LUCY Filament Dryer
LUCY -- Low-temp Universal Conditioning sYstem A modular, universal filament drying system.
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Raygen Rupe 🚀
Tier 5
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Raygen Rupe 🚀
added to the journal ago
block cad time
Figuring out the dimensions I want this thing to have.
Looking it'll take 60x60 filter cassette's.
I'm doing a sorta 3 stage system, where it pushes air through a thin foam filter, activated carbon, and then through a dessicant.
Raygen Rupe 🚀
added to the journal ago
an explanation
So this filament dryer is in 4 parts.
1 - The dryer element.
This is the main unit. It's a compact, high temp unit that can easily connect to basically any container and be used to dry the inside of it. It'll recirculate the air inside through reusable dessicant and a carbon filter.
2 - The controller.
This is how you control things. One dryer unit might not be enough airflow for the container attached, so how do you fix that? The answer: just add another. The question now becomes, though, how do you control this? Easy solution: A remote that syncs everything. Of course, a dryer unit can operate on its own. This will just be a nice and easy way to connect multiple units and display information.
3 - The taz 6 box.
This is the main use case for a filament dryer: something that mounts to the top of my taz 6 I can directly print out of, while keeping my filament nice and dry.
4 - The filament box.
As described earlier, I want a way to connect the dryer to a filament box and easily dry a single roll of filament inside it. Cardboard has an autoignition point somewhere above 200C, so it's actually quite a good place to dry filament.
a drawing I did of the modular unit
Raygen Rupe 🚀
started LUCY Filament Dryer ago
2/8/2026 3 AM - an explanation
So this filament dryer is in 4 parts.
1 - The dryer element.
This is the main unit. It's a compact, high temp unit that can easily connect to basically any container and be used to dry the inside of it. It'll recirculate the air inside through reusable dessicant and a carbon filter.
2 - The controller.
This is how you control things. One dryer unit might not be enough airflow for the container attached, so how do you fix that? The answer: just add another. The question now becomes, though, how do you control this? Easy solution: A remote that syncs everything. Of course, a dryer unit can operate on its own. This will just be a nice and easy way to connect multiple units and display information.
3 - The taz 6 box.
This is the main use case for a filament dryer: something that mounts to the top of my taz 6 I can directly print out of, while keeping my filament nice and dry.
4 - The filament box.
As described earlier, I want a way to connect the dryer to a filament box and easily dry a single roll of filament inside it. Cardboard has an autoignition point somewhere above 200C, so it's actually quite a good place to dry filament.
a drawing I did of the modular unit
2/8/2026 5 AM - block cad time
Figuring out the dimensions I want this thing to have.
Looking it'll take 60x60 filter cassette's.
I'm doing a sorta 3 stage system, where it pushes air through a thin foam filter, activated carbon, and then through a dessicant.