Home / Blog / Drying filament: why nylon and PA-CF fail without it Materials Drying filament: why nylon and PA-CF fail without it DM D. Marchenko Lead engineer · RaftPrint 03 Apr 20265 min read How moisture wrecks strength and surface — and our drying routine. TG ↗ DM D. Marchenko Lead engineer · RaftPrint Runs the FDM floor and the material library. Spends an unreasonable amount of time arguing about wall counts and tuning carbon-fibre profiles across three printer brands. Keep reading All posts Materials 14 May 2026 · 7 min PETG-CF vs PA-CF: when chopped-fibre actually helps A side-by-side on stiffness, dimensional stability and bed adhesion under real workshop conditions — and where plain PETG still wins. Read Process 02 May 2026 · 6 min Twelve printers, one slicer: keeping queue time under 4 h What changed when we standardised profiles across three different printer brands. Read Case study 21 Apr 2026 · 5 min A batch of 1 200 drone tail-fins in nine days Behind a fast-turn field order — from tolerance check to packed pallets. Read