Hi,
I want to use ludicrous mode all the time. Does that have any downside for the printer?
For example, heat problems occur during long print runs, etc.
The print quality is not important. I just want to keep my printer alive and working (:
Thanks.
Save a profile in your slicer that just encodes a faster speed/accel/jerk, so you don’t have to manuallly remember to push a button every time.
Like a car or any machine, I would expect rapid starts, stops, and turns to increase stress and wear on all moving parts.
Will printing at max speed make an appreciable difference in printer life and repairs? I don’t think anyone has made a controlled test to find out.
I only have one printer, no time considerations, and want my printer to last, so standard speed is fine. Maybe someone with a print farm could dedicate one printer to the experiment.
Bearings will wear out faster. Screws and nuts that aren’t lock-tited will work loose faster. Electronics will produce more heat, reducing their long term reliability (electronics may fail sooner).
Will it matter? Depends on how much printing you do. But Ludacris runs at 50% higher speed, so “miles per hour” of printing is faster, so you’re basically “using up” the machine’s design life 50% faster.
You have to ponder:
“If this could be used all the time, why isn’t it the default set by BL as even faster printers would sell more than just fast printers?”
They do not and that should provide a modicum of an answer.
It’s not the default because print quality degrades with the higher speed. Printer also gets quite a bit noisier.
Ludicrous isn’t intended to be used all the time because “quality”, but because of that assumption, they probably didn’t put money in to features that’d let it survive Ludicrous being used 100% of the time.
Some users might do it anyway, and their machines will break sooner, but all that does is drive sales of replacement parts. No downside for BBL (unless maybe they offer an extended warranty for the X1E, but “Enterprise” expects to have to do preventative maintenance on their equipment. It’s why BBL charges more for that printer - post sales support).
To sum up, there is no data for that.
The machine will get old faster, of course, but the question is how much (:
Are there any printing farms that use the mode constantly?
Thank you for all your responses.
Let me put it into sport mode (:
I don’t think you understand lol, there is a way to always make your printer do that, and it’s by creating a profile.
Global Process → Speed → Get out your calculator → Enter new values for speeds, accels, jerk → HIT SAVE. If necessary also modify stuff on Machine or Filament tabs.
Whenever you print stuff, use that profile.
You may even get better performance than “ludicrous mode” by proactively encoding a higher temperature or volumetric flow rate.