BHead
Release status: Experimental
Description | BHead HotEnd
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License | GPL
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Contents
Introduction
BHead has been designed to be simple, easily removable and for changing parts quickly.
Uses the groove to connect to the extruder (that's great! no more plates, screws, fancy holders..)
You can customize nozzles (ranging to 0.3mm to 0.7mm) and hotblocks.
Materials
Hotend is made of brass (aluminum under test) and thermal barrier is made of PEEK.
a PTFE tube is inside the thermal barrier (tube outer diamter 6mm / inner diameter 3.18mm)
Advantages
Advantages
- Groovemount like J-Head/Makergear
- very strong and simple design. no fancy parts
- easy of changing nozzle
- powerful and strong heater cartridge 6mm, 12V or 24V, 40W
- heaterblock have a deep hole for NTC termistor
Compatible with
- Wade's and Greg's accessible extruder
- Printrbot Bowden Cable mod (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26963)
- any Groovemount
- with all snap-in JHead extruder --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27804 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29286 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:42112 --- http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:39098
- GRRF extruder mount (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25035)
CAD Drawing
Updated CAD drawings on github
Installation
Using A Mounting Groove
Use a nozzle holder that is machined with the optional mounting groove and a cold-end that is designed for using a mounting groove or an adapter plate adapter plate for a mounting groove. In this configuration, a mounting groove is normally required.
Using the Mounting Holes in the Wade Extruder
TODO
Suppliers
contact me on icanbuild.it blog