It is often stressed, also here, how important it is to use dry filament, and especially so for the likes as ABS and ASA, which are extruded at elevated temperatures. Generally it is suggested to heat these filaments for more than 6 hours, at temp’s of > 60°C or so.
I just wonder if heating these coils in a microware oven would be possible, after all, this will evaporate all the water, and wil not do anything to the plastic.: if a glass, stone or plastic plate or cup is placed in a micro ware, they also will not heat up, unless they are (partially) filled with water, or another fluid.
If this is the case, why is this not being promoted, and if this is wrong, what is exactly the reason?
Thanks.
So from 50 -85 °C
now did I have a look at a number of available specialist driers, and I am surprised that none of the available dryers can come close to 85 degrees!
Have a quick look at the varies units available from the worldwide Amazon:
and scroll down to: Customers who viewed this item also viewed, where different makes are listed, but not one getting warm enough for the sorts like ABS,ASA and CA.
So, there are no suitable dryers on the market which meet the needs of Bamb Labs?
Strange…
I bought this for less than $80. But they are closer to $120 now. It goes to 80c for 24 hrs. You can fit two at a time. Its not energy efficient by any means. But it gets the job done. She pulls 400watts.
I know there are the dryers and dehumidifiers but I’ve found if I keep my filament that isn’t spooled in a chest or ice chest (my 110 QT RTIC was used at first) with a bit of desiccant that I dry out every one to two months, my filament stays pretty dry. I did swap from my RTIC (needed it back for my BBQ and Camping) to a Sterilite 45 Gal Tote with wheels (I used a little liquid gasket to make sure the lid was more air tight and that has worked just fine.
I just ordered my first 3D printer the P1S Combo, and i see everyone talking about drying and i noticed there is enough room between the spools on the AMS that you could fit a Lockdown 12" Dehumidifier Rod, this would turn the entire unit into a dryer. or would that not be good to have heat in there?
There is several covers you can print yourself. You can order a humidity reader from bambu labs and the prints support putting in those humidity bags / refillable version. However with PLA it does not seem to be an issue where i live (Sweden).
Be sure to check the specs on the humidity sensors Bambu sells - the round and rectangular ones bottom out at 20%. That’s apparently as low as they can read. Similar humidity sensors in similar housings from other vendors typically read to 10%.
And even reading to 10% can be limiting if you have a need to read below that - and at least some sensors that can get very slow to respond as humidity drops.
