Bondtech LGX ACE Mosquito Printhead

The LGX ACE Mosquito Printhead is a special short filament path printhead, co-developed by Bondtech and Slice Engineering. It was developed to be used with the Bondtech LGX Large Gears eXtruder .

The LGX ACE Mosquito features Slice Engineering's bi-metallic heat-break technology and copper hot block for improved thermal performance.

Pairing the LGX ACE Mosquito with the LGX eXtruder forms a print head that will excel in printing ALL of the most common materials - especially soft and flexible 3D printer filaments.

The LGX ACE Mosquito Printhead only supports 1.75mm filament.
No heater or thermistors are included.

• Easy to cool down and install
• Allows higher volumetric flow rate
• Supports rigid, flexible, and soft materials
• Prints flexible and soft materials faster
• Forms a small and light printhead

During the long months of deep testing that preceded the launch of the LGX CHT nozzles, Bondtech discovered that shortening the post-drive filament path generates increased volumetric flow rate capacity. Similar to the Bondtech LGX Shortcut Mosquito Printhead , the LGX ACE Mosquito delivers that same increase when compared to the full Slice Engineering Mosquito® Hotend .

The LGX ACE Mosquito Printhead features a monolithic air-cooled cold block and heat sink, designed and manufactured by Bondtech, that engages with the LGX extruder using its interface plug and rests at the front of the extruder. The heat sink includes the hole pattern for attaching 40×40 fans. Bondtech's tests suggest a 4010 fan is enough to cool down the cold block and the cold zone of the heat break, due to the monolithic design of the cold block and heat sink that increases heat transmission and dissipation.

• 1x LGX Large Gears eXtruder
• 1x LGX Black Anodized Aluminum Monolithic Cold Block and Heat Sink
• 1x Mosquito LGX Heat Break
• 1x Mosquito Hot Block
• 1x Bondtech M6x1x7.5 Coated Brass Nozzle 0.4mm
• 1x Silver Based Thermal Paste Sachet 0.5g

The LGX ACE Mosquito Printhead is not compatible with the following items:

• 3DSolex Matchless 1.75mm nozzles

The hot block included in this product is compatible with the RepRap standard of nozzles. Below is a list of compatible versions.

• Bondtech Standard Brass
• Bondtech Standard Coated Brass
• Bondtech CHT Coated Brass
• Slice Engineering Vanadium™ Nozzle
• Slice Engineering Bridgemaster Nozzle

• Cold Block/Heat Sink Material: Anodized Aluminum
• Mosquito Heat Break Materials: Steel tube; Copper body; W2S (Tungsten Disulfide) coating
• Mosquito Hot Block Materials: Copper body; Nickel plating
• Max operating (nozzle) temperature: 450°C
• Max tightening torque on the extruder screws: 0.3 Nm
• Max tightening torque on the heatsink/cold block screw: 0.6 Nm
• Net weight: 60.5 g
• Package measurements: 80x103x73 mm
• Package weight: 100.5 g

• e-steps value: 400 using 16 microsteps; 800 using 32 microsteps
• Drive wheels: Hardened steel
• Materials compatibility: abrasive; rigid; semi-flexible; flexible; and soft
• Mounting holes: M3
• Mounting patterns: bottom anterior (2 points); left (2 points), right (2 points), front (4 points), back (4 points)
• Holes on the sides of the LGX™: 5 mm depth
• Holes on the bottom of the LGX™: 12 mm depth
• Max tightening torque on the extruder screws: 0.3 Nm

Click here for more information on the Bondtech LGX Large Gears eXtruder.

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