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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Polycarbonate 3D printing!!]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Polycarbonate and ABS have the same shrinkage factor (between 5 and 7 %) in molding resins and I would guess the results from printed parts might be pretty similar however the molding temperature used for PC is always higher than straight ABS.&nbsp; If you can adjust (raise) the temperature of the filament slightly it may help - or another option is to slow down the print speed as that will effectively raise the temperature as well but it may be hard to actually identify just how much.</p><p>I&#039;m not speaking from experience in printing with PC/ABS but would also be on guard for more warpage (more heat, takes longer to give up that heat) and especially if you printing sections with higher percentages of fill.&nbsp; A part printed with 100% fill would likely retain far more heat for a longer period of time than one printed at 30%.</p><p>I would agree that the aluminum bed needs a higher temperature than your 70 deg/C but would defer to &quot;elmoret&quot; to the actual temp that works.&nbsp; As long as your bed temp is so low, it just becomes a heat sink - pulling the temperature out of the filament causing it to solidify again and that probably decreases the ability to stick to the aluminum at all.&nbsp; I see this thread is a bit older but would be interested to learn what others might have found that works for the PC/ABS filament and the temp settings that work well.&nbsp; Thanks.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Lmay]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-11-10T17:25:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Polycarbonate 3D printing!!]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>And which material to use? Is aluminum bed fine? Also any spray or solution to apply??</p><p>Thanks!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[madhurinene7]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-10-07T18:04:10Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Polycarbonate 3D printing!!]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>You need 130C+ heated bed temps for PC.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[elmoret]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-10-07T16:29:10Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Polycarbonate 3D printing!!]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p><p>I am trying to print different Polycarbonate grades and facing some problems. The Polycarbonate show a lot of shrinkage while cooling down. So the printing part (tensile bar) comes off from the heating bed after 3-4 layers. I am currently using 70 degree C heating bed temperature. I will be using aluminum bed with temperature of around 150 degree C. Will this work to adhere Polycarbonate? I have tried hairspray and ABS solution.. nothing works <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/sad.png" width="15" height="15" alt="sad" /></p><p>Please give me suggestions and let me know if anyone has worked with Polycarbonate.</p><p>Thanks!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[madhurinene7]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-10-07T16:26:58Z</updated>
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