We were excited to learn that someone had started working with force sensors on filament extruders, especially after we posted about a recent development in filament thickness sensors. [airtripper] ...

From twin-screw extruders for compounding applications to melt filtration products and innovations galore, exhibitors are showing a wide range of extrusion capabilities at this year's NPE. Visitors ...

Think laying down molten plastic on a 3D printer is as easy as squeezing plastic filament out of a hot tube? It’s not, and anyone who had a 3D printer in 2009 would tell you as such. There were hobbed ...

Ensuring proper bed calibration is crucial for a sturdy start. Maintaining essential nozzle and extruder maintenance prevents clogs. Adjusting temperature settings optimizes print quality and prevents ...

The problem: folk are finding wear and gouging under the driven hobbed gear of a certain type of dual-drive extruder. In the photo right of a partially assembled dual-drive, it would be in the red ...

Plastic pipe producer Ostendorf Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. KG is saving 3.3 percent in energy use in an extruder gearbox. The Vechta, Germany, firm is using a new high-performance, fully synthetic ...

But it also looks like pillowing as well? I could clean my extruder but a set of new 1st party brass extruders is cheap enough that it's not worth the effort. No that is massive under-extrusion not ...