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Quantitatively Are there quantitative means of measuring nozzle wear?

Are there quantitivequantitative means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if? If so?

I have some digital calliperscalipers, but I don't have much confidence in the measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completelyentirely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infusedfiber-infused PLA filament, but I would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

Quantitatively measuring nozzle wear

Are there quantitive means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if so?

I have some digital callipers, but don't have much confidence in measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infused PLA filament, but would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

Are there quantitative means of measuring nozzle wear?

Are there quantitative means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this? If so?

I have some digital calipers, but I don't have much confidence in the measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is entirely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fiber-infused PLA filament, but I would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

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Does anyone have aAre there quantitive means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if so?

I have some digital callipers, but don't have much confidence in measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infused PLA filament, but would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

Does anyone have a quantitive means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if so?

I have some digital callipers, but don't have much confidence in measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infused PLA filament, but would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

Are there quantitive means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if so?

I have some digital callipers, but don't have much confidence in measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infused PLA filament, but would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.

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Andrew Ebling
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Quantitatively measuring nozzle wear

Does anyone have a quantitive means of measuring nozzle wear? What steps do you perform to measure this, if so?

I have some digital callipers, but don't have much confidence in measurements taken, as it's almost impossible to ensure the nozzle aperture is completely free of filament residue.

The context here is I've recently been trying out some carbon-fibre infused PLA filament, but would like to keep an eye on how much it wears the nozzle, and get an idea of nozzle wear rates. I can then work out if the mechanical and aesthetic qualities of the CF filament are worthwhile.