How do we convince Bambu lab to improve the nozzle wiper design?
I really love this printer, been using 3D printing in an industrial professional environment for more than 10 years and this is the first consumer level 3D printer that really impressed me. The one thing that I think was designed offhandedly is the wiping system, seems that a redesign is not a big effort and would really like an official Bambu labs modification for this part.
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Welcome to the forum.
I don’t think you will see an official update to the nozzle wiper. Any design changes will be released on the next version of the printer. There are different options the community has come up with using the A series wiper (example).
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Something I’ve wondered about ever since I received my X1C: Is there any particular reason why a BL printer likes to rub its nozzle on the tab thingy located at the rear of the build plate rather than use the regular wiper that’s just above the poop shoot (or, if not that, then one similar to the one that JonRaymond links above)? Not only does that rubbing start to wear a gouge in that region of the build plate, but I assume it also gradually wears away at the nozzle tip/opening.
The tab on the back of the build plate is to scrape the nozzle clean while also dropping the temperature to 140c. Then proceeds to check zoffset.
The nozzle is much harder than the plate.
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yes the rubbing makes sure, that there is really no buildup under the nozzle when probing Z. The wiper can’t guarantee that. I think this is a very clever feature. Many other printers fail first layers exactly because of such buildup.