The file '2016 FFCP Side Blower Fan Adapter For Thruit00’s Active Cooling Duct, Now With Damper For Extruder Selection 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 66.5KB.
This thing is a new take on my previous work making an extension duct to allow the very common dual extruder Active Cooling Fan from thruit00 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:537918) to work with the stock FFCP2016 (and other models) side blower fan (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1746693).
As I was working on fixing things I decided it might be nice in some cases to be able to control the air flow to the right or left extruder. I began playing with the idea of integrating a basic damper that would restrict air flow to one side or the other. This is the result.
It does not fully restrict airflow to the blocked side, but I would estimate that it is at least 70-80 occluded based on simple tests with a suspended thread.
Printing the duct can be a little bit of a pain, as some slicers want to bridge over very long distances. No supports were needed but could be used at the openings if required. I usually print it with a 180 rotation about Y.
I have only printed the back plate with the part that goes inside the duct on the build plate (-80 degree rotation about X in my case) with supports to allow the rectangular plate portion to be parallel to the heated bed. Other methods might work better.
Getting the actuating part to move can be a little bit of a pain. I used needle nose pliers and rocked it back and forth till it broke free and moved easily.
I have printed this at 0.1 mm, 20% infill with ABS.
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fan_adapter_adjust_duct.stl | 120.0KB |