3D filament has hydroscopic properties which can affect the quality of your finish of the print.

There are many ways of preserving your filament. This subject has been delved in before, which are rudimental methods.

Now there is a development in drying your filament. A company called PrintDry had launched a product for dehydrating filament. Let’s not forget to mention it had a successful Kickstarter campaign for its airtight filament storage containers.

This PrintDry works by putting the filament in their separate chambers and leaves to a   consistent flow of hot and dry air which can be left to run for several hours. And has a dial to set it to the required drying temperature, from 35°C to 70°C or 95°F to 160°F.

The temperature depends of the manufacturer’s data sheet.

The dryer is capable to be run continuously up to 40 hours. So, does this mean that you have to preselect which filament you are going to use for certain prints? Or can you just pull a pre-dried filament out of its storage container?

How it operates is by having a continuous heating internal element and a fan to circulate the heat evenly through two compartments. The user can operate it even while there printing is in process.

You can even put in the little desiccant packs which can be revived in the dryer to which can be inserted into your filament storage container.

Some people call the desiccant pack storage candy, these are not to be mixed up with Haribo.

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A Simple Way To Store Filament

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Different filaments and their properties

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Scott, C., 2016. 3DPrint.com. [Online]
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