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FYI (opinion.) don't buy an MMU (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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Most of the multi color printers out there are AMS/MMU or similar, and there are many DIY options, like Armored Turtle or ECF.

They are an evolutionary dead end. Slow, wasteful, expensive to run.

The Prusa XL, or the Snapmaker U1 are the future direction.

Also a good CoreXY machine like vorons/sovols/ratrigs/VZ, etc can be upgraded with the Bondtech INDX tool changer.

We are talking 5x lower print times, 5x lower material costs.

There is going to be a glut of used Bambus and other multi material unit printers, when print farms unload them, since the tool changers will massively boost their bottom line.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

I think a dual nozzle system is already good enough for most users. Especially when your print area is large enough to make it feasible.

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