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- Thu Jul 27, 2017 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
this thread is beginning to make it obvious that someone needs to design/build/sell an add-on safety solution!!!
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
Can the stock M2 power supply even be turned off and on with an electrical signal? Our M2 power supplies are plugged into WeMo devices for remote control, maybe there is a temp sensor which can interface with the WeMo software and that software could turn on/off the M2 PSU? Also good idea to have a ...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
how about one of those handheld laser temp guns pointed at the aluminum block (mounted to a bracket which attaches to the extruder carriage), the temp gun could probably have an output cable that feeds real-time temp into the 3DPrinter electronics (or whatever can control the power supply on/off fun...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
why not just have a temp monitor on the aluminum block, if the block exceeds for instance 375 C then shut down the main power to the machine. Thermistor goes bad, hardware component on rambo board goes bad, glitch in the firmware. Any one of these items would have to fail in a way to keep power on c...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
so what conditions could result in a fire? Could there be a feature (or accessory item), which monitors if filament is no longer extruding during an active print (i.e. filament is stuck in the hot end), which after XX amount of seconds it will power down the hot end and printer to prevent any possib...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
Could there be a feature (or accessory item), which monitors if filament is no longer extruding during an active print (i.e. filament is stuck in the hot end), which after XX amount of seconds it will power down the hot end and printer to prevent any possible issues.
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
Wouldn't the TPU filament catch fire in the hot end and travel upwards to the spool?
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
Ninjaflex and Cheetah?
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:02 pm
- Forum: Filament
- Topic: Has anyone printed with PP material?
- Replies: 1
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Has anyone printed with PP material?
Please share your experiences...
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M2 Fire Report
- Replies: 45
- Views: 83864
Re: M2 Fire Report
Are TPE/TPU materials flammable?