The actual hotend is a bit of a mixed bag; it is still PTFE lined, which limits safe temperatures to roughly 260c, and much less for extended use; this is also a consumable, thankfully Elegoo gives you a spare piece of PTFE in the spare parts box. Each slice is then extruded in molten plastic by the print head which draws one of these 2D slices onto the build platform before raising the nozzle height and proceeding with the next slice. The pro edition has added a few new goodies: a direct drive that really grips slippery filaments like TPU, dual Z screws for steady printing and a built-in task light. The save option is not set because saving may cause a short pause of the print head during printing.

At normal printing speed (below 70mm/s), in a closed low-noise environment (30 decibels), the measured machine noise is below 50 decibels; when the machine prints at a faster speed, the noise generated is higher than that when printing at a normal speed bigger, which is normal. Several countries and regions are: Norway, Switzerland, Las Palmas (ES), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (ES), Ceuta (ES), Melilla (ES), Åland Islands (FI), etc.Elegoo have kept the filament sensor attached to the frame of the machine instead of the print head. Power switch and kettle lead connections are mounted on the left hand side towards the rear of the machine. When printing flexible materials, the consumables are easy to bend in the extruder, and there is a phenomenon similar to plugging. There really isn’t all that much that I dislike about the Neptune 3 Pro; in fact, It is just about three things, and two of them are pretty small, so let’s get those out of the way first.

I have had plenty of packages from Elegoo over the years and I'm yet to experience any damage to the products inside.

The large collection of neatly bundled wires from the bed first stop at the X axis motor (on the left hand side of the vertical gantry) before carrying on to the print head itself where they terminate. Check out our guide to the best filaments for 3D printing for examples of our favorite materials to add to your supply. inches gives you enough space to freely arrange your prints, print larger models, or carry out batch printing with high efficiency.

Similarly there are four control knobs on the underside of the print bed for levelling adjustment when the variance in the surface height is too extreme for the auto levelling feature. A simple slight increase in physical height of the machine negates any decrease in available print height. Next is competition from Elegoo itself, and the first one is one that I don’t think is much competition; it is the Neptune 3. More Stable Printing] The Z-axis with dual synchronized lead screws and dual-motor drive for more stable movement of the print head and higher printing accuracy, avoiding the printing deviation driven by a single Z-axis lead screw motor. I can't be certain if this is an issue of the printer or slicing software - it doesn't constitute a failure but it's not desirable either.The wide AC voltage input range is designed to protect the 3D printer by accepting different voltage inputs to meet the application requirements (110v and 220v). Elegoo brags about the new “TC4 titanium alloy” throat pipe, but there’s still a chunk of PTFE tube in there, meaning it’s not an all-metal hotend. You can use the same size all-metal throat to replace the original throat, (note: the length of the throat must be the same, the standard length is 27mm.

The Neptune 3 Pro is a powerful FDM printer from Elegoo, which with its build volume of 225 x 225 x 280 mm can print the most common print formats on the market. When Elegoo rebooted their FDM lineup with the Neptune 2 a few years back, it took the 3D Printing world by storm. This is not a problem towards the top of the machine, however, as the X axis lowers when calibrating the printer for the first time, the support rod which I had passed the wiring loom around becomes further from the gantry. The power recovery feature will detect power interruptions and offer to re-heat the bed and nozzle before resuming where it was before the power failed.

This is over 254% larger than the Neptune 3 Pro's build volume of 16,065cm³ (its build volume measures 225 x 255 x280mm). The PEI magnetic platform with good adhesion and the printed models can be easily removed by flexing the print steel sheet. Built-in print model preview function to preview the model image before printing and observe the printing progress.