Abs Plastic 3d Printing Temperature

If you re running the extruder too hot you ll notice a lot of strings created between the walls of your part.

Abs plastic 3d printing temperature.

In addition to this abs needs to be printed in an enclosed 3d printer so that it cools very slowly. Abs acrylonitrile butadiene styrene has a long history in the 3d printing world. The recommended bed temperature for abs is 110 c. Thus it has no definite melting point.

We normally run our bed at 110 c in order to prevent warping as best we can. Abs melts somewhere between 210 and 250 c. Abs acrylo butadiene styrene is considered to be amorphous. Pla can be printed both with and without a heated print bed but if your desktop 3d printer does have a heated print bed it is recommended to set your print bed temperature to approximately 60 c 8 0 c.

Many years later abs is still a very popular material thanks to its low cost and good mechanical properties. Unless specified by the manufacturer you should be able to play around with temperature settings in this range. Meanwhile others suggest setting 3d printers at 210 240º c with a heated bed at 80º c or more. A nozzle temperature of 210 to 250 c is best and a heated bed around 80 to 110 c is necessary.

Pla original creative series 215 c 235 c. Our nozzle runs at a comfortable 230 240 c for abs. Pla can rapidly lose its structural integrity and can begin to droop and deform particularly if under load as it approaches 60 c. In order to print with abs you need a temperature controlled bed.

These temperatures and speeds may vary depending on the printer hotends and filament you use. First layer usually 5 c 10 c higher than subsequent layers. For high temperature applications abs glass transition temperature of 105 c is more suitable than pla glass transition temperature of 60 c. We find for example that 235 c does a pretty good job.

Instead of printing directly on the glass it s better to print with kapton pet tape. This material was one of the first plastics to be used with industrial 3d printers. Abs material has a low melting point which makes it a material that is not really adapted to high heat situations. This means that you will need to set the temperature of the hot end nozzle to between 220 to 250 c which is much higher than other 3d printing filaments like pla.

However the standard temperature for printing is high at 230 c while the temperature for glass transition is at about 105 c. One distinct characteristic of abs is it has a high glass transition temperature.