dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
Hi, I put two PLA rolls in a food dehydrator and set to about 130F for four hours. When I took them out, they appeared to be curly. Is this normal? I did not pay attention if they were curly or not before I put them in. How do I know if it works or not without trying to print using these rolls?
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
130f is a bit hot for PLA, and may have damaged it. Why? Because many dehydrators aren't that accurate, and a 130f setting may actually reach 140f when it cycles. Most recommendations are 120f / 50c.
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
130f is a bit hot for PLA, and may have damaged it. Why? Because many dehydrators aren't that accurate, and a 130f setting may actually reach 140f when it cycles. Most recommendations are 120f / 50c.
Ops! Is the only way to find out is to try printing using these filaments?
Are those PrintDry dryers better?
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
Print-Dry products probably better control of temps (you'd need to ask them). My dryer has a bi-metal thermostat, bounces around quite a bit - spans about 5c/7f around set point. Early on I also tried drying some parts I had made at 60c before committing a spool of filament: hence the knowledge 60c is too hot for PLA (parts came out very distorted).
There is a rather long thread about drying experiments done.
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
Print-Dry products probably better control of temps (you'd need to ask them). My dryer has a bi-metal thermostat, bounces around quite a bit - spans about 5c/7f around set point. Early on I also tried drying some parts I had made at 60c before committing a spool of filament: hence the knowledge 60c is too hot for PLA (parts came out very distorted).
There is a rather long thread about drying experiments done.
Yes, I know that thread. PLA was set to 65C. I worried that it might be a bit high so I chose somewhere between that and the one recommended by Print-Dry.
RE: dehydrated PLA appears to be curly
@peter-c20
If you read the entire thread, the number is changed and 120f / 50c is the common value most use.