Keep in mind, if you a printing inside a chamber or enclosure then your heated bed will be doing double duty as the chamber heater (assuming you don't have a dedicated chamber heater). So for materials that like high ambient temps, insulating the bed may be counter productive.
haha, truly this video gave me a chuckle... great video thanks for posting and just wanted to say I am enjoying the series of videos you posted on building out your enclosed printer setup :)
For me, the main facotr of insulation to the underside of the bed is keeping the bed heated. I put my test printers on a meter and over time it used 20% less electricity and the print bed was substantially more stable. My PID settings were very different as well. I put a camer on the creality dial pad then manually counted how often the bed was heating itself. Was 55% less than without insulation. I wish I could find that footage. However, it's not difficult to replicate.
One flaw in your test was the much of the bed corners were exposed and not insulated, only the center which will reduce the heater's ability to propagate a more even heat distribution throughout the bed. I think a fully insulated bed would have better results.
Creality Ender 5 Plus. ( Other 3D printers could use this as well). Cool down Heat Bed 15 minutes quicker Part 3 This saves 15 minutes on every print I do. Normally the Buld Plate takes about 30 minutes to cool down, this uses two fans to blow on the underside to cool it in 15 minutes. ruclips.net/video/HdpCIEpWA5U/видео.html
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Keep in mind, if you a printing inside a chamber or enclosure then your heated bed will be doing double duty as the chamber heater (assuming you don't have a dedicated chamber heater). So for materials that like high ambient temps, insulating the bed may be counter productive.
@ andrewesquivel It would be interesting to see the same test with an ambient temperature sensor inside the tent.
haha, truly this video gave me a chuckle... great video thanks for posting and just wanted to say I am enjoying the series of videos you posted on building out your enclosed printer setup :)
Thanks!
¿Can you try doing a PID tune for the bed for both cases before benchmarking them?, the insulation should change the pid curve
For me, the main facotr of insulation to the underside of the bed is keeping the bed heated. I put my test printers on a meter and over time it used 20% less electricity and the print bed was substantially more stable. My PID settings were very different as well. I put a camer on the creality dial pad then manually counted how often the bed was heating itself. Was 55% less than without insulation. I wish I could find that footage. However, it's not difficult to replicate.
One flaw in your test was the much of the bed corners were exposed and not insulated, only the center which will reduce the heater's ability to propagate a more even heat distribution throughout the bed. I think a fully insulated bed would have better results.
It would be more interesting if the overall energy costs drop during prints
Creality Ender 5 Plus. ( Other 3D printers could use this as well). Cool down Heat Bed 15 minutes quicker Part 3
This saves 15 minutes on every print I do.
Normally the Buld Plate takes about 30 minutes to cool down, this uses two fans to blow on the underside to cool it in 15 minutes.
ruclips.net/video/HdpCIEpWA5U/видео.html
P.S. Too low a budget to have a FLIR camera
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I used to have some coin, but had to sell it years ago to pay medical debt.
If I still had it, I would be sitting on a nice nest egg. Just how life goes some times.