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Hello, welcome to the community! I just checked, and the data sheet I find suggests Nozzle temp: 250º-270ºC. Which is in line with what Cura suggests. The other things you mention like uneven shrinking and oozing, were they results of the default profile without any changes?

Looks good! 🙂So which settings eventually made the difference for you?

I think that is quite likely. 15 months is pretty old. Is it brittle when you try to bend it? I am not familiar with this material, but if this would be the case I think it would be more accurate to say the filament would be too thick. Besides keeping filament in a vaccuum bag, do you also keep silica bags in the same bag?

That sounds great, and thanks for sharing!

Hello, there is a profile available for BASF PET CF in the marketplace which is also optimised for the material station. There is also a material profile for Ionic support material, however that one is not optimised for the material station. It is recommended to use materials which have a profile that is optimised for the equipment you are using. If you can't or don't want to there is a workaround where you can use an optimised profile for a similar material, but success is not guaranteed in that case. I am not sure if it would work, but have you considered using the Ultimaker PVA profile for it, since both are dissolvable support materials?

Hello, thank you for your input! @arthurmsarthur, that error is shown when the cable through which the S5 and Air Manager communicate gets lose during operations. When the Ultimaker loses connection to the Air Manager during a print, it doesn't know whether it is still installed or not. Because of the enclosing nature of an Air Manager it can potentially trap in sufficient heat to cause problems for some internal components in the build volume. That is why it aborts the print, for safety. So if the ER80 error message was shown to you I would recommend to check the connection to the Air Manager. 'Unfortunately', it doesn't get more creative than that. If you are 100% sure it is secure and it continues to occur please raise a support ticket in our system. Like when you suspect the cable might be defective. Happy to hear support was able to sort it out together with you! @Deeps, as I explained above it is for good reasons that the print gets aborted. Hopefully your Pro Bundle will arrive in time. Let us know if you have any further questions!

Hi @cpeariso, thank you for your message and welcome to the community. Yes, that is possible. You'll need to load both of your models into Cura on the Ultimaker S5 buildplate (or load it once and then duplicate it). Then you select which material you want to print the first model in by selecting that model and select the material in the window above it. Then when you select the second model, make sure you also select 'extruder 2' on the left of your screen, at the bottom of the options you have there. When you have selected 'Extruder 2' you can select the material you want to use again in the window above your models.

Ok, let me try to explain and let me know if anything is not clear. Make sure you run the latest firmware. If you don't or if you are not sure, follow these instructions (connect to pc via cable, install firmware via Cura). If you look at the back of your printhead you should be able to see the backside of your hot end. In the hot end are 2 cables, heater cartridge (that generates heat) and PT100 (which reads the temperature). They both need to be inserted fully. If you are not sure, you can share a photo. If you look at the bottom of the printhead, you can check if the tip of the nozzle is not touching the metal fan bracket. If it does, the heat could be conducted away from the nozzle because both being metal, creating the error. If they touch, move the fan bracket so they no longer touch. Here you can see that they don't touch:

Hi @ganimagaan, thank you for your post. You could try to open up the top bracket of the print head, in it should be the print head cable connector. If you press it to make sure it is connected properly, does the error go away? Here is a video that explains how:

Hello, did you check out our knowledge base for this error message?

Hi @vishaish, thank you for your post and welcome to the community. I needed to check with one of our product experts to see which material would best suit your needs, and we have a few materials you could check out. Ultrafuse 316L. Not the most effortless or affordable materials among the others, but the only real solution if you want to print with steel. PC. A material like PC is known to be very strong and could potentially provide you with loading capacity you are looking for. Carbon fiber Nylon. A material with carbon fiber usually has good conductivity and is rather stiff. PC-ABS also contains conductive additives which provide it with good conductivity and also has a high toughness and impact strength. Good luck, and let us know how it goes and if you have any further questions!

Hi @willryan3, thank you for your post. Good that you dry before you use it, that is important. Can you elaborate on how you dry it, and for how long approximately? Do you keep it stored in a dry environment, like in the Material Station, or a bag with silica packs?

Hi @jirodriguez72, thank you for your message and letting us know! Which poly carbonate material were you using? Did you use the material profiles that are available via the marketplace to start your tests? Great comment, thank you!

Hi @Deeps, thank you for your message and congratulations on your purchase of the Material Station and Air Manager. Let me guarantee you that there are plenty of people who are more than happy with the Pro Bundle, or its individual components. I think it is important to see posts on our forum in the correct perspective, where it is very often someone who needs help and rarely anyone just posting how happy they are, period. This explains why you might feel there is such imbalance between praising and troubleshooting posts. It also means that there are people with an Ultimaker Pro Bundle who are having some kind of issue. Which is true, but I think this is similar to any product out there. And what I personally like is that there is a platform like this where you can consult with other product experts and you can hear from product experts from Ultimaker directly. No one is left in the dark. If you have a problem, we all do our utmost best to help. When are you expecting to receive your Pro Bundle?

That is a good question! I will ask around.

Hello. The middle is the default setting, and if your material flow requires you to change that, it's probably a manifestation of something else.

I'll move this thread to the 'online services'. Perhaps @ctbeke has any idea?

Hi @Framar, thank you for your message. Are these materials you are developing ready for use? If so I would happily introduce you to my colleague to discuss a potential adoption, so moving forward they can be in the list. Looking forward hearing from you!

This thread would be fine. Or if you could be bothered to dedicate a few more words about your experience with the material and what application you use it for it could be an interesting read in Materials. Do you use it for a specific food safe application?

I have no experience with Monoprice, only Ultimaker. I don't know if that is the key to not having grey hair yet, or maybe it is just genes. Happy to hear you got it fixed though!

Hello, we expect that the next firmware version help a lot in this regard. The exact release date I don't know yet unfortunately, but we're working on it!

Hello, thank you for your message. Do you mean this profile? On the profile page it says it is compatible for the Ultimaker S5 but not yet for the full Ultimaker S5 Pro Bundle. This optimisation for the material station is probably not finished yet. I'm happy to hear you found a workaround with a different profile. Would it be possible to share some pictures of the prints you've made? Thank you!

Hello! Yes, this is possible and we have a few different options: Ultimaker TPU 95A has a Shore A hardness of 95. Arkema 3DXFLEX™ TPE with a Shore A hardness of 92 Huntsman IROPRINT F 80213 has a shore A 85 hardness DSM Arnitel ID2045 has a shore D hardness of 34 Different Shore Hardness scales exist for measuring the hardness of different materials. There can be some overlap between the different scales. I've found this image below that illustrates what a certain value stands for:

Hello, I'll send you a DM!

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