Phaetus X Voron Dragon Hotend – High Flow, Voron Red

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. Developers like Phaetus and Voron have continuously improved this time-honoured design. The Phaetus Dragon Hotend has a complex heatsink with an inner and outer shell for strong structure and easy cooling. The Voron design was built for speed with high quality materials that heat faster. Now, the two industry giants have merged their designs into the Phaetus X Voron Dragon Hotend, a masterful high flow hotend assembly.

An impressive well-engineered hotend in its own rights, the Phaetus Dragon High Flow Hotend is now available in this Voron edition. Many of the aspects we love of the Dragon Hotend is present in this redesign, but with the added twist of Voron’s classic red circular design, that focuses on lightweight fast 3D printing. The Phaetus X Voron Dragon Hotend 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 X Voron Dragon Hotend prints at an incredible 500°C.

This Phaetus X Voron Dragon hotend is also High Flow and coloured with the classic Voron red colour. Ceramic insulation sits below the heat break, making a longer hot melt zone. Printing efficiency skyrockets with less possibility to plug the nozzle. Just as the name suggests, high flow hotends allow fast filament feeding while maintaining smooth control. After some fine tuning, these hotends work best with larger nozzles, such as the 0.6mm nozzle, which allows you to print fast with great quality.

Typical Applications for the Phaetus X Voron Dragon hotend:

When comparing the Phaetus Dragon Hotend to others on the market, it’s plain to see that 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. While the original Dragon Hotend is primarily designed to replace the classic E3D V6 hotend on standard 3D Printers, this Phaetus X Voron version offers compatibility with many Voron designed parts. It features 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 Phaetus’s official profile on Thingiverse.
• The Official Phaetus X Voron Dragon HF GitHub Page has a download zone with more documents, information, and installation guide to help you set up successfully and get printing!