Anonymous
10/19/2025, 2:44:52 AM
No.2951639
>>2951538
Normal drier box with an Infinityflow-style buffer on it.
>>2951580
>you never said AMS
See:
>>2951538
>Why is there no robust solution for an enclosed feeder that supports pushing ANY filament to an extruder?
>They all have issues, the AMS being the worst
He’s talking about enclosed filament feeders, of which he considers the AMS to be one. Multiplexing doesn’t seem to be the point, rather I assume he wants them enclosed for moisture reasons.
As for retraction, some filament multiplexers like the ERCF use a buffer spool for rewinding retracted filament onto, which probably help for soft filaments. But it’s also a matter of having a minimally convoluted filament path, both in the multiplexer and in the printer. A buffer in the middle will help, so long as it doesn’t put undue stress on the filament with its spring.
>>2951592
This. INDX looks nice, but I suspect we’ll be better off having seperate and differently-designed extruders, filament storage, and filament buffers and feed-paths for flexible filaments as compared to abrasives. Though fibre-core filaments might be sufficiently less abrasive that they’re not an issue, I hope to see more such filaments.
Normal drier box with an Infinityflow-style buffer on it.
>>2951580
>you never said AMS
See:
>>2951538
>Why is there no robust solution for an enclosed feeder that supports pushing ANY filament to an extruder?
>They all have issues, the AMS being the worst
He’s talking about enclosed filament feeders, of which he considers the AMS to be one. Multiplexing doesn’t seem to be the point, rather I assume he wants them enclosed for moisture reasons.
As for retraction, some filament multiplexers like the ERCF use a buffer spool for rewinding retracted filament onto, which probably help for soft filaments. But it’s also a matter of having a minimally convoluted filament path, both in the multiplexer and in the printer. A buffer in the middle will help, so long as it doesn’t put undue stress on the filament with its spring.
>>2951592
This. INDX looks nice, but I suspect we’ll be better off having seperate and differently-designed extruders, filament storage, and filament buffers and feed-paths for flexible filaments as compared to abrasives. Though fibre-core filaments might be sufficiently less abrasive that they’re not an issue, I hope to see more such filaments.