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Extruder cleaning filament

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  1. mark tomlinson

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    #1 mark tomlinson, Jun 13, 2014
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    Very interesting concept
     
    #2 Mike Kelly, Jun 13, 2014
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    It looks like it will be using the stick a piece of nylon in, let it cool, then pull it back out concept except providing the material in cut to length rods.
    I'll try to get some more info and post back here.
     
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    Interesting, I've seen mentioned on the forum of 'pulling some nylon' now I understand.
    I'm using the e-sun filament (black PLA ) at present, it work well.
     
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    Update on this. It's not nylon. It's truly a cleaning/purge filament. I've seen advertisements for this type of material in trade magazines, but don't have any direct experience with it.
    You extrude it through so that you start with a 'clean' extruder. There will be some residue of the cleaning filament in your nozzle, but it is supposed to purge out easily so you quickly get to the new material.

    I'm constantly switching materials and run into issues because of it sometimes, so this could be really useful. PLA to ABS and back isn't really a big deal, but switching between PLA/PHA, wood, nylon, and PET materials tends to be problematic on occasion.

    I'm going to try to get some samples and will write up a review.
     
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    Please do and if you stock, I'll buy some :)
     
    #6 mark tomlinson, Jun 15, 2014
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    Hey guys. Quick update that I received a sample of this material today. I'll be testing it out over the next few days and will post results here and on my site. I know that this type of material is used to clean commercial extruders, so I am extremely optimistic that it will be useful.
     
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    Thanks for that blog printed gonna be interested in that
     
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    Does anyone know where Australians can get cleaning filament from? It's a shame printed solid doesn't ship to AU, because I would love to try fair few of the filaments they stock.
     
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    We could ship to AU, but I don't think you'd like to pay for it :) I've just never found a decent international shipping solution. :)
    3dprintergear is an australian colorfabb distributor, so they could help you out there.
    This guy appears to be an Australian Esun reseller, so he can probably get you the cleaning filament: https://www.doodaddoes.com.au/shop/
     
    #11 Printed Solid, Nov 18, 2015
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    If you have a local source for Nylon filament you can just try that for cleaning. It will work pretty well. Just use strips of it like you would the cleaning filament. Obviously if you can then get the real deal.
     
    #12 mark tomlinson, Nov 18, 2015

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