Flexible filament and FMS sensor

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When printing with soft flexible filament the FMS sensor cannot detect the right amount of filament correctly. It is because the filament is stretching so the filament flow is not mach the extrusion eaxctly. This situation cause false filament flow error detection.   We recommend to turn of the FMS sensor in the settings menu while […]

Printing with flexible filament

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Craftbot FLOW generation extruder is very capable to print soft flexible filament. For good result always do the following: – Swap the build sheet and print on the metal side. It helps to easily remove the object when it finished.  – Use low print speed. A very soft material maybe need around 20-30mm/s print speed […]

Setting up OctoPi / OctoPrint for Craftbot, Plus, Pro, 2, XL, 3

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Octopi / Octoprint is a web based 3D printer management solution. You can find information and setting up the OctoPi or OctoPrint device here: https://octoprint.org/download/ On Craftbot side we recommend a good quality USB cable to connect the OctoPi device with Craftbot. These are the settings available from pr3Dator_firmware_2019-03-06. But please always use the latest […]