use stainless nozzles for everything?
use stainless nozzles for everything?
What downside might there be for substituting stainless nozzles for brass? For everything?
Re: use stainless nozzles for everything?
Heat transfer in stainless steel sucks compared to brass. If trying to print fast, I could imagine a situation where the tip of the nozzle cannot maintain temperature as the plastic passing through it draws out the heat - and transfer through the material can't keep up with the demand.
Thermal conductivity of yellow brass is about 9x that of 303 stainless.
Thermal conductivity of yellow brass is about 9x that of 303 stainless.
Re: use stainless nozzles for everything?
Thanks much Karl.