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High Temperature Extruder

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by Brandon Newsome, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. Brandon Newsome

    Brandon Newsome New Member

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    I was curious if there was an extruder I could purchase for my R1+ that would be capable of doing high temperature prints (above 260 degrees), BUT also not require a new carriage or hot end structure.

    I know that E3D has the volcano hot end, which is really nice, but that requires modifications that I rather not do to my printer just yet. Anyone have an idea of an extruder that fits the bill?
     
    #1 Brandon Newsome, Mar 30, 2018
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    The regular E3D is fine up to 300c no volcano adapter required.
    The volcano has a larger melt zone, not a higher heat tolerance :)
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Mar 31, 2018
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    The E3D is about as drop in as you can get. you only need to replace the fan shroud and swap connectors since the R1+ uses different connectors than E3D supplies. Unless you are printing PAEK or PEEK, there just aren't that many filaments that need that much temperature.
     
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    What he said ^^^^^

    I have used a nylon blend that was hotter than 300c, but there are darn few filaments that really need that much heat.
     
    #4 mark tomlinson, Mar 31, 2018
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    , This is a great article. It gave me a lot of useful information. thank you very much.
     
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