Super simple prototype but if it works… Very cool idea!

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    4 months ago

    I doubt this will work with faster printing materials. 40mm/s is suuuuper slow compared to speeds that most modern printers are spitting filament with (not necessarily TPU). Unless you have a coil or something inside the tube heater so it spends longer time in there, but that probably also introduces a lot of resistance so moving the material through is notably harder.

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      4 months ago

      You “just” need a longer distance inside the drying chamber. This could be achieved by coiling up the space where the filament travels through and guide hot and dry air through that space, ideally from the outlet towards the inlet. That air could maybe be pulled from the hotend cooler.

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        4 months ago

        This could be achieved by coiling up the space where the filament travels through

        Yes, that’s also what I already mentioned in the other comment…

        “Unless you have a coil or something inside the tube heater so it spends longer time in there”

        but as I also mentioned, pulling filamennt through a coil will also introduce significantly more resistance than pulling (or pushing if using bowden) it straight, which might be an issue at high speeds and cause under extrusion.