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01-23-2016, 11:06 AM #1
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Part Cooling Fan Shrouds - Who Needs 'em?
I have noticed that on Thingiverse a large number of posts are for fan shrouds for part cooling.
I have printed some of the fan shrouds and they produce far less air flow than just a plain old fan.
I have been 3D printing for about 3 months, and the only time I have found that I need air blowing on the part is for small layers where the plastic does not set before the next layer is printed.
I just use a 5" USB Fan located at the side of my printer, blowing across the build platform, which seems effective to me.
Is there another situation where we need to run a fan?
Why not just use a fan without a shroud to cool the recently extruded plastic instead of a airflow reducing shroud?
Any other comments?
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