Sneak Peak
How
do you "Heat Treat" for maximum performance? Bake your parts into a
oven until you see a change from translucent to opaque.
Yes, there is an
obvious visual change indicating the improved performance! We had good
luck in a lab oven at 110C (230F)
for an hour or less. We recommend
leaving the supports on your parts, placing them on a non-radiating
surface
(like glass, ceramic, or composite), and letting them cool in
the oven to minimize distortion.
Parts can be baked at a lower
temperature (though must be above 60C for any change to occur)
for a
longer time with less risk of unwanted deformation.
No abrasive fillers so expect normal wear with standard nozzles.
In
our experience, good results were achieved using standard PLA
parameters with standard build surface preparation (blue tape, glue
stick, or BuildTak).
No heated bed required.
Some shrinkage and
distortion may occur in the annealing process,
so larger or dimension
critical parts may need to be scaled larger to compensate or printed in
our more stable, lower shrink Carbon Fiber version.
Flashforge
Ender 3