The nozzle you buy when hardened steel is not lasting either. Silicon carbide resists wear better than steel while conducting heat far more like brass, which is unusual: hardened nozzles normally cost you thermal performance in exchange for longevity. That combination suits anyone printing carbon fibre, glass fibre or metal-filled material as a matter of course rather than occasionally. It is a considered purchase, and it pays back in a machine that holds dimensions through filament that would have opened a brass nozzle out weeks ago.
Good for
- Constant carbon and glass fibre work
- Metal-filled and glow filaments
- Production printing in composites
- Long service life under abrasion
