Snapmaker announces the launch of its new desktop 3D printer, the U1, starting April 10. With a pre-sale price of $849, this model focuses on solving the inefficiency of multicolor printing. Its proposal is a system with four independent tool heads, which are physically swapped in five seconds to change colors, avoiding long purging processes.
Mechanics and software behind the multicolor system 🤖
Each head has its own filament and nozzle, eliminating color mixing in the hotend. This method reduces material waste by up to 80% and speeds up multicolor jobs. The machine operates at 500 mm/s with an acceleration of 20,000 mm/s² in a 270 mm cubic volume. It includes automatic filament loading, Orca software with preconfigured profiles, and remote monitoring. It also incorporates an AI-based failure detection system.
Goodbye to the purge tower: now your biggest problem will be choosing colors 🎨
With the U1, the classic purge tower, that monument to wasted plastic that towered over your figure, is a thing of the past. Your new dilemma will be psychological: deciding which head to use next in those five seconds of swapping. That, and finding desk space for a machine that has more heads than your electric toothbrush. Efficiency has its price... and its size.