China-based firm QIDI needs to make 3D printing intuitive, environment friendly, and most significantly accessible. This week, it launched the QIDI Q2, its newest flagship printer. Designed to be used at dwelling, the entry-level system gives a number of efficiency and {hardware} upgrades, and in addition helps the brand new QIDI BOX for multi-color 3D printing. The corporate says the brand new QIDI Q2 gives industrial-grade efficiency, however can be beginner-friendly.
Constructed on the again of its widespread Q1 Professional, the QIDI Q2 has a 20% extra compact footprint than its predecessor. At 270 x 270 x 256 mm, the printer’s construct quantity is 30% bigger than the Q1 Professional, making it an excellent match for each workplace and residential environments. Similar to with the QIDI Plus 4, this printer makes construct high quality a precedence, with industrial-grade linear rails, bolstered CoreXY metallic body, and all-metal toolhead meeting. The skilled linear rail know-how specifically ought to imply fewer upkeep wants, and better precision.
Customers can anticipate excessive accuracy due to a next-generation leveling sensor mounted above the nozzle. This design ought to negate any calibration offsets, and thus scale back errors that outcome from environmental vibration or construct floor variations. The printer additionally has a customized 1.5GT high-density timing belt system that minimizes vibration frequency artifact (VFA) for easy, exact movement management.
For the brand new Q2, QIDI put a serious emphasis on well being and security; that’s positively what you need for a house printer. Along with a closed-loop thermal monitoring system, which gives 24/7 safety towards overheating, and a flame-retardant chamber, the printer has a triple-filtration system, consisting of:
- Activated carbon layer for VOC and odor removing
- G3 pre-filter + H12 HEPA, with 99.5% particulate seize
- Rear vent with user-upgradable exhaust ducting
Moreover, the QIDI Q2 meets strict electrical and fireplace security necessities, is MET Laboratories-certified to adjust to U.S. and Canadian office security requirements (OSHA/NRTL), and has IECEE CB certification, acknowledged in over 50 international locations.
As beforehand talked about, the QIDI Q2 is totally appropriate with the QIDI BOX, an automated filament switching system. It has room for 4 spools of filament, and permits 3D printing with as much as 16 colours. Pushed by stepper motor and that includes a hardened metal dual-gear extruder, the QIDI BOX can help glass fiber and carbon fiber supplies, in addition to different superior composite supplies. So the sky is just about the restrict so far as dwelling 3D printers go!
The QIDI BOX additionally has a second-generation 65°C heated drying chamber, with optimized airflow. This permits the QIDI Q2 to simply deal with engineering supplies like ABS, PA, and PC, whereas additionally bettering inter-layer adhesion. Plus, you’ll be able to kiss clogs goodbye, due to a 370°C hotend with a ceramic throat and upgraded warmth dissipation module. The corporate claims that every one of those options assist obtain “flawless printing functionality” for the high-temperature composite PPS-CF, and make it straightforward to go from newbie accessibility to professional-grade printing.
What good is a house printer with a sensible ecosystem? The buyer-grade QIDI Q2 options a sophisticated AP management board, with a steady system response and highly effective processing capabilities, and a next-generation software program ecosystem. QIDI plans to launch its self-developed mannequin web site quickly, together with a brand new cellular app, so customers can entry real-time print monitoring, distant slicing capabilities, and one-click process submission.
The corporate additionally says that future compatibility for the QIDI Q2 with an AI digital camera will enhance comfort and print security much more with automated failure detection and prompt alerts.
From its precision and superior materials compatibility to multi-color capabilities, the brand new QIDI Q2 printer has lots to supply, particularly with a beautiful worth level of $499 ($649 for the Q2 and QIDI BOX combo). Plus, should you subscribe, you will get the Q2 for simply $469, and the combo for $619, from now till September seventeenth.
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