MakerGear Plastruder Cooling

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MakerGear Plastruder Cooling

Postby flurin » Thu May 31, 2012 8:53 am

Compared with the MK7 Extruder the Plastruder hasn't a cooling fan.
I tried different solutions. Here is my last version with an additional heat sink:
(As a side-effect the printable height is 20 mm higher).
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Re: MakerGear Plastruder Cooling

Postby flurin » Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:15 pm

I added a second fan for cooling PLA prints. It's still an experimental cooling system, partially consisting of things that I have found on:
http://www.thingiverse.com/

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Re: MakerGear Plastruder Cooling

Postby Randolph » Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:34 pm

flurin wrote:I added a second fan for cooling PLA prints. It's still an experimental cooling system, partially consisting of things that I have found on:
http://www.thingiverse.com/


It looks really cool (no pun) especially with the blue material.
is this configuration working well for you?
Just planning ahead for when I get my Hadron parts
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Re: MakerGear Plastruder Cooling

Postby flurin » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:00 pm

@Randolph
This cooling system work quite well, but it isn't so efficient as I wish.
Therfore I'm testing other solutions.

Goto to:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1419

to find out, what I'm trying to improve.
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