Kelson

It was laying inside the printer cabinet. It could be from some other area; I just don't know. Thanks for checking.

S5 Ultimaker. Thinking it is part of the head assembly as the fan door blew right off.

OK this can't be good. Had a pretty bad print failure. I clean it up but found an extra part on the bottom of the machine. Can anyone tell me what this is?

Yes had success with both Ultimaker and alternative tough PLA. I have not have any problems or issues with the Ultimaker brands do anything so far. Not certain about the spooling question. It would be in their best interest to have a easy release not bend end.

I am glad to report; that I have success with PLA an number of times. Some of the spools that I have had success with were "re-spooled" because the original spool did not fit. When I did this I made certain not to have a kink at the end. I made sure it would be able to release. Now saying that. I had a print last night have one spool jam or stop. I think it locked at the spool. I was great surprised that it recognized this situation and then removed this material and move to another similar spool. Upon inspection of the initial spool you could see it was worn and was being held up. I cannot be certain I have tested any with a bend at the end of the spool which you commonly see of purchased spools. Once again zero success with CF NYlon. Can anyone tell me if they have any success with a depriming or material change with CF Nylon. I think they will just fix this in the next firmware update.

Interesting. We can build fixtures overnight, extended print without issue. We have tried 5 brands. 2 worked very well, one was so brittle it snapped when feed, the other had adhesion issues which I did not solve yet. The main issue for us is that they you cannot finish or deprime. This would occur at the end or if you were changing spools. We have probably 10 Cf Nylon print or more. Possibly 2-3 fixture lasting 12 hours or more. I print overnight all the time, but it is always a surprise in the morning as to whether it worked or not. We will finalize on core materials optimize for them and continue on. I still want to know if any other people had any luck with Cf Nylons and the station. Works fine with PLA and some good successes with PETG, and PC. Minor problems with the PVA. Significant issues with TPU-95. I never wanted a hobby, was just looking for a reliable machine to engineer jigs, and fixtures. I read another thread and the user laid out most of the issues perfectly. I am sure they are working on these issues and should resolve the de-priming with firmware update.

I am in exactly the same boat. We are an injection molder. I have some experience in plastics as well as 3d printing. I have posted a number of times in an attempt to get a feel if other users had the same experience but specifically with CF Nylons; one of the main reasons for the purchase. Our POlyjet machine does not have strong enough materials long term and cost of course. I will give you my experience based on the last 3 months of work but with respect to your issues specifically as I hope to help and they are different from my experience. The errors I've been encountering include, but are not limited to: failed auto leveling (either too high, too low, or just failed outright) >>> Never had an issue Flow sensor error >>>>> Never had an issue Failure to unload material back to the material station >>>>>98% issues with Cf NYlon (this work maybe 1-2 times), occasional issue with PLA/others materials. Material run out message despite plenty of material being left on the roll >>>>> Never an issue Machine aborting prints with no warning or message >>>>Never an issue Jammed nozzle >>>> Maybe a couple of times Grinding extruder gear >>>> Frequently with CF Nylon, PVA, TPU-95, I just lost a long print last night so I am not happy. It was a CF NYlon. I have tried 4 different brand. We ran out of material. Was a mistake in estimation (that is why we have the station) ; but the machine freezes with no exit option. This is because the machining is incapable of depriming Cf Nylon. From what i can tell this is a firmware issue. The material is just too strong and the temperature is wrong for the depriming process. User has no control over this to resolve. Restart mechanically removed. So my question have you had any success with the material station on CF Nylons. I would like to know.

I have been struggling for weeks with this. Just looking for some feedback to see if anybody has had any luck with material station and cf Nylon. I think I maybe hitting my head against a wall until the firmware is changed. I can get printed started and they seem good, but the printer does not deprime; always stuck in nozzle. If anyone has had success let me know and how or let me know if also having issues so I can stop the madness. I tried 4 different material types without success.

I don't post much. Not sure if I am missing something at this point. Seems to be an issue with the Material Station during the depriming process. The printer seem not to be able to deprime CF Nylon. It appears the algorithm is too low, the material is too strong and the machine then locks up. I just recently had it occur on a Tough PLA as well. So here are my questions. 1. Anyone successfully depriming CF Nylon? OK how? 2. Do we have access to controls or settings for the priming and depriming prcesses? It appears to me that the machine controls this through the firmware and the material selection. The algorithm itself appears to have too cold a temperature on the cold pull. Seems to me it would make more sense to error of the side of a poor cold pull then an machine reboot. Appreciate the feedback. I am sure the team is working on these issues and they will be resolved, but need to see what others are seeing.