purchase advice for a Printhead

Hello,

i am looking for a printhead that i will use in a project for by Baechelor thesis. The printhead will be used stationary (the printhead is fixed and the platform below will move in xyz-axis)
i would appreciate your purchase advice. money is not an issue because my university will pay for almost everything ^_^
you can suggest both single or dual extruders. preference should be high quality printing. speed is not that important. since the printhead is stationary i will not use a direct extruder not a bowden one

would appreciate your advice

greets
63rrit

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2015 08:13AM by 63rrit.

Hi,

Well some information is missing.
What is it for ? I mean mecanical parts or figurine production don't have the same needs.
What kind the materials do you want to print with it ?
Do you eventualy want to print with dual colours or soluble support material ?

++JM

Assuming you will be printing the usual materials (PLA, ABS, PETG etc.). then for single extrusion I suggest the E3Dv6. For dual extrusion you could use two of them side by side, or the E3D Chimera.

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Hi guys,

Dave, I've been printed with two E3D V6, for dual colour only, for a while.
I experienced oozing, not a lot, but still too much, and the use of oozing shield don't allow to cool the part properly.
To me, two nozzles are interesting only if you want to use a soluble material as support on the seccond hotend.
Because you don't mind about oozing contamination, obviously.
When you want that, Two E3D V6 or a E3D chimera works great.
But for two colours, definitely the E3D Cyclops do the job ways better.
I ended with an E3D Legend pack (Chimera + Cyclops) with mostly the Cyclops configuration mounted.
To me it's the way to go if you want dual extrusion.
But as you still have a reduced contamination from one filament to another with the cyclops,
I believe there's no perfect way to go for dual extrusion.

++JM

JM, oozing in multiple nozzle systems is not a problem if you control the nozzle temperatures properly. See my comment in response to your post in another thread.

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J-Max
Hi guys,

Dave, I've been printed with two E3D V6, for dual colour only, for a while.
I experienced oozing, not a lot, but still too much, and the use of oozing shield don't allow to cool the part properly.
To me, two nozzles are interesting only if you want to use a soluble material as support on the seccond hotend.
Because you don't mind about oozing contamination, obviously.
When you want that, Two E3D V6 or a E3D chimera works great.
But for two colours, definitely the E3D Cyclops do the job ways better.
I ended with an E3D Legend pack (Chimera + Cyclops) with mostly the Cyclops configuration mounted.
To me it's the way to go if you want dual extrusion.
But as you still have a reduced contamination from one filament to another with the cyclops,
I believe there's no perfect way to go for dual extrusion.

++JM

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2015 02:07PM by dc42.

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

Hi,

Your awnser is probably interesting.
But I can't find that post in your message history.

++JM

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/2015 03:16PM by J-Max.

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J-Max
Hi,

Your awnser is probably interesting.
But I can't find that post in your message history.

++JM

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].