{"id":80858,"key":"New_material_testing_on_a_syringe_3-D_printer","title":"New material testing on a syringe 3-D printer","latest":{"id":1207581,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T22:30:08Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{MOST}}''This describes the basic method for testing a new material on a syringe 3D printer and acquiring the default print settings. ''\n\n== Safety ==\n\n* Same as with operation of syringe printer\n\n== Equipment or Bill of Materials ==\n\n* Syringe-style 3D printer\n** [[Open-source Wax RepRap 3-D Printer for Rapid Prototyping Paper-Based Microfluidics]]\n** [[Open-source parametric 3-D printed slot die system for thin film semiconductor processing]]\n** [[Open-source 3-D Platform for Low-cost Scientific Instrument Ecosystem]]\n\n== Operation & Procedure ==\n\n# Before you start to get an idea of what you need to do for finding the right print settings - read this carefully - Woern, A.L.; Byard, D.J.; Oakley, R.B.; Fiedler, M.J.; Snabes, S.L.; Pearce, J.M. Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties. Materials 2018, 11, 1413. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11081413\n# Do a mini lit /web search to find the default settings for your base plastic as a rough guess on temp -along with your [[recyclebot]] experience if you have any making pellets with the [[3-D Printable Polymer Pelletizer Chopper for Fused Granular Fabrication-Based Additive Manufacturing|pelletizer]].\n# Load your syringe with the material. Look for a minimum temperature that it will extrude out manually by adjusting the temperature and pushing manually with your hand through the syringe. At the \"right\" temp - you will see the plastic come out of the nozzle - the exact width of the nozzle hole (e.g. no thin, weird curling, etc.)\n# For speed start with some of the default settings under the advanced menu in Lulzbot Cura for the same/similar base polymer- if you have a completely new polymer start at the max speed for your printer and work down.\n# Make the following prints using the STLs in this project (https://osf.io/f4rh9/ ) ('''note you will need to adjust the sizes of these based on the printer you have - these are for the GigabotX, please send the files you use to be uploaded to the OSF to Dr. Pearce for other printers'''):\n## line/liness to get right T and speed\n## vase - test wall thickness with calipers\n## cube - test x, y, z with calipers\n## 5X ASTM D638 Type 4 standard tensile bars.\n\n== References ==\n\n<!-- This code is for placing the citation you included above. If you did not use the<ref>code, please delete this. -->\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = 3D printing\n| organizations = MOST\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST methods]]\n[[Category:3D printing]]"}