Could you elaborate on a cooling section?
On the first idea, yes, there would be difficulty upon retraction. However, Im looking into the similar methods from magnetic tapes, which allows one to continually spool and the other tape to stop and go.
On the second idea, there would be no retraction, it would constant feed, the toolpath would be redesigned to divert the plastic instead of a jump between gaps. Since the hopper to the heated section would be heated all around, the diverted plastic would then be able to thrown back in with virgin pellets.
As for gravity feed, Pellets go down from the funnel through a tube to the auger bit. The entire pathway would be heated with multiple thermistors to maintain even temp. The auger drive would extrude plastic.
On the first idea, yes, there would be difficulty upon retraction. However, Im looking into the similar methods from magnetic tapes, which allows one to continually spool and the other tape to stop and go.
On the second idea, there would be no retraction, it would constant feed, the toolpath would be redesigned to divert the plastic instead of a jump between gaps. Since the hopper to the heated section would be heated all around, the diverted plastic would then be able to thrown back in with virgin pellets.
As for gravity feed, Pellets go down from the funnel through a tube to the auger bit. The entire pathway would be heated with multiple thermistors to maintain even temp. The auger drive would extrude plastic.
