Here I share my filament configs for my 3d Printer Prusa i3 Mk3s with different brands and functions cause there are hard to find on the net. Especially if you want a Volcano Profile even more so for a 0.4 nozzle.
It is a lot of trail an error to get it right. So i want to share my starting points.
My goal is to provide profiles for filament with a distinct functions like: flexible, high temp ,resictance and other special properties.
Be aware that every printer is different not only in brand but also in bulding so the values will never be a 100% fit. But this fits MY Prusa i3 MK3s the best.
Its hard to find the perfect settings for any filament online. Its even harder to find setting for a Volcano Hotend. Much more so with a 0.4 nozzle. Few people seem to use this combination. Everyone seems to use bigger nozzles with the Volcano but you don't have to go bigger, to get more print speed and keep the same quality as with the stock 0.4mm ed3v6 nozzle.
You can keep the 0.4 quality and still get print speeds increasing up to 50%.
So here is it: My Configs for Slic3er/PrusaSlicer with a Volcano hotend and a 0.4mm nozzle.
I have worked with each of these profiles, but make no warranty as to their suitability for use on your printer. Be careful if you have not calibrated your current nozzle and Live-Z settings of your volcano. I have done some basic prints using each of these settings, but they are all “experimental� and not guaranteed perfect. Most of them I calibrated with 50g filament samples. Use at your own risk!
Here i made some statistics and some pics. See the pics folder.
| Print statistics | |
|---|---|
| Model: | Benchy |
| Filament: | Prusament PETG |
| Layer: | 0.25mm layer height |
| Infill: | 10.00% |
| Nozzle: | Nozzle X 0.4mm |
| Print Time Comparison | Volcano Nozzle X | e3d v6 Nozzle X | % increase in print time |
|---|---|---|---|
| MVS*: | 20 | 8 (standard Prusa profile) | |
| Benchy size: | |||
| 100.00% | 64 min | 94 min | 31.00% |
| 150.00% | 133 min | 197 min | 32.00% |
| 200.00% | 222 min | 405 min | 45.00% |
| 250.00% | 340 min | 667 min | 49.00% |
*MVS stands for Maximum Volumetric Speed
Real World Example
Waving Groot 15 cm (100% scale):
e3d v6: 701 min
volcano: 448 min
-> 36% increase in print time.
Corner join piece from a friend:
e3d v6: 722 min
volcano: 262 min
This is just mental!
MVS stands for maximum volumetric speed. It's a setting that overrules the print speeds. It classifies the maximum output of the hotend of hot plastic ( in general and for a specific filament) Aka: how much plastic can I melt in 1 second
The volcano has MVS hardware limit of around 25mm/sec and the V6 of 11mm/sec.
Basically the MVS value makes sure that even when you put in infill speed of 200mm/sec that it only prints at that speed that the filament and the hotend can handle to get the print successful out of it.
You can raise the MVS also on the V6 but as the hardware limit is quite low you don't get much out of it. Every filament has a max MVS value but if that value is bigger than 11 you will never reach the maximum speed for it on the V6.
The MVS for petg (prusament) is around 20. So to get the max speed you have to go volcano and safe like 50% of printing time on bigger parts.
For PLA the max MVS is even higher than 20 but I don't have pla around and could not test. So basically a V6 slows you down quite a bit as the hardware limit is at 11.
However, not all filament types can be printed that fast. So with some types like tpu you will not see an improvement over the V6 but in my experience so far I was never actually slower.
MVS can be calculated, it factors In layer height, speed, extrusion width.
But in the end you have to do test prints to find the right value cap for your filament.
Also you can just set it to 20 all the time but then you loose the safety feature and your speeds can not exceed the maximum for that filament otherwise the print gets ruined.
Some maths:
So lets take the formula for infill:
Layer Height X Extrusion Width X Speed = Volumentric speed
0.25 * 0.6 * x = 12
0.15*x =12 >> That gives me 80mm/seconds for infill
So i can set the speed for infill at 80mm/second if i go fo 0.6 extrution width. As it turns out this is the standard setting anyway for the v6 (but with 0.4 width). So no gain here for 12 MVS. But as mentioned above the volcano can do 20 for petg. So lets look at that:
0.25 * 0.6 * x = 20
0.15*x =20 >> That gives me 133mm/seconds for infill and maxed out MVS.
