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Modifying printing parameters
One of the features of Sharebot NG is the ability to intervene on a number of parameters while printing
is in progress.
The “Adapt” menu becomes available instead of the “Prepare” (see Chapter 3): This allows you to adapt
the selected profile PLA or normal to their compatible materials for behavior and characteristics (v.
Materials table in Chapter 7), changing the nozzle plate temperature and the fan speed.
Speaking at the feed rate example you can slow down or speed up the overall printing speed to handle
any contingencies as a material that requires more time to cool (and therefore should be printed more
slowly) or a model that can be achieved at higher speed. Another important parameter is the flow rate
that percentage increases or decreases the amount of material extruded, compensating for any chang-
es in the diameter of the wire than that stated by the manufacturer. The flow rate can also thicken or
thin the walls of the model.
The “Fan” voice makes it possible to adjust the airflow on the piece in print.
Detaching the 3D printed object
Finished your print, Sharbot Kiwi-3D put the printing plate down and park your extruder. In this loca-
tion there is easy access to print plan to detach from it the finished object.
This operation is delicate and inevitable: because the object is printed, it is necessary that its first
layer adheres well and remains clinging to the plane for the duration of the print itself. If there was a
good seal, mechanical stress and just a little bit of shock on the extruder would jump away, ruining
irreparably printing.
Detach the model thus requires a certain expertise, a thin spatula or large blade cutter.
Remember to place the maximum attention during the proceedings: we recommend wearing protec-
tive gloves to avoid cut with the blade or the glass plate.
In both cases you have to try to insert the blade of a few millimetres under one side of the printed
piece, then with horizontal movement, without trying to lift the piece, you need to sink the blade
toward the opposite side. Usually the piece blows away without too much force and without that
we must arrive on the other side. If the model has thin legs or parts you are looking for before you
remove these without lift and then pull out the part with the broadest support. In this way you will
avoid to break the thin parts. In the case of vessels or parts with a single wide base, start on one side,
trying to insert the blade more in depth, but did not push directly, but with an oscillatory movement
to advance the blade.
As advice, avoid using the same piece as an element to force (pulling) or lever (it) because it could
break. If the printed object has a high surface you can remove the Print plate and place it under warm
water, allowing the dissolution of Hairspray and a detachment of the piece easier.
Remember that just finished printing might have the printing plate and definitely the extruder tem-
peratures. The blocchettino of extruder solid brass remains for several minutes at temperatures suf-