SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Increasing Maximum Temperature

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-21T22:21:18Z

You might find a lot of useful information in the DIY Filament section of this forum.

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-21T22:19:40Z

Thank you for the replies, I had a very hard time finding information regarding nylon extruding, and was starting to wondering if it was that uncommon for people to do. I have a bunch of nylon to work with so it's good to hear others' success and that I am not exploring uncharted territory.

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-21T13:01:28Z

To throw in my two cents here, this is the power supply I am using. It might be a little overkill, but since I was spending the money, I wanted something more industrialized than a laptop charger. After all, it's being used for production.

http://www.newark.com/tdk-lambda/ls1501 … dp/08N2995

If you upgrade to a 15v power supply, you can also extrude polycarbonate, should you decide to later on.

Edit: Not trying to knock a laptop charger, as long as you get one that puts out enough amps, you won't have a problem.

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-21T01:23:35Z

i've done nylon6/6 out of a filastruder with everything stock, nozzle temp at was between 215-220, it def struggled and i did have added insulation around the heater/barrel.
still got good results and used it to print a few things.

best bet would prob just order a 15v 5a laptop power supply off ebay or something.

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-16T17:28:51Z

I'm trying to extrude nylon 6/6, which melts at around 260 C. Thanks for the quick response!

Re: Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-16T16:24:52Z

The Filastruder is provided with a heater and PID controller capable of up to 18 volts, but a power supply of 12 volts. This is to limit maximum temperature to ~240C for beginning users. You can provide your own 15v/5a or 18v/6a power supply for the heater and controller, this will let you reach around 300C and 350C respectively. At those temperatures it would be a good idea to replace the thermocouple with one that isn't PTFE insulated. Here's a suitable option:

http://www.filastruder.com/collections/ … welded-tip

What material are you trying to run? Some folks don't realize that a Filastruder measures nozzle temperature, not heater temperature. For example ABS is extruded at 180C.

Increasing Maximum Temperature

2015-10-16T15:46:30Z

I plan on buying a filastruder soon and realized it might not be hot enough to process my materials. Is it easy to increase the max temperature on the filastruder? I'd like to be able to go up to at least 300 for the materials I plan on using. I've seen what looks like at least one person running at 280 in a video, which should be good enough for what I need. What would the process be for increasing the temperature?