See also this post: https://forum.prusaprinters.org/forum/original-prusa-i3-mk3s-mk3-user-mods-octoprint-enclosures-nozzles-.../volcano-with-0-4-0-6-nozzle-speed-and-slicing-help-needed/
3D Printer:
Model: Prusa i3 Mk3s
Firmware: 3.9.0 RC1 // 3.8 has some bugs so i wait for 3.8.1
These notes are based on my experiences with the Prusa i3 Mk3s printer. If you are using a different printer, please verify the hardware details are the same.
Slicer:
Type: PrusaSlicer
Version: lastest
Yes every printer who can work with PrusaSilcer will work.
Tested with:
- Prusa Mk2
- Tevo Tarantula Pro
- Basically all i3 Variants should work fine if they have a Volcano
This one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2989361
Ok lets make a list:
- 3d parts to fit the volcano onto the mk3s(without Firmware mod): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2989361 or https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/2105-full-print-volume-volcano-modification
- Volcano hotend (24V, direct drive, 175mm): https://e3d-online.com/volcano-hotend
- Nozzle X for the Vocano (go for 0.4 or 0.6mm): https://e3d-online.com/nozzlex-volcano
- Titanium Heatbreak (Better for cooling with the stock fan!): https://e3d-online.com/catalog/product/view/id/9284/s/v6-titanium-heat-break/
- Vocano Sock: https://e3d-online.com/silicone-socks-for-volcano-3pack
Do a PID Tuning to get the heater up to speed for the bigger bloc.
Well there was a time before the volcano and these are the profiles from that time. As saif before its hard to come by perfectly tuned profiles for a filament. There will be no update by me in the future for v6 profiles. But other people are welcome to contribute.
Yes you can. You just have to adjust the MVS value in the Filament and Print Settings. Use the safe v6 values like 8 for PETG. This will calculate down all the speeds to be safe and unseable with the v6. No gurantrees tho.
- See the picture folder.
- Prusa i3 MK3S
Im very happy to include other profiles from other people. Please keep these simple rules in mind:
- Please help fix the beta profiles first, they are printable and funxtional but dont looks super good, depending on the model you print.
- If you print with a filament successful that layer height is missing here, please share that profile.
- Its it not my goal to get 20th PLA profile here. My aim is to tender more to the special filaments with special purposes/engeneering etc and cool features.
- Volcano profiles are prefered with supreme quality and bigger print speed, v6 is also ok if it is a special filament
- Please keep the nameing/folders of your profiles in line with my nameing. like this: ColorFabb nGen FLEX - 0.15mm - 0.30mm - MK3S - Volcano 0.4
- Please share/add some pics how good the quality turns out with the profile.
- I will only integrate profiles from/for a Prusa Mk2/s or Mk3/s + MMU (Please MARK this in the profiles!). For other printers please see the sources of your printer.
Sure, just send me a spool or some samples and i do my best to get a good profile out for you. No guarantees tho! Just send me an email.
I orderd a big sample box and try to get some good print profiles out of them. Here is the list. Please note that the list is generated out of the .ods in the repo. There is some magic involved like
\n in the file. So please be careful when editing.
I use these parts to tune in the profiles for my volcano:
- Tevo test cube - own version
- 10mm cube
My priorities for the profiles:
- Visual finish
- Layer adheasion
- As much speed as possible without compromising 1) and 2)
Thats easy:
The profiles go in subfolders here ~.PrusaSilcer:
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- print folder -> Files with QUALITY, DRAFT etc. in them.
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- printer folder -> Files with MK3S. in them.
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- filament folder -> The Rest of them in the folder
Well maybe, the projects are forked and go slightly different directions. So im not sure...
