This post is about repurposing a commonly available inexpensive optical 3D printer filament sensor/detector ... This is why nowadays we can also see more advanced filament sensors made with rotary ...

FDM (fused deposition modeling) 3D printers ... These sensors report back to the printer's internal processor. When a runout is reported, the printer moves the print head away from the print ...

[airtripper] primarily uses a Bowden extruder, and wanted to be a little more scientific in his 3D printing efforts. So he purchased a force sensor off eBay and modified his extruder design to fit it.

In 3D printing ... A common solution is to use a sensor to measure the distance to the bed and form a mesh correction. Then, as the printer head moves in the XY plane, the software will adjust ...

Each of these layers can be visualized as a thinly sliced cross-section of the object. Image Credit: Superior Sensor Technology 3D printing is the total opposite of subtractive manufacturing, which ...

Anker didn’t exactly knock it out of the park with its first 3D printer ... M5C does still have a filament runout sensor — but it’s in the print head. The one that sometimes didn’t ...