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Enhanced Capricorn Filament Pneumatic Fittings for Additive Manufacturing: Upgraded Products Spotlight Review

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Description of Enhanced Capricorn Filament Pneumatic Fittings for Additive Manufacturing: Upgraded Products Spotlight

High Lubricity Additives make our XS Series tubing the lowest friction Bowden tubing on the market. Less friction means more responsiveness, less retraction, more accurate prints, less slippage, wear, and tear on the extruder, and less clogging when printing chunky filaments such as some woodfills or ironfills. Capricorn bowden tubing is designed specifically for 1.75mm filament with extremely precise inner & outer diameter, the filament is loaded smoothly to the hotend with as little room for error as possible between the extruder and the hotend. Lower retraction means time saved every time the extruder retracts. Over the course of a print, a few milliseconds here and a few there add up to a lot of time saved. One PTFE cutter with an extra sharp razor is also included to ensure that the PTFE is cut flat on both sides to prevent any malfunctions or heat creep when feeding and retracting. Upgraded Pneumatic Fittings with metal teeth provided in this package work much better than the stock options provided by many cheap 3D printer manufacturers with plastic teeth or cheap locking mechanisms. The extruder fittings are PC4-M6 and the hotend fittings are PC4-M10.

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Revainrating 4 out of 5

Does the job, tolerance may be too tight

Tolerances are tight, I found there was a slight binding at 3/4 the length of the cable. Although not a bad product. I just cut off a piece of 2m tubing and used a good chunk.

Pros
  • An extra sharp PTFE cutter is also included to ensure the PTFE cuts flat on both sides to prevent malfunction or thermal creep during retraction and retraction.
Cons
  • Big and bulky

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Seems to be a better fit for 3D printer parts and accessories

So far I like Capricorn very much. After replacing my broken hotend I fitted this Capricorn tube and so far it's working very well! Sorry I don't have a printed photo, the app is behaving strangely and I can't add more photos to the gallery. .

Pros
  • The upgraded pneumatic metal tooth fittings included in this kit work much better than the standard options offered by many cheap 3D printer manufacturers with plastic teeth or cheap locking mechanisms. The extruder fittings are PC4-M6 and the hot end fittings are PC4-M10.
Cons
  • High price

I think the Capricorn tube reduced the resistance of the string!?!? Hose and cutter were all I needed, the fittings were thrown into a sea of superfluous parts that quickly piled up. I use hoses in two places to get the filament into the greenhouse: 1) from my dry box to the extruder, 2) from the extruder to the hot end. When I replaced the drybox tubing, I didn't notice any difference by pulling the filament through the tubing by hand (to be honest, once or twice the resistance seemed higher).

Pros
  • Capricorn Bowden Tube is specially designed for 1.75mm filament with extremely accurate inner and outer diameter, the filament is smoothly loaded into the hotend with minimal error between extruder and hotend.
Cons
  • String is shorter than other picks