<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/9898/filament-extruder-from-heated-compactor/ Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:13:05 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/88080/#p88080 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.

]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:13:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/88080/#p88080 <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/88070/#p88070 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...

]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:45:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/88070/#p88070 <![CDATA[Re: Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/84823/#p84823 How would you "turn the block into a strand"?

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

]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:04:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/84823/#p84823 <![CDATA[Filament extruder from Heated Compactor?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/84816/#p84816 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?

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