Heating and Sensing - Ceramic Element and NTC

AtomSoft

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• Jun 21, 2020

• #1

Anyone know any tutorials or lessons on how to heat up and sense temp. Kind of like how 3D Printers heat up the filament with a Ceramic element and Temp sensor like an NTC or RTD...

 

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Pommie

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• Jun 23, 2020

• #2

What temperature are you aiming for? Melted plastic (200C), drying herbs (40C) incubating chickens eggs (30 C)? They will all use PID but with different sensors and heating elements depending on the required temperature.

Mike.

 

AtomSoft

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• Jun 23, 2020

• #3

Hey Mike, I'm thinking aabout 150c to 190c

 

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Pommie

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• Jun 23, 2020

• #4

I've used 24V soldering iron elements for that kinda thing. What kind of area/volume/material are you trying to heat?

Mike.

 

AtomSoft

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• Jun 23, 2020

• #5

Small anti-static bags. So about 3in x 1/8 in but I want to use a metal block. Steel or something. So the actual steel part would be 1in x 4in max.

 

AtomSoft

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• Jun 23, 2020

• #6

Also might be doing cups. 2in circles. I don't know exact material yet