3D printers have become an essential aspect of quick prototyping and have reached out to a wide range of makers and engineers. But most of these printers are hobby grade and hence require constant ...

With the advance of desktop 3D printing, the quality of filaments has also increased continuously. While uneven diameters and winding errors were not uncommon in the early days, even inexpensive ...

Supports the use of a real time filament diameter sensor that measures the diameter of the filament going into the extruder and then adjusts the extrusion rate to compensate for filament that does not ...

A cheap, yet precise filament diameter sensor, intended to compensate for filament diameter deviations in real-time. The InFiDEL is a cheap (< $5) filament diameter sensor intended for use with FDM 3d ...

Just how tight are the manufacturing tolerances of modern FDM printer filament. Inquiring minds want to know, and when such minds are attached to handy fellows like [Thomas Sanladerer], you end up ...

As desktop 3D printers have inched towards something resembling the mainstream, manufacturers have upped their game across the board. Even the quality of filament that you can get today is far better ...