Desiccant Dehydrator Tray

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<p>This tray fits inside a food dehydrator shelf/tray to hold silica gel desiccant beads while still allowing the warm air to pass through.</p> <p>It must be sliced properly: 1.2mm wall thickness, no top or bottom thickness/layers, open infill style, right infill percentage. I used Triangles for an Infill Pattern, with an Infill Line Distance in Cura of 2.4mm, which resulted in an Infill Percentage of 50%. You want the grid to be as open as possible without letting the beads fall through. Don't use Cubic or Gyroid or any other three-dimensional pattern, since they can result in closed cells.</p> <p>To add strength in the absence of top and bottom, I use the Cura features Connect Infill Lines, and Alternate Extra Wall.</p> <p>This is designed to fit the Commercial Chef CCD100W6 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZB3V9S/ref=cm_sw_su_dp) which apparently is the successor to the Westinghouse WFD100W.</p> <p>Although everything I read says to refresh desiccant at 80 or 110 or 150 degrees Celsius, obviously the tray printed in PLA won't stand up to that. So I set it at 113 Fahrenheit (45 C) and my beads were dry in 2-3 hours. (I have the color-changing kind so I can tell.)</p> <p>When dumping the desiccant out of the tray after drying, make sure to cover the center hole with your hand so the beads don't fall through the hole.</p> <h3>Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong></p> <p>Creality</p> <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong> <div><p>CR-10S</p></div> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong> <div><p>No</p></div> <p><strong>Infill:</strong></p> <p>~50%</p> <p><br/> <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong></p> </p><div><p>1.2mm wall thickness, so the 2.4mm walls will be solidrn0/zero/no top or bottom thickness/layers, so infill will be exposedrnopen infill style, such as Triangles, so air can pass throughrnright infill percentage for hole size, such as 50%, so beads won't fall through but air will pass</p></div> </p></p> Category: 3D Printer Accessories