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Looking to upgrade Qidi X-Pro 3D printer stepper motors
Created Date: January 27,2020
Created By: nwmike
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I am wanting to replace (noisy) stepper motors in my Qidi X-Pro 3D printer and was not sure if I could simply replace the existing ones with the SureStep® Stepper Motors. Any guidance would be appreciated, thanks!
Created Date: January 27,2020
Created by: nwmike
I am wanting to replace (noisy) stepper motors in my Qidi X-Pro 3D printer and was not sure if I could simply replace the existing ones with the SureStep® Stepper Motors. Any guidance would be appreciated, thanks!
Created Date: January 28,2020
Created by: RBPLC
Are you wanting to replace your motors simply because they 're noisy?
Created Date: January 28,2020
Created by: Tinker
I'd think that the motor itself would have a minimal impact on noise (not none, but I think minimal unless original motors are really bad). The method of mounting and nature of the structure the motor is mounted may, I imagine, have the largest effect, how the motor is driven may be significant too (e.g. mirostepping resolution, current regulation)
Now if one wanted to completely re-engineer the printer for low noise, keeping just the controller and extruder, then assuming the controller has step and direction outputs one could use just about any motor/driver combination. On the other hand if the mechanical structure were rebuilt with noise reduction in mind then the existing motors might be fine. Also if one really wants quiet, the SureServo is bound to be much quieter than a SureStepper, it will cost the better part of a thousand dollars per axis, but Z movement is so slow you could probably keep the stepper there.
Created Date: January 28,2020
Created by: nwmike
Well I did assume that it was the stepper motor but it could be how it's mounted. We have a Raptor 2 as well and it is extremely quiet by comparison. The noisiest travel seems to be the Y axis, though Z is pretty noisy as well. Since Z moves so infrequently I wasn't too concerned about it. Are there some common practices that help with noise? I was just thinking that perhaps it was cheap steppers, but this is a new world for me. Thanks.
Created Date: January 28,2020
Created by: NateInAlbany
Look into upgrading your drivers first. on some models of printer you can also add dampers. These are both fairly cheap upgrades that can be completed in an hour or two.
Created Date: January 28,2020
Created by: Adisharr
Check out Trinamic drives. They are universally accepted as a quiet quality drive. I wouldn't use any any of the drives on this site for a printer upgrade.