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A pair of hot printers featured on Kickstarter, the Bambu Lab X1 and X1 Carbon, look to offer an intriguing 3D printing experience. Join us as we take a closer look at their tech-heavy specs.
Many 3D printers are pretty similar, a riff on an already popular design that doesn’t really offer anything hugely new or different. That can sometimes leave those of us experienced enough in printing a little underwhelmed with new releases and upcoming models. Occasionally though, something comes along that genuinely is different – something like the recently-Kickstarted Bambu Lab X1 and its Carbon edition sibling.
The X1 machines use a CoreXY motion system with a 256 mm³ build volume, artificial intelligence, lidar, a hot end that can hit 300 °C, and a clever multi-spool system that allows you to mix up colors and materials at will. It’s also fully enclosed, and despite some pretty interesting and innovative features, they aren’t shaping up to be horrendously priced either.
There’s actually quite a fair bit more tech to go over with this machine, and it’s got us a bit excited, to be honest, so let’s quit the chat and dive on in.
BAMBU LAB X1: SPECS, PRICE, RELEASE & REVIEWS
Features
BASICS AND BACKGROUND
According to its manufacturer, the Bambu Lab X1 is the result of 22 months of development and seven generations of prototyping. From its specs, it seems to be a 3D printer trying to do something a bit different in offering a number of features that are actually pretty uncommon.
With a 256 x 256 x 256 mm build volume and overall dimensions of 389 x 389 x 457 mm (without its automatic material system), it’s a relatively compact machine. Its build volume is slightly bigger than the average Ender 3 clone, but the amount of space it needs to work is a little less, as it isn’t a bed-slinging 3D printer. Instead, it uses a CoreXY motion system and direct extruder that promises plenty of speed and a hot end that can hit 300 °C. That means users should get plenty of opportunity to print with more exotic filaments, as well as the standard consumer batch of PLA, ABS, PETG, and TPU.
Bambu Lab offers an X1 and an X1 Carbon edition, a more upgraded machine. You can seemingly take your pick between them, but the good news is that Bambu Lab has designed the X1 to be upgradable into a Carbon edition, so the path is there should you wish to take it.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Yes, you read that right, the Bambu Lab X1 comes complete with AI. Using some of the tech listed below, the AI checks out the current print and should inform the user when something has gone pear-shaped. It features “spaghetti detection” (on the Carbon edition), which looks out for a totally wild and out-of-control print getting, well, wild and out of control, and it also inspects your first layer. If it’s too high or too low, the X1’s brain should notice and inform you via a notification.
LIDAR, BED LEVELING
The X1 uses a sophisticated dual-bed leveling system that makes use of two different sensors as well as an algorithm in order to try and nail the bed leveling. The first sensor is a lidar. According to Bambu Lab, it probes the nozzle height, assists with the first layer, and calibrates the flow of filament too. It will scan the bed before printing and has an accuracy of 7 microns.
Following this, the scan is crosschecked with information from an analog probe, which looks like a standard touch probe you’ll find on many budget 3D printers’ automatic bed leveling systems. Working together, the two sensors should provide users with an effortless, accurate bed leveling system and, in combination with the AI, detect any errors happening early on in the first layer.
AUTOMATIC MATERIAL SYSTEM
Bambu Lab’s automatic material system is an airtight box that sits on top of the X1 printer and has room for up to four different filaments or materials.
In tandem with the direct extruder, this allows for multi-material and multi-color prints. The box itself comes equipped with sensors to monitor the humidity and the amount of filament left, as well as a sensor to detect what that filament actually is – if it’s a Bambu Lab filament.
A setup like this should provide plenty of opportunity to experiment, and with one slot in the box occupied with a filament such as PVA for soluble supports, the ability to print more complex objects too.
https://all3dp.com/1/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-review-3d-printer-specs/
