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Questions tagged [heat-management]

Managing temperatures in 3D printers. This includes hotends, heated beds, heated chambers, cooling elements and cooling of electronics.

Heat management in 3D printers is an essential technical aspect of the design. The tag heat-management is used to signalize that the question touches the thermal design aspects of 3D printers.

This can include, but is not limited to

  • hotends and their heating elements, heatbreaks and nozzles, cooling setup of the heatbreak
  • heated beds, their heat insulation, effectivity of the thermal design
  • heated chambers, design and efficiency, tech used to heat, controlling the heat
  • cooling of parts that should not be hot as hotend mount and the electronics

The tag should not be used for cooling of the print, use a dedicated tag here.

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Efficient and easy way to thermally insulate the heat block of the hotend?

Sparked by this question, I wanted to discuss the most efficient and also the easiest ways of thermally insulating the heat block of the hotend. I have seen Kapton tape insulations as done here with a very conclusive resumee about its usefulness. In…
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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 find out the best application of print cooling…
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Heated Bed vs Heated enclosure for large scale printer

I'm /relatively/ new to 3d printing (I'm getting pretty good prints from my Wanhao di3 plus, but haven't done any DIY kits or anything) and materials engineering is probably the furthest thing from my area of expertise so I thought I would pose this…
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How much insulation do I really need?

I have been looking at cork sheet insulation for my 200 mm x 300 mm aluminium PCB heatbed, by I am not entirely sure how thick it should be. There seems to be a trade off between losing a few millimeters of print height, and providing adequate…
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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 changes to 0 °C. Is it normal for a 3D printer to turn the…
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Proper way to power down a FDM printer

I just got my first 3D printer today, QIDI X-ONE[2], and so far so good with the setup and getting my 1st print. I wanted to power off the printer, but I don't see any instructions on how to properly power off the machine. Does anyone know how long…
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Getting E1 Thermal Runaway errors, even after replacing the heating element on Tevo Tarantula

Earlier today I successfully completed a small print (less than 1 hour) on our Tevo Tarantula. When it came time to print the next one, I started preheating for PLA and got an "E1 Thermal Runaway" error. I replaced the heating element with a backup…
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Insulate hotend on Makerbot Smart Extruder

Simple question: how do you reinsulate the MakerBot Smart Extruders? Backstory: I work at the library. We've recently replaced the MakerBot (extruder connection issues followed by software incompatibility) with a Prusa. As a new hire, I'm obsessed…
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My extruder does not reach the set temperature

Anet A8 with Cura. First time use. The extrusion temperature is set at 190 °C for PLA but the temperature never quite gets that hot, e.g. 189.2 °C. So the printer never prints. The bed temperature is fine. Any suggestions on how to fix?
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Weird ripping and warping of ABS print

I print my ABS at: 240 °C; with a bedtemp of 80 °C; 5 % rectilinear infill; 0.25 mm layer height; 2 solid layers top and bottom; Fan is completely disabled; 0.25 mm extrusion width; 50 mm/s perimeter print speed; 60 mm/s infill speed; 20 mm/s top…
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Increasing hotend temperature to compensate for increased filament throughput

It seems that when filament throughput is increased (by increasing movement speed or extrusion width/height), printing temperature also has to be increased to compensate, because the filament will have less time to spend in the melting zone. That…
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60 watt heater into 40 watt heatblock

This might be a dumb question, but can a 60 watt heater be used on a 40 watt unit? Simply put, I was wrong in thinking that more power was simply stuffed into the same dimensions. It extends about 5 millimeters beyond my heating block. Can it be…
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FlashForge Creator Pro Tool Failure! Temp limit reached

After printing successfully for a while I received an error saying: Tool 0 Failure! Temp limit reached Shutdown or restart. The front panel is not responsive and doesn't allow the printer to print at all. If I quickly go to monitor mode it shows…
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Which capacitor to change on CR-10S S500 motherboard?

I have a CR-10S 500 and want to change a capacitor on it to improve and solve temperature issues. This capacitor that needs to be changed should be labeled as "C4" as mentioned on this post but it's not present on my motherboard. The goal is to…
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How can I insulate my thermistor?

I have had many problems with my heat shrink for the thermostat on my Anet A8 melting from the heat block. Is there a way I can insulate my wires from heat but still have enough room to put the thermistor into the block?
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