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by Already__Taken 3329 days ago
That carbon printer would move the heat around very well.
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Not really, like most micro particle or fiber filaments the thermoplastic resin is the weak part.

Any thermoplastic extruded filament that does not require secondary treatment is going to be heat sensitive.

The filaments that are not heat sensitive are either ones that require substantial heat to extrude in the first place or at then chemically treated to not be thermoplastics anymore.

If you think about this way it's simple, the melting point and the thermoplastic point of the end product needs to be substantially higher than it's operating temperature this cannot be done without additional treatment or using a process other than thermal extrusion.

Resins that use chemicals or light to harden are can have thermal resistance properties, metals and other materials that are extruded or bonded at very high temperatures are also resistant to relatively high operating temperatures.

Makes sense, Although I was trying to infer that the carbon material would transfer the head through the object better. Which would make using a liquid cooling channel useful. As opposed to just outright higher thermal operation.

But this is only evidenced from the carbon on my XPS laptop becoming untouchable in full-sun and much of the base heating evenly from the processor.