Prusa Spring Steel Sheet Vs Powder Coated

I am rather new to printing but figured i would go big on this one.

Prusa spring steel sheet vs powder coated.

Powder coated textured vs smooth pei coated spring steel sheets. Both sheets are covered by ultem pei polyetherimide the only difference is that the powder coated spring steel sheet is covered by pei dust baked directly to its surface whereas the smooth pei layer is glued to the metal sheet as a sticker. Powder coating also gives the surface a distinct textured look that will be visible on your prints. These magnets are able to firmly hold removable spring steel sheets.

Posted by 1 year ago. Spring steel sheet with smooth double sided pei sheet or double sided textured powder coated spring steel sheet. It is possible to use both of them for printing with any type of material if used properly. This product is a replacement spring steel sheet with smooth double sided pei for the original prusa i3 mk3 s and mk2 5 s heatbeds update.

The smooth pei surface on the steel sheet as well as all other properties remain the very same for all color versions. Powder coating directly on metal makes it very hard to damage this build plate. One of the best elements of it is a magnetic heat bed with a remov. We offer two types of spring steel sheets a textured powder coated one and smooth pei one.

The textured surface also hides all potential imperfections of your first layer. It makes sense since most of the factory printed parts are in petg which is well suited to the powder coated sheet. Both sheets are covered by ultem pei polyetherimide. You can also order your original prusa i3 mk3s kit or the assembled printer with the powder coated sheet.

The steel sheet color may differ from the product picture black gold green etc. Looking at getting the mk3 kit but i am unsure of the choices between both spring steel sheets. Our powder coated sheets allow you to print with all the commonly used types of filament pla petg abs flex cpe etc without applying adhesive separation layers. It is important to know that each type of steel sheet requires a different live adjust z value first layer height the smooth pei spring steel sheet being approximately 200 400 μm thicker than the powder coated spring steel sheet.