Bambu Lab X1C
The Bambu Lab X1C is a new addition to the various 3D-printers available at CRF. It was bought during summer 2023 by a donation from Unga Forskare.
How to use and resources
Guides
Differences from our Prusa MK3
Buildplates
There are different types of build plates and it is essential to know what plate to use for what material, whether glue stick is needed or not, and whether or not door/top plate needs to be open/removed or not.
For the official Bambu build plates, the name of the plate is indicated on the plate itself, including which filament it supports.
The cool and hot plate is replaceable stickers that is applied to one (or both) side of the engineering plate.
Cool plate
The Cool Plate supports:
- PLA
- PLA-CF
- Wood/Metal/Rock-filled PLA
- PVA
The bed temperature when printing with the cool plate by standard is 35C, but it supports printing up to 45C.
Glue stick is required when printing with the cool plate.
Engineering plate
The Engineering plate is located on the other side of the cool plate.
The engineering plate supports:
- PETG
- PETG-CF
- ABS
- ASA
- PC
- PA
- PA-CF/GF
- PAHT-CF/GF
- PET-CF/GF
- TPU
Depending on the filament, the engineering plate supports temperatures between 60 - 120C.
PEY/PEO plates
The PEY and PEO plate has various patterns that will transfer to the print. The PEY plates have a rainbow holographic pattern, while the PEO plate has polygons.
These plates are to be used the same way as the High temperature plate.
Note that it does not have the plate identification code, so you will need to confirm continuing the print after bed leveling has been done.
It is important to clean these plates with water and soap before each print for best results.
These plate supports:
- PLA
- PETG
- TPU
Since these plates print at around 55C, it is required to open the door and remove the top plate when printing PLA.
Textured PEI plates
Filaments
When printing a filament whose glass transition temperature is lower than 60 ° C (such as PLA, PVA, TPU) and the head bed temperature is set higher than 45 ° C, it is recommended to open the front door and remove the top glass cover
When printing a filament (such as PETG) with a glass transition temperature of 60-80 ° C and the heat bed temperature is set higher than 60 ° C, it is recommended to remove the top glass cover
