[Health and 3-D Printing]

Hello,

     This is James Nordstrom from 3DPrintClean,  the product mentioned in the Fabbaloo link.  We have come a long way since this article was published,  launching a pro line of enclosures and filtration systems, that can be found at 3DPrintClean.com and recently launching a Kickstarter for our new Lightweight enclosures. See:

     Our Lightweight enclosure was tested by the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, if you are interested in the difference between enclosed and filtered printing, and unenclosed printing, please see: http://3dprintclean.com/scrubber-filtration.htm

     The team at IIT has released a second paper entitled "Emissions of Ultrafine Particles and Volatile Organic Compounds from Commercially Available Desktop Three-Dimensional Printers with Multiple Filaments" See: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b04983

     James

[Usage of closed chamber on UM2 (Desktop 600 Enclosure of 3dprintclean)]

We, 3DPrintClean, just launched a lower cost enclosure and filtration system on KickStarter. If interested please see: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64537310/3d-printer-lightweight-enclosure-and-filtration-syhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtAWDaxUHog

[Usage of closed chamber on UM2 (Desktop 600 Enclosure of 3dprintclean)]

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[Usage of closed chamber on UM2 (Desktop 600 Enclosure of 3dprintclean)]

The heated chamber is only a spin-off... and can (for sure) be achieved with much simpler approaches.

The main feature of this enclosure is the "Scrubber Filter" (filtering of ultrafine particles) - especially for ABS printing.

The question is: is it worth the extra room / money / weight (40kg !!) on the desktop?

It's not very clear from the description - can the heat be dissipated from the chamber in any way?

Edit: they are talking about 95F (35°C ?) as enclosure temperature in the description of the "Rapid Heat Kit". A temperature in this range should not hurt?

 

The Scrubber (Filtration System) is solid aluminum, and acts as a giant heat sync, removing excess heat from the enclosure, without releasing the contaminated air. The enclosure features a user definable thermal cutoff that removes all power from the enclosure and printer if exceed, this protects the printer from damage in the event of a printer thermal runaway. The rapid heat kit warms the enclosure to an optimal build temperature much quicker than the heat from the printer head and bed. We found printing around 90F, dramatically improved print quality.