As I have said before, the moderators refuse to protect those with good ideas from the mob of intermediates. While this may have promise it is a possible replacement for the AMS. Based on the above image it would appear to shorten the time to swap among 4 colors.
How would you like to see a way to have virtually unlimited gradations AND MIXES of CMYK + W? If you would like to, we will have to sign an NDA, because I no longer give my ideas to the mob for free.
Those chameleons arent for specific printers?
Could be the back side, but why have the little window on the back?
There is a hint with a new CYMK color bundle, once cna see what it can be printed (lithophane in color)
Agreed âŚ
Thought was that it seemed odd to see front-side screws (top side in pic) based on the clean look of BLâs designs.
Toying with the idea that it to be mounted on the outside of any generic printer. If thatâs the case, it could be the backside showing. Window placement would make sense too. Maybe the cutter activation is manually activated???
âColorful 3D printing for everyone.â - Maybe a product meant to be used on any printer and mounted on the back or side of any printer? The solution is most likely not as automated as Bambu AMS solution hence the manual cutterâŚ
Just thinking out loudâŚ
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Now Iâm hoping its a powered hub hub. A hub to end all hubs. With a motor in it and accepts filament from other hubs. I really just want a way to get around the 16 color limit lol.
Anything that would reduce the print times and waste with multi-material would be fantastic.
Same here ⌠wanted to order the X1C yesterday and saw this announcement ⌠Guess Iâll still be waiting a couple of days
The same goes for me.
I donât order anything. Iâll wait to see whatâs new.
Iâm not sure if this is what the people at Bambu had in mind.
I wouldnât hold off on getting a X1C. Companyâs dont release sneak peaks into hardware that will make their current hardware obsolete. Itâs called the Osborne effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect
This was my guess as well when I first saw their post on Twitter. I sent the post to my brother-in-law who has a Prusa and told him this might be an alternative to the MMS.
I wanna know what that sensor on the front is for? 
It looks like there are four Bowden tubes going into the extruder. Looks like it can switch beef between four full events very fast.
Iâm sure weâll be able to upgrade our machines but if we have to take apart the whole assembly, itâs going to be a big project. I had to already replace the small extruder board that the plugs plug into. That was a project in and of itself.
Canât wait!
I doubt its a cmyk mixer. That would kill all ams sales and I imagine the ams has the largest profit margin. It would also kill sales of all bambu filament besides those 4. They cant even keep the 4 in stock.
I doubt its an ams style feeder that works with all printers either. Besides the software nightmare, alot of people swapped to bambu just for the ams. If it was something like this, I think it would be a way of connecting ams units to any printer. But again, software nightmare. This would need to be a complete tool head, board and wiring to be truly universal. They would also need to have mounting options for all types of rails. Possible but an advanced user item and overall would probably cost half as much as a p1p.
Thatâs a pretty good bet. They are showing the back of the extruder instead of the front to show off the âmixerâ (3 dots for the colors, white in the middle, circle connecting the colors). In order to do this, it would make sense that they would have to develop the filament first, the colors would need to be exact (think Pantone). If true, I see a couple of problems with it:
Whether they intended it or not, you can tell by the comments that the âOsborne Effectâ is already in play (being a Chinese company, they might not be familiar with it). Iâm actually old enough that I lived it as I was going to purchase an Osborne computer but held out for the ânewerâ model (which of course never came).
I donât see how this could help with the poop amount or color swap speed, the filament is already cut at the tool head but the extruder still needs to be purged. This would still be true.
It was mentioned that they canât keep filament in stock as it is. This actually solves that problem.
If this is true, it kinda screws their existing customer base, even if there is an upgrade path. So it would make sense that they will continue to sell their existing products and this would be a new offering. And since they state âColorful 3D Printing for Everyoneâ, makes it sound like maybe a cheaper version for the masses (which would imply less accuracy and quality).
Truth is, we donât know. But I do know that they made a big mistake with this teaser. If they didnât know before, theyâre about to learn what the Osborne Effect truly isâŚ
Just my 2 cents.
It very much looks to be a CMYK mixer (using white instead of black as key?): Feed the precise amount of each color into a melt/mix chamber that then extrudes pretty much any color you want. Seems like it would be tricky to pull off but if they do, itâll change everything when it comes to printing in color.
This is to print 4 colours at the same time no need for multicolored filament anymore
@chopomatic I think so. Mixing the 3 colors together gives you black (well, actually dark gray). White would be needed for, well white and other lighter shades of color. Again, just guessing here.
Splice core for AMS, watch
