Frequently Asked Questions

18:Vibrations and Ringing
Ringing is a wavy pattern that may appear on the surface of
your print due to printer vibrations or wobbling. Typically, you
will notice this pattern when the extruder is making a sudden
direction change, such as near a sharp corner. For example, if you
were printing a 20mm cube, each time the extruder changes to
printing a different face of the cube, it would need to change
directions. The inertia of the extruder can create vibrations when
these sudden direction changes occur, which will be visible of the
print itself. We will look at the most common ways to address
ringing, by examining each cause in the list below.
(1) Printing too fast
The most common cause for ringing is that your printer is
trying to move too fast. When the printer suddenly changes
direction, these quick movements will create additional force that
can cause the lingering vibrations. If you feel that your printer may
be moving too fast, try to reduce the printing speed. To do this,
click “Edit Process Settings” and select the Speeds tab. You will
want to make adjustments to the “Default Printing Speed” and the
“X/Y Axis Movement Speed”. The first controls the speed of any
movements where the extruder is actively extruding plastic, while