Printing temperatures for ABS on a Flashforge Adventurer 3 I've recently acquired a Flashforge Adventurer 3 and am having difficulty printing with ABS. The initial layers seem to lay and stay pretty well, though after a few more moments, one side will peel up from the heated platform. I'd like to know if anyone has optimal and tested temperatures for the use of ABS on my printer for the nozzle and platform?

I've used FlashPrint for slicing my objects using the following options:


Supports: Disable,
Raft: enable,
Resolution: Standard,
Layer Heights: 0.18&nbsp;mm,
First Layer Height: 0.27&nbsp;mm,
Perimeter Shells: 2,
Top Solid Layers: 4,
Bottom Solid Layers: 3,
Fill Density: 15&nbsp;%, Hexagon, Every 2 Layers,
Print Speed: 60&nbsp;mm/s,
Travel Speed: 80&nbsp;mm/s,
Extruder: 225&nbsp;&deg;C,
Platform: 70&nbsp;&deg;C,
Cooling Fan Controls: Automatic,
Nozzle Dia.: 0.4&nbsp;mm
The most commonly used print temperature range for ABS is 220 to 240 °C with the major bulk around 230 °C. Some filaments are blended with inhibitors or PC, increasing their print temperature to up to 260 °C. Note that the color of the filament just as the brand can have an impact on the print temperature!

The most commonly used bed temperature for ABS start at least at 80 °C. MatterHackers suggest 85-90 °C.

If your bed is particularly bad at getting adhesion, you might want to clean the bed of residues and fingerprints and relevel the bed. If that is not enough and you use a glass bed, a slurry of ABS in Acetone could come in handy. If you have a glass bed, the slurry is pretty much the best option.

Print cooling is a bane on ABS - the stuff shrinks too fast if cooled, resulting in the parts breaking loose!