Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo ACE Pro Desiccant Flask

This is a desiccant flask for the Anycubic ACE multi-material system. The base of the flask sits perfectly on the front rail of the ACE and it absorbs the moisture in the air without having to use the heater. The top of the flask is plastic rivetted on to the flask to ensure no spillage of desiccant. However you can easily remove the rivvetted seals and empty the desiccant into a heatproof receptacle to recharge the desiccant.

Best to print the lid top down on the base and the body of the flask standing up straight. I print at 0.20mm Standard with Tree(manual), Organic supports "On build plate only". I use an "Outside Brim Only" of 10mm. I have printed it in SUNLU PLA+ V2 (which has excellent temperature stability) and it comes out nice.

When it has printed and cooled, clean off the supports and brim, fill to within 10mm of the top of the flask with desiccant. I use indicating desiccant that starts off orange and turns green/black when saturated (you can then pop it in the microwave or oven, dry it, and reuse it. That is why I set up the flasks with lids that can be removed and replaced.

Once filled, place the lid on and make sure it is fully on. Then take some spare filament and thread it through the holes at either side of the flask which go through holes in the lid too. Leave about 8mm sticking out at either side.

Next, I heat up a flat head screwdriver and press the flat of the screwdriver onto the end of the filament at either side and basically rivet the filament to the edge of the flask. This ensures that the filament stays in place, the lid wont come off (until you want to take it off) and the desiccant cannot spill out into your ACE.

When the desiccant is saturated you can use a blade to slice off the plastic rivet and remove the desiccant from the flask to recharge it.