Cooling fans for extruder

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Mikhail
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Cooling fans for extruder

Post by Mikhail » Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:49 pm

I have a prusa I3 pro B printer, and I have heard that extruder cooling fans can improve print performance of plastics like PLA. Where Do I get them and how do I install them. thanks.

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Re: Cooling fans for extruder

Post by Newopint95 » Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:28 pm

You can find fan ducts on thingiverse.com. Just pick a style that works for your printer, you can buy fans online.
Here is one that I used when i first got my printer, it clips onto the heatsink and doesnt need another fan. That gave me better quality and let me print a better duckt to work with a seperate fan.

Clip on Fan Duct
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1872654
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1243891

Duct for radial fan
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1540434

Hope this helps

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William
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Re: Cooling fans for extruder

Post by William » Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:12 am

Adding fans is a good idea to improve the printing quality due to its effective temperature controlling,
here is a link introducing the material you need to assemble the fans and the assembly method of the video.
/www.thingiverse.com/thing:1716276/#made
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