Product description
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.
This Bimetallic Copperhead™ Heat Break is made with:
- Stainless Steel
- Copper alloy
Rated up to 450 °C
Advanced Materials Technology
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.
Included in this product:
- Copperhead™ MK8 Heat Break
Compatible with:
- Makerbot Replicator 1
- Makerbot Replicator 2
- LulzBot Taz 6 Hexagon
- MK8 Hotends
