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Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

Hi,

 

When I try to print I can see lines on the glass bed (really thin clear lines), almost no material at all comes out and the bed doesn't slowly move down as it continues. What could be the problem?

 

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    Please give us more information, which print core, which filament, which settings. If you can upload the Cura project, it would also helpfully, because then we can see the object and all the settings you use.

     

    And, was the printer working before or have you unboxed the printer and this is your first print?

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    Both printer cores print out like this.

     

    Printcore 1: PLA AA

     

    Printcore 2: PVA BB

     

    The cura projects are added, both printed out similar with just the lines as previously posted.

     

    The printer did work previously, it was run by some students of mine and they created a little robot and a boat.

     

     

    Coin Trap.stl

    Go_Red_fixed.stl

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    So you have loaded PLA material in Print Core 1 and PVA in Print Core 2, right?

    Your picture looks like you print the object with PVA and not PLA. Have you checked which extruder is selected in Cura for printing the object?

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?
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    I definitely made sure that I selected the correct materials for Core 1 and Core 2. I'll try again and reselect the materials to see if it repeats.

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    You must also check which extruder should print the object like that:

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    I never paid attention to this detail. Thanks! Hope this fixes it! Keep you posted.

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    Just wanted to update and close the thread. One of our printers had to be unclogged, that was one thing. The other thing is that before we print anything (if we haven't just recently) we move the filament to make sure some of it comes out of the printer head first, then we print.

     

    In addition, we disabled the "automatic levelling" feature to never. We will manually do it once or twice a week, this held us up all the time and really the items come out pretty well without this double checking feature.

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    Posted · Ultimaker 3: Filament not extruding?

    Thanks a lot for the update and I am glad to hear that your problem is solved now.

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