Drying of the MASS PORTAL FD1 filament

Mass Portal FD1Drying the filament before printing and conditioning the filament during printing allow you to fully use the potential of the properties of the source material.
Many polymer materials absorb moisture from the surrounding atmosphere. Since water molecules are polar, they can easily form hydrogen bonds with polar groups of polymers. Initially, only the surface layers of the filament are saturated with moisture, but then, as a result of diffusion, moisture is distributed throughout the entire volume of the filament. At extrusion temperatures, excess moisture leads to the chemical destruction of polymer macromolecules-hydrolysis.

Regardless of how carefully the consumables are stored, they are still saturated with moisture from the air during operation. At printing temperatures, this moisture leads to hydrolysis and various 3D printing defects. Drying of consumable material is a preliminary process, the main task of which is to remove excess moisture from the surface and from the volume of the consumable material. Drying is more efficient the higher the temperature and the speed of blowing. However, if the consumable is kept for a long time at high temperatures, it is likely to dry out. To prevent this from happening, after drying, the consumable material should be conditioned at low temperatures.
Also, this dryer is compatible with most FFF 3D printers that use "open" consumables on coils of standard sizes: 1.75, 2.85 and 3.00 mm.