The filament deforms due to overheating

The filament deforms due to overheating

How do you recognise overheating?

Poor print layer adhesion causing a kind of 'spaghetti' (also known as stringing or oozing)	The print is out of proportion or distorted	Details are barely visible

How can you solve or prevent overheating?

• Provide good ventilation

  The most common cause of overheating is that the plastic filament does not cool down quickly enough. To prevent this, you can increase the settings of your fan so that the filament cools down faster. Does your printer not have a fan? Then we recommend that you mount an external fan on the extruder or purchase a manually operated fan. In addition, you can print a fan mouth upgrade for some printers yourself!

• Lower the print temperature

  If you still experience overheating after adjusting the fan, you may be printing at too high a temperature. In this case, we recommend that you adjust the print temperature downwards in steps of five to ten degrees so that the filament cools down faster.

• Print at a slower speed

  If your print speed is too high, the layer may not cool down enough before printing the next layer. This is often the case when printing small objects where each layer only takes a few seconds. Solve this by reducing the entire print speed, or by setting a 'speed override' so that layers that take less than fifteen seconds are automatically printed at a lower speed.

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