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Printing flexible heaters ...

Posted by VDX 
VDX
Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 08:20AM
... reading the specs of Kapton-insulated flexible heaters ( [www.omega.com] ) i found that this kind of heaters should be printable or made with etching.

Maybe a good thing for heating the bed/housing or as tube around the extruder?

Viktor
Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 12:23PM
Um... did you miss the part that they can only be operated at a maximum temperature of 120C?
Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 01:31PM
Forrest Higgs Wrote:
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> Um... did you miss the part that they can only be
> operated at a maximum temperature of 120C?


That would work for some thermoplastics (like PCL). Unfortunately it's just under polyethylene's requirements. The specs do however say that the device is "Rated up to 392

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2008 01:32PM by Joshua Merchant.
Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 01:49PM
HDPE melts at 130C but you need to extrude it around 240C, similarly ABS melts around 110C but is extruded around 230C so these would only be useful for PCL and PLA at best.


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Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 01:57PM
I looked again and it looks like the 120
Ru
Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 02:18PM
There's also the fundamental impossibility of printing a heater using a head with the same heater.

But it wouldn't stop you making heaters for a build volume though, which doesn't have to be kept at 100 degrees plus.
VDX
Re: Printing flexible heaters ...
August 07, 2008 02:58PM
... my primary idea was to use this sort of heating-sheets in the bed and around the inner housing for temp-stability until 200
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