Creality Metal Gear Extruder Body – Black

As a 3D Printer whirrs and speedily builds your prints one layer at a time, the filament is being pushed through the extruder with careful precision. But as one of the most used parts within an FDM printer, an extruder can easily wear and tear. The gear and lever of your extruder might become so worn and loose that the filament no longer catches properly when passing through. This results in poor quality prints due to under extrusion and may cause multiple hotend clogs. Fortunately, your extruder getting old is the perfect opportunity to upgrade it. This black Creality Metal Gear Extruder Body ensures smooth printing with high-quality aluminium to replace the original plastic version you may have.

The Creality Metal Gear Extruder Body is an easy drop-in upgrade for Ender 3 series and CR-10 series 3D Printers. A few of the necessary components are included with this handy Creality spare extruder like the idler gear and bearing, which all work in unison with the chassis or body to push filament through the Bowden tubing and down the Teflon Tubing towards the Creality CR-10 Hotend Assembly. It also has space for the filament runout sensor, which detects when the filament from the spool has run out, and then stops the printer from continuing until the filament has been replenished.

Featuring adjustable extrusion force, the Creality Metal Gear Extruder ensures that the filament is fed at a perfect rate for smooth 3D printing. An easy-grip lever loosens the tension on the filament when squeezed, while otherwise keeping the filament firmly in place between the idler and drive gears. This allows for quick and easy 3D Printer Filament replacement without having to loosen any screws or take any components apart. Fortunately, Creality is a brand that considers the end-users before anyone else, which means this part is relatively inexpensive to replace, so if you are having trouble with your Creality CR-10 or Ender 3 extruder, this Creality Original Spare is the perfect option to keep your 3D Printing adventures in full swing with little to no downtime.

Although Creality 3D have been working within the industry since 2014, their addition of the Creality CR-10 series is what really catapulted them to the front line of competition, as it offered substantially better quality compared to other 3D printers – while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexities of the machines.

The quality of Creality’s 3D Printers and accessories shows through in their market history, with the brand selling around 3000 printers in their first year on the market, followed by about 10,000 sales over the next year. Now, Creality easily sells around 30,000 or more 3D printers each year, with sales continuously rising as they bring out more models. These are impressive numbers when considering the fact that they entered the industry as unknown competitors, quickly rising through the ranks and now even competing with Wanhao and similar top brands.

If you are looking for excellent 3D Printers that offer affordability without compromising on quality, Creality 3D is certainly a brand that you should take note of. From the basic Creality Ender 2 all the way up to the large build volume Creality CR-10 S5, there are few other brands who are capable of offering such a refined package while still maintaining some of the most enticing prices in the industry.