Household 3D printers can reach high temperatures, with FDM printers heating their nozzles and build plates for different filaments. While Resin Printers don’t get hot enough to burn, the resin chemicals can cause chemical burns or skin irritation.
How Hot Do 3D Printers Get?
The hottest a household 3D Printer gets is 450°C (≈850°F). Whereas the hottest industrial 3D Printers will be thousands of degrees as they weld metal filament.
How Hot Do FDM Printers Get?
The nozzle of a FDM 3D Printer using PLA will be 200°C (≈400°F). Specialized filaments like PEEK will require nozzle temperatures up to 450°C (≈850°F).
The build plate temperature of most FDM printers will be 100°C (212°F).
How Hot Do Resin Printers Get?
Resin Printers do not typically operate above 40°C (104°F), as the high temperatures will degrade print quality or ruin the resin.
Resin Printer Chemical Burns
While Resin Printers themselves do not get hot enough to cause burns, the resin itself can cause chemical burns or skin irritation when the resin chemicals, like methacrylate, combine with moisture in your skin to form acid.
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