①180°C ambient temperature is the required temperature for PEEK material to anneal.
Therefore, after the device prints the PEEK model, it can be annealed directly in the device.
- The advantages of doing so are:
- (1)There is no need to remove the model from the platform to avoid the bottom of the model losing platform adhesion, resulting in the internal stress of the bottom model losing platform restraint, causing the bottom of the model to deform after post-processing.
- (2)Avoid shutting down and cooling the model to take out the model. There is no exchange of hot and cold environments, which causes the model to have a large temperature difference in a short period of time, and the internal stress is fixed, and it cannot be effectively post-heat treated.
- (3)After printing, the annealing treatment can be set directly inside the printer without any time delay. For example, it is set in advance to stand in a 180°C environment for 5 hours after printing, and then stand in a 120°C environment for 5 hours to fully anneal the PEEK parts.