Well yes. Just make sure to set the MVS to 11 for PLA or 8 for PETG and other viscous filaments. MSV will calculate down your max speeds so you can use these profiles with non volcano hotends and even with totoaly dierent hotends like the Tevo or whatever. Just know your MVS for that hotend.
#Break
| Filament | Special Properties | Volcano Profiles 0.4mm Nozzle |
|---|---|---|
| 3dk 3dkTOP | Heat resistant up to 230 Degrees After curing, Food safe |
0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Colorfabb BROZEFILL | Feels like metal, heavy hefty feeling, very good surface finish looks bronze-like after post processing, good adheasion looks neat and interisting with larger layer, easy to print |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 |
| Colorfabb COPPERFILL | Feels like copper, heavy hefty feeling, very good surface finish looks copper-like after post processing, good adhesion looks neat and interesting with larger layer, easy to print |
0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 |
| Colorfabb CORKFILL | Cork like structure, very very light parts, very dark cork color 30% corkfibres, PLA/PHA + fine corkwood fibres Easy sanded,Good with wood filler and wood stain after sanding very very light stringing, no layers visible at 0.1mm |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Colorfabb GLOWFILL | Green Glow at Night. Needs high infill for best glow Very abrasive (more than CF!), use Steelnozzle Glows for +9 months,Needs to be charged with strong light source |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Colorfabb HT | A bit Hydrophile, Temp resistant to 100 degrees Super mechanical performance,greater toughness than XT Super strong, nearly see trough, enclousure advised FDA approved = Food safe |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 beta 0.07 beta |
| Colorfabb NGEN | nGen Material, low shrinkage, no warping Very strong interlayer adhesion Glossy finish, Tg of 85, bonds well with ApolloX |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Colorfabb nGen FLEX | Semi-Flex, easy to print Very good layer adheasion, rubber like |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 |
| Colorfabb nGen LUX | nGen Material Very sprakly in direct sunlight Very strong interlayer adhesion |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Colorfabb PA-CF LOW WARP | Nylon Filament PA6 mixed with carbon fiber low warp, temp resistant to 120 degrees lower moisture absorbtion than nylon,very durable parts |
Clogs the extruder easy, very hard to print absorbs moisture really fast. |
| Colorfabb STEELFILL | Feromagnetic, Steel-Feel 80% Steel powder Good Post-Processing, Heavy RECALIBRATE Z!!! |
0.20 0.15 |
| Colorfabb WOODFILL | Wood like structure, very light parts, very bright wood color 30% recycled woodfibres, PLA/PHA + fine pinewood fibres Easy sanded,Good with wood filler and wood stain Very soft filament, after sanding very woodlike |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Colorfabb XT CF20 | Very strong parts, matt finish, feels carbon like Strong parts with gyroid infill and thickness of > 2mm can snap at layer lines on very small parts very good adheasion,Tg of 80° very stiff, likes to form blobs on the extruder! 20% carbon fiber |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Copper 3D PLACTIVE AN1 Antimicrobial Filament | NASA tested, kills 99.99% of fungi, viruses, bacteria And a wide range of microorganisms. Can be thermoformed Good layer adhesion, FDA approved, A bit stringy |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| DruckerRihno Marble PLA | PLA with Marlble effect is actually hard to come by. It actually looks like marble |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 |
| Eryone Silk Blue PLA | PLA with a Silk feel and very shiny. Hides layers well with 1.5 or less. |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.12 0.10 0.07 |
| EUMAKERS PLA Glow Blue | The favourite blue glowing PLA from Eumakers | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| feelcolor HIPS filament | Lighter than PLA, very light and rigid parts, High impact resistance ABS like features, does not like fan, warping dissolves in limone. |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 beta |
| feelcolor Kanova materic Marble | k/canova mineral stone material,porous for sanding and coloring Suitable for modeling like plaster/soap stone with knife More perimters advised, GLUESTICK needed!, |
0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| FFFWORLD FlexiSmart TPU | Very soft TPU, Good for Cases Printabability = Medium |
0.20 |
| FiloAlfa ALFAsilk filament | Silk Filament made out AFA Filament, a bit elastic Pretty to look at. Layers get hidden well. Good impact resitance. Glossy. |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.12 0.10 |
