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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I had a crush happen in my delta, twice with the same gcode. here is what happened:

      first layer worked well. when starting second layer, the head suddenly dived down and crushed into the bed. luckily the bed is on springs and I believe no damage occurred.
      in the second time, I repeated the same build. again first layer was ok and again at the beginning of the second layer a similar crush happened. this time I was with my hand on the switch and caught the event quickly.

      suspecting the gcode, I ran it through a viewer and found no errors or problems there.

      then I checked z level and it was 0 on contact with the bed, and would not move down below that.

      any ideas?

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      • bot
        bot @Guest last edited by

        Was there a dramatic increase in print speed or travel move speed on that layer? Was the machine trying to do a travel move to/from an area near one of the towers?

        It sounds like a stalled motor / skipped steps, or perhaps some type of mechanical issue like a loose pulley. When a single motor loses position, the head will dive or rise.

        *not actually a robot

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        • droftarts
          droftarts administrators @Guest last edited by

          @ooly did you look at the Gcode file on the Duet SD card? I’d suspect file corruption when uploaded.

          Ian

          Cartesian bed-slinger with Duet 3 Mini 5+ WiFi : RRP Fisher Delta v1 with Duet 2 Maestro : TronXY X5S with Duet 2 Wifi (in progress)

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            bot and droftarts,

            I apologize for not reacting until now. my computer was out in repair and I received it back only today.

            so first thank you for offering help.

            I have yet to go back to working with the printer but as for bot suggestion: I don't think there were stalled steps or speed changes. as I mentioned, in the second printing attempt there was no problem until the beginning of the second layer.
            droftarts: have not had a chance to look at the sd card. will do that later.

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            • bot
              bot @Guest last edited by

              @ooly Often times, the first layer is intentionally slowed down by the slicer to make better first layer adhesion. The second layer can be sometimes twice the speed as the first, hence my question.

              When the effector ends up way highger or lower than it should be on a delta, it has definitely lost position. Whether it's a stepper losing position, or a mechanical issue is the question.

              *not actually a robot

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @bot last edited by

                @bot
                thanks, bot. have not had a chance to explore the problem although I am a prisoner at home.

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