ZMorph 2.0S 12 Toolhead 3D Printer

ZMorph is a machine that has 12 interchangeable toolheads.

Technical specifications:

• CONSTRUCTION alluminium 6 and 3 mm (precise and very rigid), other parts made of 3mm clear policarbonate and ABS
• WORKING AREA 250 x 235 x 165 mm . Maximum possible work area 300 x 235 x 165 mm (with removed/open covers)
• MATERIAL ABS, PLA, PVA, nylon (Taulman or other source), Stick filament, policarbonate, BandLay, LayBrick, LayWood, rubber, ceramics, cake and chocolate, metal engraving, wood engraving and milling , paper cutting.
• NOZZLE TYPE interchangeable hot-ends : 0.3mm, 0.4mm
• MATERIAL FILAMENT DIAMETER SUPPORTED 3 mm and 1.75 mm, depending on the extruder
• MAX. TRAVEL SPEED (TESTED) 500 mm/s
• RECOMEMMENDED PRINT SPEED WITH ABS 0.3mm LAYER 60 – 150mm/s depending on the quality required. Faster speeds possible with lower layer height. PLA can be printed faster too
• MAX ACCELERATION 3000 mm/s^2
• AXIS PRECISION 14 microns for X and Y axis, 0.625 microns for Z axis
• RECOMMENDED MINIMUM LAYER HEIGHT 0.1 for ABS and 0.025 for PLA.
• HEATED BUILD PLATFORM hardened glass 5mm, silicone heater 140W, temperatures up to 145 degrees.
• INTERCHANGEABLE TOOLHEADS plastic 3mm, plastic 1.75, plastic dual head extruder, ceramics, food (chocolate or paste etc.), dremel mount for 2D and 3D CNC milling, touch probe (buildplate calibration and 3d touch-scanning), LASER toolhead for cutting and engraving, experimental 5-axis toolhead. More toolheads are planned to be released in upcoming months.
• ELECTRONICS Sunbeam 2.0, with ARM LPC1769 processor, equipped with 5 stepper motor drivers – 3 for XYZ axis, 2 more for double-material extruder. