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Re: Post-Extrusion Water Bath

null@example.com (krfkeith) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:26:22 +0000

elmoret wrote:

It is not necessary because of the difference. extrusion speed - industrial lines go 100x faster, so they need water baths. There's actually a lot of differences between hobbyist level vs. industrial level.
People have tried water baths on hobbyist level extruders, it usually yields no improvement or actually makes things worse, depending on how it's implemented.

I see. Thanks for the explanation!

Re: Post-Extrusion Water Bath

null@example.com (elmoret) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:14:01 +0000

It is not necessary because of the difference. extrusion speed - industrial lines go 100x faster, so they need water baths. There's actually a lot of differences between hobbyist level vs. industrial level.

People have tried water baths on hobbyist level extruders, it usually yields no improvement or actually makes things worse, depending on how it's implemented.

Re: Post-Extrusion Water Bath

null@example.com (os3dp) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:12:54 +0000

The water bath helps to keep the filament circular instead of slightly oval when extruding horizontally.

-os3dp

Post-Extrusion Water Bath

null@example.com (krfkeith) — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:04:32 +0000

All industrial filament extrusion machines seem to have water baths. Obviously, filastruder doesn't. Beyond complexity, is there a reason? Is it simply unnecessary? Filastruder seems to get tolerances similar to commercial filament, so is the water bath actually doing something else?