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im sorry what? yorue telling me i can stop printing my bedroom toys in 95a shore hardness TPU???

Hey bud any updates on your Pellet extruder release? This could be a huge change to the industry! The Change that we all need!

spray painting raises cost and time quite a bit. I have a question: why does using pellets reduce print quality?

Hey Bro, Can I get the BOM of metal parts and it's specifications?...

$20 for a spool that can last me multiple months never felt like much. Reducing that saves such an insignificant amount of money that I don't see it as a factor when I think of this. It's still a cool concept though. Being able to cut out making spools of filament alltogether would save a bunch of energy and resources.

Look up “Nordson hot melt extruder nozzles” we use these at my job. their prices can be a little steep for some parts since they sell to factories but I believe that’s the kind of nozzle you’ll want to swap it with while still being available. But I’m not sure. They even have a lot of stuff to work with pelletized materials, but that’s extremely expensive but the individual replacement bits are cheap.

Pellet swap mechanism? Like during print.

What if you shred pla pellets with blender? Would it give worst or better results? I mean, you should then have smaller and more consistent air gaps so everything should be more cobsistent but idk

Will you need custom firmware because I have that exact same printer and will try and ake this as soon as it comes out.

I think the nozzle should be optimal for the process however if you can make it so the nozzle is easily swapped so the user can choose, that might be best. Seems like this system would be great for prototyping where you may not be worried about print quality however I would question whether the print quality is good enough for dimensional accuracy.

this is what big filament doesnt want you to know

Faster and better alternative, mold a block and CNC that into shape.

As a plastics department student, I can easily say that every time a plastic is broken, its properties decrease by 15%. For example, if you break a plastic that can withstand a load of 100 kg and reuse it, it can withstand a load of 75 kilograms in the next test. Additionally, print quality begins to decrease. This is an average value and varies depending on the plastic, considering that there are more than 3000 types of plastic in total. good luck

Extrusion to print head is never going to be worth it. There is no cushion to maintain even flow hench, the heavy layer lines. Better to extrude to a filament spooler. You would have to work it so there is a little back pressure to act as a cushion to keep the filament an even thickness. Do able though...

I recently got a Magneto X printer, and your work seems tailored to using it as a test bed, since the linear motor can move some serious mass quickly.

Great inovation! I have to try it as soon as it released.

Your Project is awsome dude! When will you release this extruder commercialy. I can't wait while thinking about how cheaper I could produce my products.

The only defects I'm seeing is like you stated the nozzle pressure not being controlled (k-factor). I'd think simply reducing the thread length (basically a short stub nozzle) would change variations drastically. To add would also need to reduce the overall melt zone temp as well increasing feed so the pellets aren't in the melt zone too long. Just food for though

I’m all for recycling and reducing waste, also I like saving money, so I love it! Most prints just don't need good quality. Stuff like hooks, holders, storage containers and so on work just the same even with a +-1mm tolerance, so the reduced surface finish is no problem.

Cool thing to print with a very hoght temperature pallet nozzle. Lava, 3d printing with lava that will be super cool, but you need a nozzle that can warm up to 3000 degrees celsius wich is way too hot for a combentional printer, but it will be cool to make an oxidian 3d print

In the US you can buy pellets by the pallet load. Either totes (sorta like a cloth bag) or a skid box (pallet sized box) and an auger feed to your bin would be an awesome way to feed large amounts to a large printer.

The sad reality is filliment industry is a source of income for so many people.. This video is a sign gor all of them to invest in something new

after this video, if I were buying new 3dprinter, your extruder would be one of my main considerations. I've got couple questions tho. How compatible this design is with enclosed 3dprinter (like many bambulab clones)? How sensible is switching back and forth, if I wanted to do most of printing with pellet and go back to filament for parts, I want to be really nice?

Thanks a lot for sharing this and hoping to get one when it becomes available. Not a pro and just started to 3d print. Would the dust be a problem with the opening on top of the extruder? Just asking out of curiosity.

Where can I buy cheep PLA pellets? I have a filament extruder and use it to recycle filament. I can extrude pellets, but I cant find a shop where I can buy pellets under €8/kg (max. 100 kg)

How well does it work with the cht nozzle. That would probably help with the oozing because of the extra resistance

Hey dude I i support what you're doing and know your legit but you should probably stop using the "the industry has a dirty secret, but I'm not allowed to tell you" shit as it's a common scammer tactic and gives people the wrong impression of you.

I feel like the stepper motor would pose more of a heat risk then the hot end if the heat break portion has been done right, them 💩s can get pretty warm 6.6

bro dug himself up from the easter island to tell me about 3d printing how cool

Very interesting! I love the idea of this. Great job!

I can finally 3d print without going broke!!!! smart idea

If the goal is to just bring the price down why not focus on turning plastic pellets into regular filament rather than putting such a device on the printer. If you want ease of use as well do so as the printer is printing.

Will there be also in your shop option to buy some pellet? I know that it is difficult to buy 5 kg of pellet or less. And it wold be nice to have 1 or 5 kg of material in 2-5 diffrent colors.

I don't think this is a good solution. Inaccurate feeding, heavy and too big head assembly....with the same equipment, with a 1.8 nozzle you could make a filament making machine, produce the filament and print with the original printer.

genius, hands down all the way.

I'm curious about the noise of using a pellet extruder

dude... Thank you! ❤

I think more interesting than printing directly with pellets would be a maximally inexpensive filament extruder, the designs I've seen are either unnecessarily expensive or produce poor results.

Why not just make a filament extruder?

INSANE!

This is really cool!! Is your extruder able to print abrasives materiel? Like Nylon and CF or GF

Where do you get the pellets from ?

So many people defending big companies here, its ridiculous. The answer is quite straightforward. They don't want to do pellet extruders because they are making hand over fist money in filament. This is why all FDM printer manufacturers sell their own filament. Hardly any money in the tool, tons of money in the supplies to use the tool.

Should be powders. 5 colors can be mixed and then extruded.

Hmmmm you make excellent points. 5A TPU would be ridiculous with a filament extruder. Heck, even 85A is already a pain. Keep refining this please!

If your 3D printing a massive project and you only want one color this is the best thing next to sliced bread because you don't have to worry about it running out😊

Yes the only downside is you're stuck to one color the whole tire time the great thing about film at spoons you can swap the color and make multicolor prints😊

Yes I am highly interested Also, what about variable temp to accommodate different materials such as wax for lost wax method casting?

NOICE

how about for the anyquibic predator delat printer with smarteffector e3d