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Hi @Clarryparry, thank you for your post and welcome to the community!
Reducing print times can be achieved in a variety of ways and it also depends on what the purpose is of the print. For example, if the print is for aesthetical purpose you could do without infill at all, depending on the size of the top layer or overhangs you can do this by using 2 or 3 shells. The layerheight is crucial too and so is the print speed. Depending on what your nozzle size is, you can increase the speed until you have reached the maximum extrusion volume. For an Ultimaker 2+ these are realistic guidelines:
0.25 nozzle: up to 8 mm³/s
0.40 nozzle: up to 16 mm³/s
0.60 nozzle: up to 23 mm³/s
0.80 nozzle: up to 24 mm³/s
You can calculate this by layer height * print speed * nozzle size.
Is this information that helps you get started optimizing your prints?
btw, the print times you refer to, are these actual periods of time passed or estimated durations?
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Hi @Clarryparry, thank you for your post and welcome to the community!
Reducing print times can be achieved in a variety of ways and it also depends on what the purpose is of the print. For example, if the print is for aesthetical purpose you could do without infill at all, depending on the size of the top layer or overhangs you can do this by using 2 or 3 shells. The layerheight is crucial too and so is the print speed. Depending on what your nozzle size is, you can increase the speed until you have reached the maximum extrusion volume. For an Ultimaker 2+ these are realistic guidelines:
0.25 nozzle: up to 8 mm³/s
0.40 nozzle: up to 16 mm³/s
0.60 nozzle: up to 23 mm³/s
0.80 nozzle: up to 24 mm³/s
You can calculate this by layer height * print speed * nozzle size.
Is this information that helps you get started optimizing your prints?
btw, the print times you refer to, are these actual periods of time passed or estimated durations?
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