I have a 3D printer from China, it is an Artillery Sidewinder X1 v4 model .  It uses ribbon cables from the power supply to the heated nozzle and the heated print bed.  It is my understanding that power is sent along a couple (or more) of the wires to distribute the load, and I get a good deal of heat at the connector site, on the ribbon cable itself. It is enough heat that I believe the connection and/or the ribbon cable itself will fail.

It is a friction fit connection and I imagine it is difficult to keep the connections inline at the connecting point.  The printer uses 20 wire and 30 ribbon wire cables as can be seen at: https://www.amazon.com/Artillery-Ribbon-...

My question, and I do understand the value of your time, is  – what can I do to better align the connections?  Is there some sort of heavier gauge ribbon I can use and, perhaps, do so through some sort of adapter at the connection point?

Anything you can suggest is appreciated.