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The Phaetus Dragon Standard Flow Hotend is a highly advanced all-metal 500°C hotend with a rigid support structure and designed to upgrade almost any 3D Printer.
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Hotend Assemblies are one of the most delicate mechanical components in 3D Printing. All the action centres on the hotend, which must carefully balance extreme temperatures to ensure smooth printing. The Maker industry has seen so many different designs and styles come and go, but the all-metal models have stood the test of time. Enhanced with more benefits, the Phaetus Dragon Hotend has a complex heatsink with an inner and outer shell for strong structure and easy cooling.
The Phaetus Dragon Hotend is a very impressive looking and well-engineered hotend that borrows from a few different well-known designs, with quite a strong resemblance to the Mosquito Hotend, coupled with a bit of E3D V6 design and a sprinkle of Micro Swiss mixed in. However, despite being quite the mish-mash of different designs, it does an excellent job at reigning all of these different designs together to create a hotend that is not only excellent at laying down filament, but also extremely lightweight and fast too. This “borrowing” of various designs means that the Phaetus Dragon also offers the awesome one-handed nozzle change like the Mosquito Hotends do, with a tiny, highly thermally conductive cooling tower, braces to protect the heat break from, well, breaking, and can even be used without the Boron Nitride Heat Paste that is typically required when using the Mosquito. The Phaetus Dragon Hotend prints at an incredible 500°C.
This Phaetus Dragon hotend is the Standard Flow version and coloured with a smart blue. Unlike its high flow sibling, this hotend does not have extra ceramic insulation. Instead, the heat break and hotend design has a rigid internal structure of plated copper material. These materials allow for faster heating and better heat dissipation. Filament smoothly feeds through this hotend at standard flow rates with no trouble. The Phaetus Dragon Standard Flow Hotend is compatible with most 3D Printers, allowing you to get printing with greater quality.
Phaetus Dragon Hotend ST - Technical Specifications: |
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– Phaetus |
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– Standard Flow Dragon Hotend |
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– Blue |
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– 0.4mm Plated Copper Nozzle |
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– Custom Design Plated Heater Block |
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– Copper Alloy & Hardened Steel |
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– Copper Alloy Cooling Tower |
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– Almost Any Fan Will Suffice |
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– Almost Any Fan Will Suffice |
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– E3D V6 Heater Cartridge |
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– E3D V6 Thermistor |
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– 0° to +500°C |
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– Almost All 3D Printers – May Require Phaetus Dragon Mounting Bracket |
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– PLA | ABS | PETG | TPU | PP | PC | Nylon | PEEK | PEI – Filaments with Abrasive Additives |
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– 1 x Silicone Sock – 1 x Hexagon Bar – 1 x 7.8mm Open Wrench – 4 x M2.5x8 Inner Hexagon Screws – 2 x M1.4x5.5 Screws – 1 x Bowden Collet and Clip |
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– 50g |
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– 62.2 x 26 x 22.3mm |
Typical Applications for Phaetus Dragon Standard Flow Hotend:
When comparing the Phaetus Dragon Hotend to others on the market, it’s plain to see it has borrowed a lot from the Mosquito Hotend design, although despite that, we feel that it definitely offers some distinct features that set it apart. It is primarily designed to replace the classic E3D V6 hotend on standard 3D Printers, but offers a high rate of flow due to the enlarged thermal mass and clever material composition, while also maintaining an extremely low weight for faster and more responsive motion.
These features, coupled with an enticingly low price, makes it one of the most accessible yet powerful upgrades for almost any stock 3D Printers, with a high level of durability and component quality that ensures it will last for far longer than just a few hundred prints. Of course, as with any aftermarket hotend, it will require some research and learning to dial it in and get what Goldilocks would label as “Just Right”, but once you’ve got your settings right, will perform like an absolute dream, whizzing about at crazy speeds (if that’s what you want) and providing you with the quality that every 3D Maker strives for.
Additional Resources:
- If you’re eager to see the actual dimensions in physical form so you can better gauge the size and fitting of the hotend, check out this handy Phaetus Dragon 3D Print File on Thingiverse.
- Next up, if you’re looking for mounting brackets and other useful accessories for this hotend, check out the Phaetus Dragon Thingiverse Page.
- The Official Phaetus Dragon ST Hotend Page has a download zone with more documents, information, and installation guides to help you set up successfully and get printing!
Finally, the following is a decent video that explains the key features of the Phaetus Dragon Hotend, and how all of the pieces fit snugly together to create a true masterpiece in the world of hotend assemblies. If you would like to skip past the unnecessary info and dive straight into the juicy details, then this Link to 6:02 in the Video will get you straight to where you need to be:
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Phaetus is a brand with an unrelenting focus on creating some of the highest quality 3D printing upgrades and equipment on the market. They have pioneered many fantastic designs that reimagined the hotend as we know it. Resembling the head of a sprinkler, Phaetus’ ingenious Dragon Hotend solved many of the thermal efficiency problems of other models and introduced easy one-handed nozzle interchangeability. But with the wind firmly caught in their sales, Phaetus is not stopping there!
The company began with a goal to plow into the pain points of 3D industry and come up with innovative solutions. Phaetus established a strong research and development team who are a driving force in their field. The Phaetus brand is, in fact, young in the 3D world with their first hotend showcased in 2019. But that kickoff quickly blazed into a fire as Makers recognized the ingenuity of their design. The company shot into the development of newer high-end hotends that met the needs of DIY enthusiasts and professionals in the 3D industry. The Dragon Hotend expanded into an entire range, and new models like the Dragonfly and Rapido addressed specializations into lightweight and speed. Naturally, Phaetus created nozzles to keep up with the demands of their new demanding inventions. Even dipping into an advanced range of high-temperature 3D Filaments. We are definitely invested to see where Phaetus goes next.
Hobbyist Makers and industrial professionals alike can fully appreciate all that Phaetus brings to the table. Maintaining a wide compatibility with many 3D printers, Phaetus products are simply stuffed with strength and great mechanical properties on top of ground-breaking designs that innovate 3D technology. If you love the idea of upgrading 3D printers to a premium standard of greater functionality, you will not be disappointed by the excellent quality and fun upgrades that Phaetus has to offer.
