<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> 2015-03-03T14:13:05Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/9898/filament-extruder-from-heated-compactor/ <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> There are industrial extruders that use a ram rather than a screw.   The disadvantage is that you can't feed pellets continuously,  you are limited to what fits in the barrel.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/14/ 2015-03-03T14:13:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/88080/#p88080 <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> Perhaps compress it into a large heated pipe, but use a hydraulic jack to push a plunger sort of like a bench top arbor press...

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/9317/ 2015-03-03T12:45:39Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/88070/#p88070 <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> How would you "turn the block into a strand"?

This wounds more complicated (and expensive) than a granulator + extruder.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/221/ 2015-02-12T03:04:28Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/84823/#p84823 <![CDATA[Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> Imagine a metal box with walls that can be moved inward and heated.

Would it be possible to melt and compact the plastic at the same time into a block.

Then turn the block into a strand?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1984/ 2015-02-12T02:30:05Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/84816/#p84816