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MATERIAL GUIDELINES

Our extruder is speciﬁcally designed so that it can be used with any 1.75mm ﬁlament on the

market. With a maximum extruder temperature of 320C and a heated bed temperature of

120C, you are able to print with a large variety of materials. Here are some guidelines on

printing with the most popular ﬁlaments:!

1. PLA (polylactic acid) has a range of temperatures depending on the purity and colour of

the PLA ﬁlament. A natural PLA can print at 180C while a white or highly pigmented PLA

can print as high as 220C. We recommend a bed temperature of 50C which can be

turned oﬀ after a few layers of printing. Using a hairspray as the bed adhesive can help it

stay on the bed while printing.!

2. ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) has a printing temperature range of 210-250C with

a higher bed temperature of 100C. ABS can warp and shrink with temperature changes

so it needs a constant bed temperature and a bed with lots of adhesive. !

3. Nylon (Taulman 645 and 618) has a very speciﬁc printing temperature of 245C with little

or no bed temperature, but requires many layers of adhesive on the bed as nylon needs

a printing surface with texture in order to avoid warping. Using several layers of hairspray

and adding a brim to your print can help the ﬁrst layer of the print from warping and

peeling oﬀ the bed. Printing at a lower speed can also help in proper layer adhesion.!

4. PETT (Taulman T-Glase) is a high strength ﬁlament which can print at a lower

temperature range of 210C-230C in comparison to nylon and can print on a heated bed

with hairspray on the glass bed. !

Note that we are constantly testing new materials and posting our results on our website and

online version of this User Guide. Check our website for any new materials and feel free to

reach out to us for printing guidelines on new materials.

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