PLA impressions. ABS, TPU and PETG will be later in the week.
The fine texture is not smooth but definitely has much smaller texture than the BL PEI.
So BIQU talks about room temperature printing. Well, maybe with the Frostbite which is supposed to have more adhesion, but not the Glacier (Still waiting on my Frostbite plate).
To test the adhesion I used a 25mm cube. My printer room is running cool thanks to the snowstorm and cold here in Colorado.
To start, I cleaned the plate with soap and water before printing to remove any manufacturing residue.
Filament is VoxelPLA using their recommendation to select PLA Tough for the filament setting. Filament was dried prior to testing.
I did the first print at 30 C on a P1S. Room temperature is 20C. Used the 0.2mm Standard Process setting. All glass closed. No brims or skirts in these tests.
At about a 3mm height, the object broke loose. Now to be fair, the site advertising may say room temperature for any Cryogrip, but I saw where they recommend 35 as the minimum temp for PLA on the Glacier.
Did a reprint and set the Plate Type setting to cool plate, which puts it at 35 C. Printed with no issues. Then printed a taller object with a circular 25 mm base that flares and branches at the top with no supports. It winds up being about 50mm tall. Printed flawlessly.
One difference between this plate and the PEI plates is, it still has some stickiness once it cools down to room temperature. On my PEI plates the objects let go , but you have to pull or pop the object off this plate.
Now to try a larger surface area. I’ve had the VokelPLA warp on long objects. lets see what happens. Will post pictures later (including one of out total snowfall buildup for fun.
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You can also try increasing the first layer nozzle temperature. That will help the filament “bond” to the plate a bit stronger.
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Long object test with PLA.
As mentioned before, I’ve had a problem with VoxelPLA lifting with long objects, even with a brim on the BL PEI plates.
At 35C a 200mm x 30mm object lifted at the corners on both ends.
Bumped it up to 40C and lifting was so small that you needed a magnifier to see it.
At 45C there was no issue. Everything was perfectly flat.
So once again, this plate is a winner. This makes me happy, as I’m a fan of VoxelPLA.
On to ABS next.
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My CryoGrop Glacier plates (bought on BIQU’s BOGO deal) just arrived today… As I do with any build plate, my first step after unpackaging was a thorough washing with Dawn dish soap and hot water… Then off to run some prints. Now, I routinely print PETG, so following their recommendation for PETG on the Glacier plate, I ran it at 70C. I must say, I’m totally NOT impressed. My stock Bambu Textured PEI sheet sticks SIGNIFICANTLY better to PETG at the same 70C temperature… My carbon fiber and diamond effects build plates even stick better. I honestly don’t see any reason to use the Glacier plate other than it does leave a slightly less textured surface on my prints, but otherwise, it really doesn’t stick worth a damn, and in fact it took me 3 times before I even got one single successful print.
So with the Bambu TPU for AMS, I had no problems.
Chose the Smooth PEI Plate / High Temp plate. The filament profile sets the temperature to 35C for the bed.
No glue applied as BIQU says you don’t need it. Excellent adhesion during printing. Was only a little sticky after the plate cooled down. Only toll small to moderate force to remove the test print . (Subjective, hence the range).
In P1S
ABS small items, it worked great when selecting the smooth PEI/High Temp plate.
These were very small at about 6mm diameter and a 6 mm x10 mm oval.
So at the default 100 C bed temp in the eSun ABS profile it worked perfectly.
Need to do a long test object to check for warping. If none is observed will then start lowering the temp to see if it still works well.