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Pete 1 year, 6 months ago.
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@markb Look at the topic here:
http://www.cel-robox.com/forums/topic/dual-material-kit-installation-setup-and-first-prints/
I operate two Betas and four Production Robox.
I am the US/Canada Technical Support engineer for the Robox.
See my 3D Hub site at https://www.3dhubs.com/phoenix/hubs/benPolysupport was designed to support PLA. We found it works with others as per that chart in Ben’s link.
What is the ideal material for your final part?
For official support please visit www.cel-robox.com/support/ and create a ticketngen and xt are both better than PLA in just about every respect. None of these 3 have good mechanical properties though, they are all brittle and difficult to post process.
ABS does shrink, check this out though.
http://robox.cel-uk.com/filament/tech-abs.html
ABS is easy to post process, has great strength and takes screws well.
For official support please visit www.cel-robox.com/support/ and create a ticket@pete I find XT to have good physical properties and to be rather easy to post-process. It doesn’t turn white like ABS, has some resiliency, and is so much easier to print with that a little more effort than ABS to finish the outside is worth it. I also find that the fact I can print the part once and know I am getting a good result is worth it.
I operate two Betas and four Production Robox.
I am the US/Canada Technical Support engineer for the Robox.
See my 3D Hub site at https://www.3dhubs.com/phoenix/hubs/benLike Ben, I’m a bit XT fan. I print things that are used in the real world, several times a week. My night vision add-on is all printed in XT, the day scope adapter is also in XT and takes a considerable amount of abuse. I found that XT gave a way better layer bond than ABS, and was far less prone to fracture in the layers.
My printed add-on sits on the back of a rifle scope, gets banged about and has been dropped onto hard, compacted ground several times over the years, dropped onto tarmac also and has always survived.
It (XT) doesn’t shrink, doesn’t warp, resists chemicals (and glue) and I screw directly into the material to fix parts together, no problems fitting and removing those screws many times over.
I really hope that polysupport works with XT as I’ve redesigns to the add on that I’ve made which will only print if supported. I’ll be bothering Ben for some printing tips once the dual material upgrade arrives back.
<span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>Oh, I almost forgot, XT sticks like the proverbial to a blanket (or, in this case, the PEI sheet). </span>
Have I shown enough love for XT yet?
@markb I have good luck with XT and polySupport after setting up custom profiles changing the support pattern from rectilinear to rectilinear grid. I did not have good luck with the straight rectilinear pattern because the polysupport would get pulled out of shape when not supported by the grid pattern.
No other changes.
I operate two Betas and four Production Robox.
I am the US/Canada Technical Support engineer for the Robox.
See my 3D Hub site at https://www.3dhubs.com/phoenix/hubs/ben
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