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  • Welcome!
  • Getting Started
    • Critical Warnings & Information
    • Unboxing & Assembly
    • Check Your Printer
    • Setup Your Electronics
    • Setup Your Network
    • Updating SD Card Structure
    • Getting Started: Where to Go From Here
  • Beginner's Guides
    • Read This First
    • Your Extruder
    • Homing The Printer
    • Get Your Bed Ready
    • Running A Print
    • Common Terminology
  • Advanced Guides
    • Printer Assemblies
    • Printer Coordinates
    • Moving The Motor
    • Introduction To G-Code Commands
    • Meet The Extruder
    • Heating The Bed & Nozzle
    • Loading & Unloading Filament
    • The Bed & Probe
    • Bed Leveling & Probing
    • Tuning The Z Homing Procedure
    • Bypass Bed Leveling (Temporary)
    • Software Layers
    • What is Slicing?
    • Preparing The Print
    • Printing The Print
    • Where To Go From Here
  • Your Printer & Filament Settings
    • Printer Settings (Default)
    • ABS-R Filament
    • PLA Filament
    • Filament Extrusion Rate
    • How To Mix
    • How To Properly Apply Elmer's Glue
  • Documentation
    • Software/Firmware
      • SD Card Structure
      • Updating Firmware
      • Macros
      • Adjust Homing Macros
      • Tool Definitions
      • Duet Driver
    • Electronics
      • The Electrical Standard
      • Duet Maestro Wiring
      • Extruder Assembly Wiring
    • Mechanical Systems
      • Compound Mixing
      • Single K'Tana
  • Repair & Maintenance
    • Install/Uninstall
      • Back Cover
      • Filtration System
      • Cable Chain
      • Extruder
      • Nozzle
      • Limit Switch Holder
        • X Axis
        • Y Axis
        • Z Axis
      • Sliders
      • Belt Clamps
      • CoreXY
      • Fans
    • Routing Z Belts
    • Belt Tensioning
    • Slowing Down Your Bed
    • Mechanical Bed Leveling
    • Z-Probe Calibration & Software Bed Leveling
    • Screw & Tool List
    • Temperature Calibration
    • Unclogging The Nozzle
  • How To Troubleshoot
    • Network Connection
    • Duet Web Console (DWC)
    • Z Probe
    • Mesh Compensation
    • Bed
    • Heater
    • Extruder
    • Homing
    • Common Troubleshooting
      • Help! My Extruders Are Backwards
  • Changelog
  • Your Printer's 3D Parts
    • Latest Parts
      • Frame
      • Extruder System
      • Bed
    • Promega 1.24 or earlier
  • Quad
    • Setup Guide
      • Install
      • Calibration
  • M3D Community
    • Active Community Support
    • How To Contribute
    • Community Guides
      • Ruler Shortcut
    • Community Slicer Settings
    • Add-Ons
      • Modified Printed Parts
      • Gearbox
      • Quad
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  • Calculating Filament Flow Rate
  • Extruding in Air
  • Printing Flow Rate
  • Promega Flow Rate
  1. Your Printer & Filament Settings

Filament Extrusion Rate

The extrusion system on the Promega is designed to print at specific speeds at certain temperatures. Printing at the proper filament extrusion rate is essential to provide a good print. The Promega is designed to extrude at a rate of 5.7 mm^3/s. This number can change significantly depending on your printer and slicer settings and material.

Calculating Filament Flow Rate

Calculating the flow rate of your extruder is typically very easy. The equations you can use to calculate filament flow rate depends on your print settings and whether you are printing or not. Follow the Extruding in Air section to calculate the flow rate while extruding filament in the air and the Printing Flow Rate section in order to find the filament flow rate while printing.

Extruding in Air

When the extruder is printing filament into air, we can assume that the printer is creating a steady stream of filament at a slightly larger diameter than the diameter of the nozzle. If the extruder is not skipping, you can use the feedrate of the extruder move and the cross-section of the filament to calculate the flow rate. Because, all the filament that is being pushed by the extruder is pushed through the nozzle. Follow the equation below:

Flow Rate (mm^3/s) = Feedrate (mm/s) (Filament Cross-section) (mm^2)*

Filament Cross-section = pi ((Filament Diameter) / 2)^2 __Filament Cross-section for 1.75mm filament: 2.405 mm^2*

For Example: You send the command G1 E100 F200, where you extrude 100mm of filament at 200 mm/min. You are using 1.75 mm filament.

Flow Rate = 8 mm/s = pi (1.75 / 2)^2 (200 / 60) = 2.405 3.333*

Remember that the G1 move command feedrate parameter, F, uses mm per minute. So divide the feedrate by 60 to obtain the feedrate in mm per second.

Printing Flow Rate

When printing, the flow rate depends on your layer height, nozzle diameter and print speed.

Flow Rate (mm^3/s) = (Extrusion Width)(mm) (Layer Height)(mm) Print Speed (mm/s) Extrusion Width is ~120% of nozzle diameter

For Example: You have a 0.5 mm nozzle mounted and you are printing at 0.25mm layer height at a print speed of 30 mm/s.

Extrusion Width = 0.6 mm = 1.2 0.5 Flow Rate = 4.5 mm^3/s = 0.6 0.25 * 30

Promega Flow Rate

The Promega is designed to extrude filament at 5.7 mm^3/s. If you find your extruder skipping or notice print quality problems, do a filament flow calculation to determine the extrusion rate you are printing at. The extrusion rate of the Promega can be increased significantly depending on material, printing temperature and other factors. Feel free to experiment and push the printer to its limits! But remember to calculate the filament flow rate to determine whether your goal is realistic.

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