Getting clean, dimensionally accurate prints in PETG, ABS, ASA and nylon requires attacking moisture and flow rate together, not just copying PLA recipes.
In this episode you'll learn:
- ABS and ASA print at roughly 240°C to 260°C, keeping the melt liquid longer after retraction and worsening stringing.
- PETG, nylon, PA-CF, ABS and ASA are hygroscopic; absorbed water flashes to steam in the nozzle and sputters material during travel moves.
- In PrusaSlicer the flow control is called extrusion multiplier; in Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer it is called flow ratio.
- Total flow equals the firmware flow multiplier times the slicer extrusion multiplier, and M221 overrides the firmware value at runtime.
- Bambu Lab documentation notes PLA flows easily, ABS and nylon are denser, PETG is sticky, TPU is elastic and viscous, and composite filaments are abrasive.
Who this is for:
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