5-MINUTE BUSINESS SYNOPSIS 2 · Part 8 of 10
A mixing tip is the cheapest item in the impression kit and the one most often reused. Reusing a tip saves 33 cents and risks a cartridge of material.
The price per tip
The ECCO yellow 4.2 mm high performance tip comes in a 48-pack at $15.98, which is $0.33 per tip ($15.98 divided by 48). It fits HP-style 50 mL impression material cartridges, and the page notes that tips are color coded by size, so the color on the bag tells you the bore.
What a tip leaves behind
Every tip keeps some mixed material inside when you stop extruding, and that material sets. Reusing a set tip means forcing fresh material through a partly blocked channel, which can ruin the mix ratio or jam the cartridge. A fresh tip each time is the discipline that protects the cartridge.
The cartridge math
Illustrative: if a jammed tip wastes even one cartridge a month, that cartridge costs more than a bag of tips. Keep a count: one cartridge, one tip, one changeover. Order by the color-code and size on your current tips; a different bore changes how the material flows.
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