Print quality & Speed
Print quality
As mentioned above, when printing, it’s the Mars 5 Ultra tray that tilts to detach the last printed layer. In fact, there is very little movement on the vertical Z axis. A new technology for Elegoo, which also seems to improve precision.
When we speak of automatic levelling, it’s actually the construction plate that is spring-mounted, so that the plate is always parallel to the bottom of the tray. However, this causes minor compression faults in the first few layers. It is therefore important to have supports so that compression does not affect the printed model.
As a matter of habit, and because we want to test the printer as soon as it’s installed, we start printing the tower. And even before touching any parameters, the printout is clear.
Then the real precision test. Once again, we didn’t change the printer’s default settings.
Finally, we made some mechanical parts. The dimensions are close to the file, which makes it possible to make spare parts
Now for the fun part, take a look at the precision of detail on our figurines. It’s hard to tell they’re 3D prints, and the little line will fade with the first coat of primer.
Speed
In terms of speed, the Mars 5 Ultra is no better than the Saturn 4 Ultra. However, we switched to FEP film, probably because the surface area is smaller and the tilting system for demolding helps to dispense with ACF film. For our part, we didn’t notice any difference in use compared with the Saturn 4 Ultra.
The movement of the tray simplifies demolding and reduces the time between coats.
During our tests, the Mars 5 Ultra always came close to this printing speed, which was not the case with the Jupiter SE, which was able to reach this speed but with major compromises on layer thickness. Here we can clearly see that the new tray tilting system greatly reduces the time between layers.
