On Thursday 11 June 2020 08:00:11 Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > A while back I read an article about feeding a thread (Fiberglas, > Kevlar, etc.) through the print nozzle. This would be an ideal > application for that. > I wonder how the printer would behave if asked to deliver the thread reinforced materiel at the laydown speeds involved, otherwise the thread tension would rip it off the hot plate before the first circle of the hub was laid down. It would be interesting to see how that problem might be addressed. As setup now, the materiel spends enough time to warm and be essentially a liquid as it exits the nozzle. Asking it to do that at 50mm/second seems impossible.
> > On Jun 11, 2020, at 3:55 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 07:06, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This worked so well that I might try my spool of medium soft TPU > >> plastic. I bet I could print a belt that might last for weeks. But > >> then it might work worse bcause TPU can stretch but PLA doesn't. > > > > A layer of glass-fibre reinforced parcel tape on the outside would > > counter the stretch. > > > > One application where a 3D printed version would probably work very > > well would be a floating belt tensioner. > > https://www.renold.com/products/accessories/roll-ring/ > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
