Shaft Driven Extruder
Shaft driven Extruder
Release status: Concept
Description | X-axis Shaft driven Extruder
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License | open everything
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Please note this is still being developed and I will add extra information soon
Pros and Cons
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NO Stepper Motor on Extruder |
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Where does the stepper go? (hahaha) |
Stepper Motor Placed on Right of X-axis |
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Shaft Drive |
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Might get quickly bogged down if too many heads |
The Premise about this is to reduce the amount of weight on the extruder, a previous approach was to use Bowden cable extruders however some of the claims are that it is unresponsive and elastic in comparison to a traditional extruder. As such by having a shaft driven extruder you wold not have the same problems
While there are a multitude of drive shafts out there these are just some of them Ball splines: though the most accurate and best for linear motion as well as rotation are ludicrous in price costing $100+ per 12inchs and the take off gear is about $80
FILE ID# | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | AVAILABLE FORMATS | CREATED/RESERVED BY |
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ReprapSplineExtruder | OpenScad Code | These are CAD files for the total OpenScad model. | .scad, [[media:]] | Dfk20012002 13:48, 17 November 2011 (UTC) |
Your-File-Name | CAD FILES FOR PARTS | These are CAD files for the total model. | .xml.zip, .stl.zip | [[User:|User:]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC) |
Your-File-Name | EVEN MORE FILES | These are are even more files. | .xml.zip, .stl.zip | [[User:|User:]] 12:00, Today's Date 20xx (UTC)|- |