Educate me on plates

Bambu Lab X1 Series General discussions
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I’m a 3D printing newbie here… I know just enough to get myself into trouble, so hoping to further my education. I see that Bambu has multiple kinds of bed plates. What are the differences in the types of plates? Are there some that are better for certain filaments vs. others? Should I be looking at specific plates for specific tasks?

Looking in the store I see these different types of plates:

  • Dual-Sided Textured PEI Plate
  • High Temperature Plate (PEI)
  • Cool Plate
  • Multi-Temperature Plate

Help me unconfuse myself.

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yes good question what about the engineering plate where do you get it and what is it

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e.g. here Recommendations for printing on the Engineering Plate | Bambu Lab Wiki

and likewise

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yes these how to use are easy to find but where do you get an engineering plate

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The engineering plate is on the flip side of the cool plate.
Not entirely sure if it’s referencing the build sheet or the actual plate itself.

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… and part of the delivery with the printer

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engeneer plate is the plate itself , it is a coating on the plate
the cool sheet is a sticker , can be removed to reveal a other engeneer plate

so plate do mean the steel thing , you got only 2 kind of plates
the engeneer plate and the Textured PEI Plate

all others are stickers/sheets like cool sheet , high temp sheet ( smooth pei sheet )

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…and info re the eng.plate can be found in the wiki as well
Guess good chance to read it

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that is the best explanation so far i had read the manual but not the introduction thank you for that much wiser now