| FormFutura ApolloX ASA | For outside applications, UV-Resistant Prone to warping, need enclosure nice finish, ABS like, bonds well with ngen |
0,25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| FormFutura EASYWOOD | Wood filament with 40 % Wood Feels and smells like real Wood Good layer masking |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| FormFutura MAGICFILL Thermo PLA | PLA that changes color when warmer then 31 degrees. Below that ist is black and with more heat it goes from black, to grey to milk white at 100 degrees. Slightly stringy. Not that usefull if you want color change with body temp. | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| FormFutura STONEFILL | 50% Stone powder, PLA Stone like look, and a bit of a feel Recalibrate Z! |
0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Kanesis Weed filament | Hemp filament with 20% Hemp, rought texture. Clogs Hotend EASILY! Do remove after printing. Do NOT Print above 165 degrees!. |
Will for now not make a profile. Hotend clogs to easy |
| Lay Filaments Lay-Felt Poro-Lay | Expermimental filament!, gets soft when submerged in water,feels like wet paper or cloth, stays flexible as long as moist, very stringy!! | 0.30 0,25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Lay Filaments MoldLay | Wax like filament, for lost mold casting Gets water liquid at 275 degrees, let cool down the print! Prints molds for permanent casting and for lost-wax casting. |
0.25 0.20 0.15 beta |
| NinjaTek Armadillo | This has still a bit of flex to it. But the use case of Armadillo is that you can mill it and drill trought it etc. So its a very high performing rigid material, providing 90% higher abrasion resistance than nylon materials | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| NinjaTek Cheetah | Semi-Flex, easy to print Very good layer adheasion, rubber like, a little bit stringy. |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| NinjaTek NinjaFlex | Shore Hardness of 85A, the wet noodle we all love. | Run out of test filament while makeing a profile. Im close… Its uploaded |
| Orbi-Tech PVA | PVA Filament, soluble in water, for support. Absorbs moisture in the air, strigy but manageable. | 0.30 0,25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Orbi-Tech Soft PLA | Rubber like PLA filament. Quite Bendy at 2mm strengh, a bit stringy | 0,25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| PolySmooth | PLA like, brittle, small stringing. The surface can be smoothed with ISO 90% alcohol to achieve layer free models | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 |
| Proto-pasta Magnetic Iron PLA | Filament that is feromagnetic, Filament that can RUST PLA base |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 beta |
| Prusament PLA | Very good PLA Quality, 0.02 Tolerance | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Prusament PETG | Good PETG Quality, 0.02 Tolerance Food safe, Good adhesion |
0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Real PETG | Good PETG Quality, Alternative to Prusament Food safe, Good adhesion, a bit runny |
0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| SainSmart Pro-PETG | PETG, 0.02 Tolerance Food safe, Good adhesion, a bit brittle, problematic to print with lower layer heights medium surface finish, better for practical stuff |
0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 |
| uDiamond PLA by Carbodeon | PLA with very fast print speed! External with 40mm and looking good. Infill with 220mm and working. High strength,High stiffness. Printing speed up to 500mm/s. Heat Deflection Temperature 95C |
0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| Extrudr NX2 PLA | UV resistant and foodsafe PLA, has some better druability features. It has also a matt very good look to it. Best looks with 0.15 or lower, looks better than feelcolor PLA | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 |
| Lay Filaments Laywoo-3D Flex | Wood with some flex to it, heat Deflection Temperature 95°C | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.12 0.10 beta |
| feelcolor Matt PLA | Foodsafe PLA with matt finish | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| eSun PETG | Good Chinese PETG, a bit stringy, very felxible for PETG, does not break easy. | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Topzeal COLORCHANGE TCC PLA | Color change PLA with real colors from grey, white, yellow and red. Easy to print. Little stringing. | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.07 beta |
| Prusament ASA | ASA Material, UV stable, ABS alternative, Temp resistant to 93 degrees, acetone smoothable | 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 |
| FiberForce Antibacterial PLA | Antibaterial PLA Material | 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 beta |
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