A New Tungsten Carbide Nozzle Greatly Increases the Speed of 3D Printing

Recently, Dyze Design, a developer of 3D printer accessories in Montreal, Canada, released its latest product, Tungsten Carbide Nozzle. This is an important accessory for ultra-high performance 3D printers. It offers high wear resistance and performance for almost any 3D printer brands such as Ultimaker, Prusa, Lulzbot, Raise3D and Robo. Its will greatly increase speed of printing, which means lower energy consumption and cost.

Tungsten carbide is a well-known hard ceramic material. It is famous for its “hardness”. Its hardness is second only to diamonds. It is the most important raw material for products such as carbide cutters, mine drill bits and hard rock head cutters. In addition, tungsten carbide also has wear resistance and high thermal conductivity, and is often used in high temperature wear resistant coatings for various important parts of the industrial field. So, when this Canadian company choose tungsten carbide to make 3D printer nozzles, the reason is not difficult to understand.

In the 3D printing process, not only the main control end of the 3D printer, but also many components may affect the final product printing results, such as printing materials, extruders and nozzles will affect the print quality to some extent. Among them, the nozzle is equivalent to the mouthpiece of the 3D printer. Dyze Design believes that the printer needs to implement a mouthpiece that can resist everything and can actually improve the effect. Fortunately, they think of tungsten carbide.

Dyze Design believes that their new 3D printer nozzles made of tungsten carbide can achieve high flow rates and consistent print quality because the wear resistance of tungsten carbide materials allows them to maintain the same diameter and height, regardless of use. How long it will not deform or produce other losses.

The new nozzle consists of a tungsten carbide tip and a steel frame structure, all of which are plated with electroless nickel. The reason why steel is selected as the nozzle frame is its excellent high strength, pressure resistance and thermal stability. In the case of plating, the nickel coating improves the surface finish of the 3D printer nozzle, making it smoother, which means that the plastic will slip off the nozzle, resulting in cleaner parts with less drag and easier handling of the nozzle. Flexible filaments.

Compared to other materials, tungsten carbide nozzles can handle any type of filament, from PLA, ABS to carbon fiber reinforced materials. In addition, Dyze Design compares its tungsten carbide nozzle to an Ultimaker nozzle made of brass. After printing the same part with PLA material at 210 ° C using two nozzles, Dyze Design found that using a tungsten carbide nozzle can increase the output flow by 80% and print the finished product in as little as 60 seconds.

Currently, this Montreal-based company has multiple versions of tungsten carbide nozzles, each compatible with a range of popular FDM 3D printers. For example, carbide UM3 is built for Ultimaker 3, while tungsten carbide M6 1.75 mm is more compatible with Raise3D, Prusa, Makerbot and Robo 3D printers.

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