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kengineer
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how many many machine hours?

I looked at the hours on my MK2 this evening and found 123 days and 19 hours. 143 km filament thru it. 

Does 3115 hours on a MK2 seem reasonable?

I have changed nozzles, bearings and belts in the past, I also replaced the PEI on the bed once, but in general it has been very low maintenance. I do quite a bit of printing for my employer and just convinced them to order a MK3 for the shop so mine will get less of a workout. I may go thru it to refresh it although it is still doing a good job. 

Great job Prusa 

Posted : 30/09/2021 1:13 am
Diem
 Diem
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Hmmm, perhaps I ought to buy in the ingredients ready to bake a cake....

MK3.

Your printer probably has a bit more life in it.

Cheerio,

Posted : 30/09/2021 2:39 am
kengineer
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Topic starter answered:
I guess mine is just getting broken in!

Diem,

Yours must never cool down.

I wonder how many hours machines in a print farm get? Do they ever really wear out or just need new parts? 

Posted : 01/10/2021 12:12 am
kengineer
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Topic starter answered:
I guess mine is just getting broken in!

Diem,

Yours must never cool down.

I wonder how many hours machines in a print farm get? Do they ever really wear out or just need new parts? 

Posted : 01/10/2021 12:13 am
Diem
 Diem
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I suppose the Prusa designs are almost infinitely repairable depending on how much effort you are willing to put in.  I suspect I am more likely to obsolete my MK3 than wear it out.

Cheerio,

Posted : 01/10/2021 12:59 am
cwbullet
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Impressive

I have 8 and I do nto think they have that mileage on a single one.  Two of them no longer update stats though.  The oldest has 308 days and counting.  

Posted by: @diem

Hmmm, perhaps I ought to buy in the ingredients ready to bake a cake....

MK3.

Your printer probably has a bit more life in it.

Cheerio,

 

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Posted : 01/10/2021 10:05 am
Petr
 Petr
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Posted by: @diem

Hmmm, perhaps I ought to buy in the ingredients ready to bake a cake....

MK3.

Your printer probably has a bit more life in it.

Cheerio,

Do not believe everything you see on the internet. A little math: 42 790 616 meters is almost 43 thousand kilometers (it´s more than equator lenght). Its print speed is 1,38 meters per second and that means a new spool every 5 minutes. It also means a more than 1 kW for hotend.

P.

Posted : 07/10/2021 6:40 am
Diem
 Diem
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42 790 616 meters is almost 43 thousand kilometers

It's not a very useful measure.  I'm pretty sure that's millimeters, so div by 1000 and I think it's mm extruded rather than consumed.  Anybody know how it's calculated?

Even the print time is somewhat approximate - in the early days it didn't take account of speed variations (Icbw) but one of the updates fixed it so these days it's not far off.

Cheerio,

Posted : 07/10/2021 12:27 pm
Petr
 Petr
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re

Unit is meter (m), milimeter is mm and I am pretty sure that it is consumed filament. The photo is a joke:)

Posted by: @diem

42 790 616 meters is almost 43 thousand kilometers

It's not a very useful measure.  I'm pretty sure that's millimeters, so div by 1000 and I think it's mm extruded rather than consumed.  Anybody know how it's calculated?

Even the print time is somewhat approximate - in the early days it didn't take account of speed variations (Icbw) but one of the updates fixed it so these days it's not far off.

Cheerio,

 

Posted : 08/10/2021 3:31 pm
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