The level of creativity of many users multiplied infinitely the day they appeared 3D printers. These devices allow you to bring all kinds of ideas to life, and although the learning curve is quite steep at first, once you get the hang of these machines the possibilities are endless. And although there are still some limitations when it comes to creating things, people like Bambu Lab are working to bring the impossible to life.
Bambu Lab X1-Carbon, the multicolor printer
When printing with filaments, printers usually have a coil of filament in charge of shaping the design that we are printing. There are mechanisms that allow use more than one coil to get impressions of Various colorsand thus obtain products with a better finish that would even save painting tasks.
The problem with these multi-roll systems is that they are not particularly easy to calibrate and set up, plus not all printers meet the requirements for it. Well, the X1-Carbon has simplified things with a fully integrated solution that, accompanied by extremely complete software, allows us to select with a very visual interface which coils we need to use for our work.
The most interesting thing is that its proprietary system allows a total of 16 coils to be used, so we could have a total of 16 different colors for our creations. And the most important thing is that the machine takes care of discarding small pieces of filament to avoid color contamination that we would obtain when going from one filament to another. Thus, the colors are perfectly represented, and there are no fuzzy fusion points between one color and another.
Equipped with a lot of technology
Technologically the X1-Carbon is spectacular, since it has a large amount of detail. For example, an interior camera allows us to have a remote view of what is happening in the machine, and thus be able to see the printing status from our mobile phone. At the same time, the extruder is capable of reach 300 degreeswhile the camera is able to maintain a constant temperature inside 60 degrees.
Regarding leveling and precision, the Bambu X1-Carbon has a system of self-leveling with lidar assistancevibration elimination system, spaghetti effect detection to automatically cancel failed jobs and work resumption system in case of spontaneous power loss.
fast, very fast
But if there is something that surprises about the X1-Carbon and the entire X1 range from Bambu Labs, it is the speed of printing. The clearest example can be found in a print test of the famous articulated dragon modela template that is often used as a test and that X1-Carbon manages to complete in just 2 hours and 32 minutes. This demonstrates the incredible speed at which it is capable of working, a quality that many look for when buying a 3D printer, since this allows for greater profitability when creating a greater number of designs.
How much does it cost?
After going through a period of financing through Kickstarter, Bambu Lab now offers the possibility of buying any version of its X1, although it is currently accepting reservations to start shipping at the end of this month.
He price of the X1-Carbon is 1,129 eurosbeing of 939 euros for the X1. The X1 Carbon is the most complete model, with an aluminum housing, hardened steel extruder and nozzle, with integrated active carbon filter, 1080p monitoring camera and compatible with fiberglass and carbon fiber filaments. In the event that you want to start with the 4-reel dispenser, you will have to add 329 euros for the 4-filament AMS Hub.
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