Wednesday, August 06, 2008

 

Extruder alternatives

At Nophead's suggestion I've started a page here on improvements and alternatives in the construction of the polymer extruder.

The first couple of things I've added are a direct drive, which eliminates the need for the flexible coupling:




And a high-temperature heater design using Ian's idea of fire cement that will outperform JB-Weld-bonded ones:


That also uses Zach's thermocouple driver board, rather than a thermistor. This will go higher in temperature, and also gives a linear output. I've also added the code to the Single Arduino firmware to support the thermocouple.

Comments:
That's looking very nice, Adrian. Has there been any further trouble with that clamp for the PTFE thermal break?
 
No - not now we put a couple of horizontal pins in to hold it.
 
I'm just using a single self-tapping screw to enhance the clamp, and that seems to be quite adequate for PLA and CAPA.

Vik :v)
 
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