Have you long been using two different colors or material prints?
3D color printing has never been so easy. E3D has paired the proven components with innovation. Most of the firmware and slicers already support dual-extrusion. Also the RAMPS 1.4 supports dual extrusion. Difference between E3D Chimera and E3D Cyclops They are almost identical but have a big difference. The E3D Chimera has two heating elements and two nozzles. The Cyclops has only one nozzle and one heating element. With the E3D Chimera the temperature can be different in both Nozzle.
Advantage of E3D Chimera
• Can process two different filament materials (for example, ABS and wood)
• Ideal support material for printing (ABS and HIPS or also PLA and PVA)
• It is also possible to use the E3D Volcano Nozzele (0.60mm, 0.80mm, 1.00mm and 1.20mm)
Advantage of E3D Cyclops
• Requires only one Nozzle
• You can still use the whole building space
Properties E3D Chimera and E3D Cyclops
• Only for 1.75mm filament
• Bowden System
• Very light, therefore almost no weight on the Z-axis
• Compatible with all E3D v6 Nozzle
• You need two extruder engines.
That's all there is to it
Cold Side
• 1 x Aluminum heat sink Cyclops Water-cooled
• 2 x Thread Bowden Coupling 1.75mm Filament
• 4 x Embedded Bowden couplings - metal 1.75 mm filament
• 1 x Bag with screws
• 1x 1600 mm PTEF hose 2mm internal and 4mm outside diameter
HotSide
• 1 x Cyclops heating block
• 2 x Cyclops Stainless Steel Heatbreak
• 1 x nozzle 0,4 mm
• 1 x 12V 30W heating cartridge
• 1 x 100K Semitec NTC Thermistor
• 1 x Fiberglass Hose for Thermistors
• 4 x 0.75 mm wire end ferrule - for solderless cables
• 1 x Bag with screws
• 1 x Nozzle Clamp
Manual
Manual you will find the Website from E3D.