July 28, 2024
Description
Motivation: I picked up the eSun eBox Lite for a good price, and I thought I would give it a chance.
https://www.amazon.de/eSUN-Filament-staubdicht-feuchtigkeitsdicht-kompatibel/dp/B094XVK4SX/
I usually use my food dehydrator for drying my filament:
https://www.printables.com/model/344695-parametric-dehydrator-filament-dryer-up-to-10-x-1k
However I thought this might be good for those times when you just have one spool to dry and not 10 at once. I guess I am happy with the results, but it is a “toy” and takes some time.
So I thought it would be nice to also be able to dry my desiccant in this thing. Given the fact that it has a curved bottom didn't leave any place to stack things.
Hence this design. The base sits on one of the spool rollers, and the other side sits against the air outlet of the dryer. There are vanes which distribute the air to ensure even drying.
The result: expectations fulfilled!
You can stack two trays onto the base. The tray model has a solid bottom, and you can simply place a modifier in the middle, remove the top + bottom layers, and set the desired infill.
I used 30% grid infill for my raw silica pearls. If you have “second grade” silica which contains a lot of broken portions, you may wand to increase your infill to 40%.
For the second tray I used 10% grid infill, as I usually put my desiccant into small bags for easy handling.
I usually dry it until I have a constant 10-15% humidity within the box.
The sensor I used was just your basic moisture sensor from Amazon:
Happy Printing!
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial — NoDerivatives
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