The invention discloses a
softening and early-fusing protective device for a 3D printing material filament. The
softening and early-fusing protective device comprises a feeding
guide tube, an air tube, a
guide tube clamp, a heat dissipation tube, a
throat tube, a heating block sheath, a heating block and a
spray nozzle, wherein the feeding
guide tube enters the air tube outside a
processing cavityand enters the
processing cavity along with the air tube, and air is fed to the heat dissipation tube along the air tube from the outer part of the
processing cavity for cooling; heat dissipation fanblades of the heat dissipation tube extend axially while stretching outwards in the radial direction; an air baffle
circular disc at the bottom of the heat dissipation tube changes an air feeding direction, so that air is prevented from being blown to the heating block; and the heating block sheath is additionally arranged on the heating block. The
softening and early-fusing protective device effectively solves the problem that the
spray nozzle is blocked as a fan cannot be adopted for cooling in the processing cavity, and the material filament is softened and fused early before reaching thespray
nozzle during high-temperature plastic 3D printing, guarantees uniformity of heat, in a processing process, of the heating block, and is not affected by a printing temperature. The device does not need a complex
water cooling channel, has the characteristics of being simple in structure, low in cost and easy to assemble, and has relatively high practicability and good
economic benefits.