that it is hard - near impossible - to remove from some substrates including the blue bed included with the Creator Pro. I would use kapton tape since it is not porous.
Hello, I print with TPU regularly. I don’t have any issues, the biggest thing is to print slow, really slow. I normally print at 30mm/s. Which is half the normal print speed. I wouldn’t see there being any issue with Ninja flex, they are very similar materials.
Its difficult but not not impossible. Try the TPU or TPE version. Next preheat the head. Insert filament into the throat and push gently until it comes out the nozzle. You have to print at 15 when normall you can print at 35 or 45. You can not use the auto feed. Expect some failures. I’ve printed elephants on Thingiverse. The filament wraps around the feeder and may require disassembly.
