If I’m printing something hygroscopic I dry it in my dryer and then either a) feed it out of a dry box or b) put it in a AMS.
The AMS HT can’t dry while printing.
Please someone explain to me what this is for.
Basically an expensive dry box that you can print out of but can also dry at 85c when you arent using it or act as a 2nd ams. Saving a little money vs buying 2 ams pro’s. Im not positive if it does, but it would also be nice if it assisted the feeding by spinning the roll while using the bypass. That would make it valuable. Otherwise, the 85c drying is the only selling point for me. Ill be buyjng some because Ill bet that drying while printing will be added later for atleast some filaments. Unless there is a minimum temp setting that they cant get around. Like if the minimum temp is hardware limited to start at 55c , it wont ever work for dry why printing pla or even petg and some support materials.
With trade the way it is, ill be buying some while i can. Maybe 1 for each h2d and x1c. Be fast but slower ghan me. 3:39 to go
It would have been cool to see a 2 stage feeder. Belted feeder that fed into a toothed feeder. Then ghe ams unuts could pull all the way back to ghe belted feeder while not being used. Ive seen custom belted extruders for printing uktra flexible filaments, so I knkw its possible. Maybe ams3
Its for people who were using the Bambu as a dryer. Not everyone went out and bought a third party one. I wouldn’t bother if you’ve already got something working. Note that spec is max 85C which typically is higher than the first few generations of third party dryers.
Now that the beta firmware allows for not rotating the spool, I wonder if it would not be possible until bambu allows drying and printing at the same time, to dry the filament while it is exiting through the non-feeder exit and set printer to use external spool. We will loose the feeding capability of the AMS HT and rely on the extruder only to pull the filament but I think it should work.
I think it is the cheapest dryer that goes to 85°C. At least I’m not aware of any other. That alone could make it very interesting for many.
The best case is that you can have a 5th color via the filament hub. The worst case is you dry high temp specialty filament and have to bypass the AMS anyway.
Ah I see you mean a 5th color on the same head.
I’m going to be using one on my A1 Mini once the firmware supports it, for drying and printing TPU mainly
That seems like the least justifiable use. In TPU mode it’s just spool holder.
I meant dedicated filament dryers, should have been clearer.
I fully agree. food dehydrators are an excellent alternative. For a very long time, they did everything better than dedicated filament dryers at the same or lower price.
That one goes to >= 85°C? I didn’t find any specifications about max temperature.
I don’t own that one, but:
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Just saw this in another thread
Fits on h2d next to another ams, dries to 85c while spinning the rolls and has sealing valves, feeds filament, reads rfid tags, costs half as much as an ams2, will probably be updated to do more later and fits the same esthetics as other bambu equipment. Even fits in better than an ams2
I guess this is my new list. I also have a sunlu s4 but it only dries to 70c, doesnt spin, have to leave a door open, rollers suck for feeding soft tpu from and takes up alot of real-estate for being a one trick pony. Wider than an x1c and half as deep
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