Desiccant Dehydrator Tray

This tray fits inside a food dehydrator shelf/tray to hold silica gel desiccant beads while still allowing the warm air to pass through.

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.

To add strength in the absence of top and bottom, I use the Cura features Connect Infill Lines, and Alternate Extra Wall.

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.

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.)

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.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Creality

Printer:

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Infill:

~50%

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Category: 3D Printer Accessories