Strong Nozzle

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Strong Nozzle

Release status: working

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Description
Strong Nozzle based on stainless steel cool end. Main goals - robust, passively cooled, easy to build hotend.
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Introduction

Advantages

In comparison with existing solution:

  • Nearly unbreakable design
  • No leakeages
  • No active cooling needed
  • Low thermal conductivity towards extruder
  • Flexibility because of "spring like" stainless steel cool end
  • Easy in maintenance, quick attach/detach from extruder
  • Easy positioning, perpendicular by design

Disadvantages

BOM

Version 1

Quantity Part Number Part Name Details
1 1 Holder Alloy holder 70mmx20mmx5mm
1 2 PTFE rood 50mm long PTFE rood, diameter 8mm
1 3 Stainles steel pipe 50mm long stainles steel pipe, outer diameter 10mm, inner diameter 8mm
1 4 Alloy rood 20mm long alloy rood, diameter 20mm
1 5 Termitor EPCOS 100KOhm, 2mm diameted
1 6 Resistor 3.3-5.6Ohm wire reistor, length 17mm, diameter 5.5mm, max temperature 360c

Assembly Manual

Testing

Examples

Photos

Hotend holder 1.jpg

Hotend holder

Heater block 1.jpg

Heater block

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Cool end with holder and ptfe insert

Hotend heater block 2.jpg

Holder, cool end and heater block

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Assembled hotend, silicon coating

Extruder gears.jpg

Extruder gears printed during tests

Video

Sample Printing


FAQ

Authors

  • 3DMakers.pl
    • Pawel Ratanczuk,
    • Grzegorz Pietrusiak

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Licence

Creative Commons by-nc