SiC nozzle - how to configure
I bought a third party 0.4mm sic nozzle from phaetus to have on hand for abrasive filament. I'm not really sure how to go about configuring for it.
Does anyone have a profile they could share or perhaps a link to a good guide for configuring for it?
RE: SiC nozzle - how to configure
I guess that SiC stands for silicon carbide ?. It's a very hard material. Logically this nozzle is intended for abrasive filaments.
In all likelihood it’s made of a brass or copper body and a SiC insert at the tip. Even if that insert it’s quite small, considering the extremely low thermal conductivity of SiC, probably you’ll have to increase the nozzle temperature. How many degrees ? The vendor or manufacturer should give this data in the specs of the product. If they say nothing about it, you’ll have find out yourself by printing tests at different nozzle temperatures.
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Hello.
I'm printing a lot with this nozzle.
For 0.4mm nozzle diameter you can go straightforward to use 0.4HF profiles, with 0.6HF profiles I don't tested today, but with 0.6 standard profiles runs fine if you have to use with 0.6mm nozzle.
You don't need to increase temp due the phaetus nozzle has better thermal specs than brass one. Printed larger objects with long straight perimeters with ASA and no problem at all, good layer adhesion and good flow (capped on filament profile to 29mm3/s)
PS: I switching from 0.4mm to 0.6mm when I need to print larger objects.
RE: SiC nozzle - how to configure
I went with the non-hi flow profile and it works well. I'm not so keen on the hi flow profile as it gave me some wild seams with one of the petg I have. I'm in no rush and rather the better quality.