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General Discussion / When do i need to change the PTFE tube of my ZT-HE ?

« on: September 08, 2016, 07:16:47 PM »

Is there a "sign" to when i should change the PTFE tube on the ZT-HE ?

I am printing PC-MAX at 265°C. Do you have a guess on how many hours i can print
at such a high temperature @ Julia ?

I tried printing at 250°C - 260°C, but the support material seems to detach easier from the raft
during print at those temperatures.

Lucian

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News and Announcements / Z-Suite 1.6 is out, but...

« on: June 21, 2016, 11:56:28 AM »

The URL to Z-Suite 1.6 for Windows is wrong, it points to the OSX Version. Because Zortrax a filename pattern i managed to imply the URL:

http://support.zortrax.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Z-Suite_V1.6.0_Win.zip

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General Discussion / Z-Temp Heat Bed Control - Switched wire colors

« on: June 05, 2016, 03:19:38 PM »

Today i installed the heatbed controller. It works. But i almost did not, because of the switched wires / colors.
The black wire of the z-temp hbc connector leads to the black wire of the bed connector, but the hbc connector
is plugged in the "wrong" way into the controller board: red to where black should be. Take a look at the attachments.

I had to take a precise look at the docs to notice that this is ment this way.

Is this a mistake in choosing the wire colors or is this something i do not understand ?

Lucian

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General Discussion / Subtle difference in the Z-GLASS Profile regarding thin walls

« on: June 02, 2016, 02:00:23 PM »

Today i noticed a subtle difference in the Z-GLASS profile regarding thin walls.
While with Z-ABS a 1mm thick wall is resolved by 2 filament lines, Z-GLASS profile
generates 3 lines. Take a look at the attached pictures.

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General Discussion / Alternative slimmer shim

« on: June 02, 2016, 05:54:51 AM »

I tried out the shim yesterday with Verbatim PLA, because i had problems removing the PLA without the shim.

The first shim print went south because the raft did not stick to the bed very well.
The resulting distance is too high in my opinion. I think 0.3mm would be better distance, at least with my Verbatim PLA.

Do you know something in common households that could be suited as an slimmer shim ?

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Materials Compatibility / Innofil3D PLA - transparent :-(

« on: May 31, 2016, 04:41:53 AM »

My first PLA i used with Z-Temp is "Innofil3D PLA". With THE V2 i had a lot of extruder clicking while "mounting" the filament at 220°C and 240°C several times. A print with the V2 would not look very well, so i did not try.

With the ZT-HE i had no problem mounting, but i do have some occasional clicking while printing. I managed to finish a print. But the second print did not go well because of the filament quality.

The filament has a lot of residual stress (is this the right term ?) which causes the filament to jump over the roll & hook itself whereever possible. I also noticed alot of internal stuff going on due to the Z-Temp illumination of the transparent filament. It seems that the filament has a lot of bubbles.


Lucian

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General Discussion / Height of the ZT-HE

« on: May 31, 2016, 04:14:29 AM »

Does the ZT-HE have the same height as the V2 when plugged in ? I noticed a slight visual difference. It seems to me that the ZT-HE is a little longer.
Could this cause problem when printing on the edge of the maximum height ?

Lucian