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Currently lending a hand to a university professor as we are making the transition to Ultimaker 2+ and Cura 2.3 from Makerbots and Makerware this year. The topic is run to allow first year students to explore design and experience 3D printing, so there is a large class size and I was just wondering how else I could reduce print time with the following specifications already in placed.
Layer Height ~ 0.3mm
Shells ~ 2
Infill Density ~ 10%
Build Plate Adhesion Type ~ Brim
An example of a print is 139.5 x 96.7 x 20.0 mm, 3.35m and ~26 g that managed to print in just under an hour on MakerBot Replicator 2 that is currently expected to take 1 hour and 42 minutes on the Ultimaker 2+. Multiply that additional print duration by a large class size and you would end up with a headache too. Hence, any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Note that the print setup is sequenced to be done all at once, print speed is currently on 60mm/s and minimum layer time is already at 0s. I am guessing that there are a few speed settings that I can configure to obtain a faster print without degrading the print quality too much but am clueless as to where to start.
How to Reduce Print Duration
in Improve your 3D prints
Posted · Edited by Guest
Hi all,
Currently lending a hand to a university professor as we are making the transition to Ultimaker 2+ and Cura 2.3 from Makerbots and Makerware this year. The topic is run to allow first year students to explore design and experience 3D printing, so there is a large class size and I was just wondering how else I could reduce print time with the following specifications already in placed.
Layer Height ~ 0.3mm
Shells ~ 2
Infill Density ~ 10%
Build Plate Adhesion Type ~ Brim
An example of a print is 139.5 x 96.7 x 20.0 mm, 3.35m and ~26 g that managed to print in just under an hour on MakerBot Replicator 2 that is currently expected to take 1 hour and 42 minutes on the Ultimaker 2+. Multiply that additional print duration by a large class size and you would end up with a headache too. Hence, any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Note that the print setup is sequenced to be done all at once, print speed is currently on 60mm/s and minimum layer time is already at 0s. I am guessing that there are a few speed settings that I can configure to obtain a faster print without degrading the print quality too much but am clueless as to where to start.