0.4mm Creality High Speed MK8 Nozzle – Brass

3D printing at high speeds is so satisfying on our favourite printers, but that feat needs special components to be possible. Nozzles are so important for the smooth flow of your filament. Creality hotends on the Ender 3 V3 SE, Ender 7, and Ender 5 S1 are carefully balanced with the perfect nozzle. This original Creality High-Speed MK8 Nozzle is a perfect match to get you back to printing in no time with speedy efficiency.

Fortunately, we love 3D printing, and we understand just how annoying it can be to have a fully working machine but no nozzle to make it work. And despite being one of the smallest parts on the entire printer, your nozzle is fundamental for operations and there are no alternatives. We stock this official Creality High-Speed Nozzle as an easy replacement to drop in when you need it. Made of brass, this 0.4mm high-speed nozzle has a longer length to increase surface area and time for the filament to melt, allowing it to pump out faster from your hotend.

This nozzle is designed to the MK8 Standard, with M6 threading to fit the Creality Ender 3 V3 SE, Ender 7, and Ender 5 S1. This ensures that even if you entirely burn out or totally jam your nozzle, you can simply get a quick replacement nozzle and get straight back to 3D printing with as little downtime as possible.

QUICK GUIDE TO CHANGING YOUR 0.4MM Creality High-Speed MK8 NOZZLE:

When swapping out 3D printer nozzles from other components, we recommend utilising the hot tightening technique for optimal thermal coupling. To do this, simply follow these easy steps, while being careful not to burn yourself of course.

• Unscrew the heatbreak from the heatsink by about half a turn, to be sure you are not tightening against the heatbreak in later stages.
• Heat up your hotend to 285°C, but do not overshoot as you risk damaging your thermistor.
• Remove the existing nozzle from the heater block and insert the new nozzle.
• While firmly gripping the heater block, slowly tighten the nozzle. Be careful, however, that you not apply any torque through the heatbreak, as they are fragile and relatively easy to break when loose.
• Turn off the heating unit and allow the hot side to cool.
• Finally, once the nozzle is installed and cooled down, tighten the heatbreak back into the heatsink and ensure that there are no loose parts.

The reason for this method is because aluminium heater blocks have a different coefficient of thermal expansion than the materials used in the nozzles and heat breaks. As such, tightening these components while cold results in a small gap being created between the nozzle and the break inside the block when the hot end is at temperature, which can lead to clogs, blobbing and other frustrating problems.

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.