Get The Right PLA Temperature 3D Printer

3D Print Temperature Tower

In this article I give you a guide to calibrate your nozzle to Cet the right PLA Temperature 3D Printer.

Each 3D printer has different capabilities. One of them is at the temperature used to heat the filament and bed.

This happens because the material used for heating is different between printers. For example on the heat block. Some are made from aluminum, brass, copper and steel. Each material has a different ability to conduct heat.

Then on the heat bed. Some use bild plate surface glass, PEI steel Sheet, G10, Polypropylene, to Kapton Tape. So this will give a different heat as well.

Therefore, to get the right temperature on your 3D printer, you have to do calibrate.

How to Calibrate Temperature

In the Cura slicer software, there is a plugin called “Calibration Shapes“. Using this plugin, we can automatically calibrate by adding a bit of G-code.

Please install this plugin by clicking the Marketplace menu located on the top right side of Cura as shown in the following image:

Cet The Right PLA Temperature Your 3D Printer

After that, plase search for Calibration Shape. If you get it, please install like this picture:

Cet The Right PLA Temperature Your 3D Printer

After the installation is complete, maybe this requires re-open your Cura software, please re-open it.

Now, go to menu, click the Extensions > Part for calibration

In the Part for calibration sub menu there are many options. Because we want to calibrate the temperature, you can choose TempTower for PLA, ABS or PETG.

PLA Temp Nozzle

For example, I will to calibrate the PLA temp for heating block.

Please select Add a PLA TempTower, it will appear like this one:

Cet The Right PLA Temperature Your 3D Printer

You can see, each block has a different pla print temperature written, which is 220 °C at the buttom to 180 °C on the top block.

Now, we will instruct our 3D printer engine to make the pla filament temperature change automatically based on the specified block.

To do that, we have to add G-Code.

Please note! In this pla print temp tutorials I set the layer height to 0.2mm.

Now, back to menu, click the Extensions > Post Processing > Modify G Code > Add a script > Temp fan tower.

Then there will be several parameter values ​​that we will define.

Please follow the values ​​in the following image:

Then, click Close.

Click Slice again.

Now please print that tower.

You will see the difference between each block of the tower you have printed and you can select best value for yout printer.

In addition, you can also do this calibration to get the petg temperature and abs print temperature by setting the temperature per block.

I hope this Cet The Right PLA Temperature Your 3D Printer article is useful.

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