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Parts cooling fan mod for Zonestar Z5X

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3D model size X 67 × Y 4 × Z 51 mm
Publication date 2021-10-10 at 23:15
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2020-07-07 at 22:21
Design number 540389

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The default blower placement on the Zonestar Z5X is completely stupid, and it barely cools down the filament coming out of the nozzle. That used to cause a lot of curling on the right side of the parts when printing PLA.
At first I decided to design an entire new duct, but then I realized that maybe a single bracket could solve the issue. So I went to work and came out with this.
I also printed two overhang tests (using the same GCODE), one with the stock configuration and one with the bracket installed, and the difference in print quality is significant.

All it takes to install is:

  • 2x M4 20mm bolt
  • 2x M4 nut
  • A saw/bolt cutter

You will have to saw off around 2~3 mm of one of the bolts.

It seems that the new batch of Z5Xs does not come with this parts cooling assembly, so if you have one of the new models, you don't have to worry about this. This bracket only works for the first Z5Xs that used blowers.

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Imagino que a maioria dos donos de Z5X é brasileiro, então aqui vai a tradução:

A ventoinha original da Zonestar Z5X é basicamente inutil, dado que praticamente não sopra sobre o filamento que sai do bico. Isso causava bastante curling do lado direito das peças quando imprimia PLA.
Inicialmente, estava planejando projetar um duto complatamente novo, mas acabei desistindo dessa ideia quando me dei conta de que um simples reposicionamento da ventoinha já seria capaz de melhorar o fluxo de ar que incide sobre a peça.
Eu imprimi dois tests de overhang (usando o mesmo GCODE), o primeiro usando a ventoinha na posição original e o segundo usando esse novo suporte, e o resultado final provavelmente não é tão bom quanto um duto que sopra dos dois lados mas a melhora é significativa.

Para instalar, será necessário:

  • 2x Parafusos M4 de 20mm
  • 2x Porcas M4
  • Um arco de serra/Turquesa

Será necessário cortar um dos parafusos M4 em 2~3 mm, para que fique com 17~18 mm de comprimento.

Parece que as novas Z5X não usam a mesma ventoinha que a minha, então se você tiver um dos novos modelos (que usa fan de 40mm), não precisa se preocupar com esse mod. Esse mod só funciona nas primeiras Z5X, que vinham com blower.

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