Pei Sheet Over Glass

While this pei surface on my printer bed is good for adhesion i had serious problems getting this sheet to stick to either the aluminum bed or a glass plate even using 3m 468 adhesive.

Pei sheet over glass.

Made in the usa. All plates and magnets are inspected to ensure full functionality to make sure they meet our standards for them. Smooth pei plates may have a non uniform appearance under the pei as that is the adhesive visible through the pei sheet this is normal. Textured pei plates may have a non uniform color appearance as they are sprayed and the pei is baked onto the plate this.

As the interface between the printer and the printed object the print surface sees the most abuse of any part on your 3d printer and will likely need to be replaced at some point during the life of the printer. Bed at 85 on first layer then 90. It provides even greater rigidity and dimensional stability than ultem 1000 while still providing the unfilled grades useful characteristics. Polyetherimide or pei material is an amorphous thermoplastic with high mechanical strength and rigidity.

I ve printed quite a few parts now using the stock bed temperature of generic pet profile. I got a pei sheet and applied it to my glass build plate. Place the edge of pei that you peeled away flush with one side of the bed. Unfilled pei thermoplastic is translucent and amber in color with exceptional mechanical thermal and electrical properties.

Borosilicate glass abs and pla filaments along with many other materials print directly on to pei surface without the need for additional adhesives tapes or slurry. Everything i ve used just sticks to pei with no glue or hair spray or anything else required. This matches what i generally used on glass. Single 1mm thick sheet installs quickly on top of existing flat build platforms e g.

I ve wiped down the pei with a lens wipe so it should be clean. Ultem 2300 is a 30 glass reinforced grade of ultem pei and is the most common filled ultem grade. At 70c pla isn t sticking to it. Pei polymer is extruded by ensinger in sheet and rod shapes using sabic s ultem resin.

I m looking for experience about printing petg on the smooth pei. The problem is that the sheet of pei i received was warped about 1 2 over 12 inches length. It just sort of peels right off and printing circles and arcs is impossible as the extruded plastic just doesn t stick to the bed. Make sure this fits by entering your model number.

The pei film is adhered to the glass bedplate with a semi permanent adhesive in order to maximize the lifetime of the pei print surface.