care for your Zinter
®
Filament Materials
Your Zinter
®
Freedom utilises an open format filament system. We strongly
recommend you purchase your 3D printing filament materials from www.
zinter.com
,
where every filament has been thoroughly tested to work on your printer and comes
with optimized default settings for easier printing.
If you choose to purchase your filament elsewhere, avoid low quality filaments that can
lead to failed prints and even damage your Zinter
®
Freedom. Low quality filament can
contain foreign objects, unlisted material blends, voids and density variations, its also
not uncommon for cheap filament to have varying filament diameter. Purchasing
consistent and reliable filament is key to consistent and reliable prints, and well worth it
to protect your investment in a Zinter
®
Freedom.
More abrasive filaments such as XT-CF20 Carbon Fibre, and some metallic filaments
(Brassfill for example) will wear your print nozzle much quicker that plastic filaments.
This will become apparent through reduced quality prints, particularly where fine detail
is needed.
Print Bed
Your Zinter
®
Freedom has a removable glass print surface, always check this plate for
chips, cracks or damage at the start and end of each print, if any become apparent
cease use immediately and replace.
If you start seeing adhesion issues and your prints are not sticking to the glass,
carefully wipe the glass with isopropyl alcohol.
For some filaments applying Zintac
TM
to your print area prior to printing can also
improve bed adhesion.
Print Nozzle
Over time you may also experience an accumulation of filament on the nozzle and
heater block. To clean up this accumulated filament, heat the hot end up to 180°C and
then carefully wipe affected areas using a clean dry cloth.
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