NoName Triple-Z Mod With Kelvin Coupling And VenterMech Anti Z Wobble 3D Printer Model

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Summary

User of the NoName CoreXY printer know that the four linear bars need to be aligned properly to not bind the linear bearings during Z movements.

I always had issues with this causing bad Z artifacts and nothing helped so far.
As the original NoName design intended bed screws for leveling and only had two Z spindles it could perform a Z-tilt at most but you still had to level the bed manually.

To overcome all those restrictions and modernize this printer I designed a triple-Z mod with Kelvin coupling to get rid of the Z artifacts and implement auto bed leveling with three independent Z stepper motors.

The new design depends on a new print bed that I found with the Zerog Hydra printer and uses 235 mm hole spacing.
The bed itself measures 255x255x8 mm and can be sourced on AliExpress for example as a whole kit with heating mat and flexplate system.

Coupling to the Z arms uses 12 mm balls with M4 threads that are used on the Kossel K800 printer.
Screw length and aluminum spacer height depend on the overall distance to the used print head/nozzle and have to be determined later on.

My design uses VenterMech Z-decouplers designed by Liam Venter and are not subject here and have to be obtained separately (refer to BOM for needed parts!): https://www.fastbikegear.co.nz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=12371

I tested a first version using MGN9H rails and carriages that worked fine so far but still showed Z artifacts so this new design is fully based on MGN12H and works flawlessly as the photo proves.
The rails are 300 mm long.
Furthermore TR8x4 spindles are used with a maximum length of 300 mm whereas the front ones might need to be cut to length accordingly.

The linear rails are fixed with M3 hammer nuts, the motor mounts and wiggle woggle mounts with M4 ones for the 2020 type b nut 6 aluminum profiles being used for that printer.

The spindles are loosely fixed on the top with the Wiggle Woggles from Liam Venter: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5063532
Those fit into the respective mounts.

Depending on the used print head you want to have the bed either centered or moved to the front.
The bed mounts with "centered_bed" in their name are for the first option, the bed mounts without this are for the moved forward bed - applicable for my print head: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5811506

Screw list:

  • Wiggle Woggle mounts: 4 * M4x14/15
  • Motor mounts: 10 M4x30 + 2 M4x8/10
  • Stepper motors: 12 * M3x18
  • Bed mounts: 6 * M3x10/12
  • Bed arms: 8 M3x12/14 + 4 M3x16
  • Lower drag chain mount: 2 * M3x8
  • Drag chain: 5 M3x6 + 1 M3x14 (all countersunk screws)
  • Wago clamp mount: 2 * M3x8

other parts:

  • round neodymium magnets 15x3: 2
  • round neodymium magnet with hole 15x8x3: 1
  • rigid (or flexible) couplings 5->8 mm: 3
  • axial thrust bearings: F8-16M (8x16x5mm): 3
  • stainless steel pins 3x20 mm: 2
  • M3 threaded heat inserts: 15
  • drag chain: 10x11mm open outside R18

Please pay attention that you need to print the following part three times:
z_motor_bearing_mount.stl

As the MGN12H carriages are wider than the 2020 aluminum profile you need to add 4 mm spacers between side panels and the aluminum profiles.

Happy printing!

front_left_wiggle_woggle_mount.stl 1.4MB
front_right_wiggle_woggle_mount.stl 1.5MB
left_bed_arm.stl 1.8MB
left_bed_mount.stl 588.8KB
left_bed_mount_centered_bed.stl 379.9KB
left_z_motor_mount.stl 971.7KB
lower_drag_chain_mount.stl 701.7KB
rear_bed_arm.stl 2.4MB
rear_bed_mount.stl 362.8KB
rear_bed_mount_centered_bed.stl 516.3KB
rear_wiggle_woggle_mount.stl 1.4MB
rear_z_motor_mount.stl 718.9KB
right_bed_arm.stl 1.8MB
right_bed_mount.stl 597.0KB
right_bed_mount_centered_bed.stl 784.3KB
right_z_motor_mount.stl 1008.9KB
wago_clip_upper_drag_chain_mount.stl 3.8MB
z_motor_bearing_mount.stl 486.5KB