Module 2 โ Materials, multi-material printing and the rest of the fleet
Filament 3D Printing ยท Module 2 of 2
Prerequisite: Module 1 passed
Time: about 45 minutes of reading, then a quiz of 20 questions
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Module 1 taught you the room: taking over a printer, loading a spool, slicing, watching the first layer and cleaning up. All of that still applies. Nothing in this module relaxes a Module 1 rule. In particular, filament is always fed the way the room set it up: no rerouted tubes and no external spool holders.
This module uses Module 1's vocabulary (walls, supports, purge, prime tower, AMS, the two X2D nozzles). If any of that is hazy, look back at 1.1 How a 3D printer works, and the words for it, 1.3 The printers and 1.4 Meet the AMS.
What passing Module 2 lets you do
Use the four lower-row X2Ds and the materials on their list.
Use the two H2S printers, when your job needs their size (2.9 The H2S: use it only when you need it).
Print with support material, and with several colours or materials, on every printer you may use, the upper row included. On the upper row, the only support material is Bambu Support for PLA (2.1 What you may print: the allow-list).
Use the two filament dryers in the hallway.
Fit and use a high-flow 0.8 mm nozzle on an H2S.
Panorama of the printer rack: eight X2Ds in two rows of four, each with its AMS 2 Pro and AMS HT, and the two H2S printers on the right
How the printers are set up
Keep this table in mind. Most of this module follows from it.
Printer | AMS | Feeds | Build plate |
|---|---|---|---|
X2D, upper row (4) | AMS 2 Pro, four spools | Left nozzle (main, direct drive) | Cool Plate SuperTack |
AMS HT, one spool | Right nozzle (auxiliary, Bowden) | ||
X2D, lower row (4) | AMS 2 Pro, four spools | Left nozzle (main, direct drive) | Textured PEI |
AMS HT, one spool | Right nozzle (auxiliary, Bowden) | ||
H2S (2) | AMS 2 Pro, four spools | Its only nozzle | Textured PEI |
All eight X2Ds are the same machine, set up the same way. What separates the rows is which plate they use, which materials are allowed, and which module you need.
What is in this module
What you may print: the allow-list
The materials, including filled filaments
The Textured PEI plate, and glue
Support material, and the X2D's second nozzle
Multi-colour printing
AMS auto-refill: a backup spool
Drying filament, and the two dryers
Nozzles
The H2S: use it only when you need it
Faults, clogs, and how far you may go
Lessons
2.1 What you may print: the allow-list โ about 3 min
2.2 The materials โ about 4 min
2.3 The Textured PEI plate, and glue โ about 4 min
2.4 Support material, and the X2D's second nozzle โ about 7 min
2.5 Multi-colour printing โ about 4 min
2.6 AMS auto-refill: a backup spool โ about 1 min
2.7 Drying filament, and the two dryers โ about 7 min
2.8 Nozzles โ about 5 min
2.9 The H2S: use it only when you need it โ about 1 min
2.10 Faults, clogs, and how far you may go โ about 4 min
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