Print failures

We currently have three printers at our disposal; Afinia, Replicator 2 and the original Replicator. We have been printing a lot lately and we are learning more with every print. We have instituted a new printing protocol which should help us learn even more from our mistakes (and our wins!). Every print must now be accompanied by a detailed description of parameters used in the print as well as a debriefing of each and every print. Comparisons of individual machines and their strengths and weaknesses are in the process of being recorded as well. Good prints and failures are being reproduced on each machine to assess them. In the photo at left you can see a print fail from the Afinia. Wall thickness cannot be adjusted in the Afinia's slicing program (only in the original solidworks file) and this led to a failure of the walls upon removal from the build platform. We are currently printing the same object on the Afinia with PLA instead of ABS without the use of any support material. It should be noted that the Replicator 2 printed this object perfectly. One of the best prints we have seen coming from this printer!