Vertical Hopper for Noztek Extruder

grabcad

This is a model of a vertical hopper supplied by Noztek for their 3D printer filament extruders. I had to reverse engineer this to meet our research team's needs, so I thought I'd share it here. I didn't model it to match their production process, but rather to spatially capture the important features of the hopper. I used this model to created a modified version that will better feed the extruder barrel with our low-volume batches.