Supercharge your desktop printer
This video from Slice Engineering says it all, watch now...
The Copperhead™ is a low-cost, open-source hotend option that can handle the heat — heat creep, that is.
Replace your factory model hotend with the Copperhead™, to upgrade your 3D printer’s performance and reduce jamming, giving you a smooth print every time.
The Copperhead can be installed on just about any printer, there are many adapter plates and connections that are printable or made from cnc, most are found here:
https://www.sliceengineering.com/pages/adapters
Unlike most materials, plastics don’t have a clean transition from solid to liquid during melting. As filament moves through the hotend, it heats up and reaches the material’s glass transition temperature (Tg), entering a semi-solid, semi-liquid, “gooey” state. While in this state, the plastic responds to applied forces like a wet noodle, causing undesirable print effects like reduction in resolution, blobbing and jamming. An efficient heat break narrows the physical distance during which the plastic is at it’s Tg, and thus improves 3D printer performance. The Bimetallic Heat Break™ from Slice Engineering® is the only heat break designed through the use of thermal imaging to optimize heat transfer.
Primary benefits:
- Heat sink designed optimized for noise reduction
- Bimetallic Heat Break™ technology
- Rate to 450°C to cover the gamut of 3D printable thermoplastics
- Versatile mounting options, including a groove mount configuration for optimal flexibility
- Uses Rep Rap style nozzles
- Quick-swap capability for hot components
- Adjustable length to level multi-extrusion systems
- High-quality materials include a hardened copper alloy hot block, cold-worked stainless steel, and aircraft-grade aluminum
- Open source - published under a CC BY SA 4.0 license
Select the parts that suit your printer from the selections below.
Needed to buy:
- High temp thermistor for the hotend- LINK here
- 12v or 24v Heater cartridge- LINK here
- 40mm or 20mm fan or print adapter to suit your voltage
Build your hotend - You need to select from the options below:
- Copperhead hot block
- Heat break- To suit your printer
- Heat Sink - Groove or screw type to mount to your printer.
- Add each to your cart
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View full detailsCopperhead™ Hot Block
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View full detailsGroove Mount Adapter
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View full detailsCopperhead™ Heat Sink
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View full detailsCopperhead™ Heat Break
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View full detailsSlice Engineering Nozzle Torque Wrench
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View full detailsEisele Elbow Fittings 6mm OD
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View full detailsMosquito™ Heat Sink
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View full detailsThe Mosquito™ Liquid Block ( Water cooling head)
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View full detailsExtension Cable for Fan or Thermistor
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Mosquito™ Heat Break
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View full detailsHeat Break Insulator
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