nice that you automated it but theres a huge flaw, you cant get the joined filament out of the machine without running the whole spool through. so basicly this would need to sit in line with your 3d printer and run together with the extruder motor
You can design the gears such that they can be disengaged, or use a tension sensing system for feeding. Far from a deal breaker if you want to use this with large spools and the like
Hello and thank you very much for the comment. We have also included in the software of our Slunaz FF1r the possibility of not passing the entire reel and therefore joining two entire reels without passing the filament completely. Look at our RU-vid channel and there are several videos about it. www.slunaz.com
Personally, If I had a unit like this I wouldn't really be using it for just joining reels rather than creating custom ones, I would label it an "experience product" where the more you use it the more you appreciate it, as your designs become more ambitious so does your desire for different filament properties within a design.
This is a very cool idea, but I'm curious about the heating chamber. From what I understand, it uses PTFE tubing + a metal tube + an induction heater coil, but at the temperatures necessary to melt PET/PETG, I thought that PTFE deforms/degrades fairly quickly (also outgasses a bit, which isn't great). Can you go into some more detail? Thanks!
@@TheNickelGhost Hi, thank you very much for your comment. You have analyzed the car very carefully and yes the center tube has been customized for the Slunaz FF1r to be as strong as possible, in fact, in the long run the tube begins to deform but to overcome this problem we include a bag with replacement tubes to make thousands of welds. Visit our website: www.slunaz.com
Hi Jacob and thanks for the comment. We will certainly do it as soon as we reach the necessary funds we will certainly invest them in the development of software to create the colored filament and therefore print a multicolored object. As soon as we have the economic possibility we will certainly do it.
Hi, our machine is patented and certified and therefore we have put it on the market on our website as a kit or assembled. If you are interested, visit the site: www.slunaz.com
That's cool The next step is to have it in line with your 3d printer. An AMS replacement of sort. It would be cool for different colors but realistically it would be better to have the same material and color spliced in to start a new spool. No more halting big prints for spool changes 😂
Well done, it's not a bad idea, but this machine was created to splice all types of filament and the next updates are a slicer for multicolored fabrics which we will do as soon as we will have reached the necessary funds being very expensive.
Hi guys, if you want I already have a 100% working prototype of the Slunaz FF1r 3mm only that there is little demand. If you are interested, write to me at the email address: slunazffr@gmail.com And thank you all for the comments😁
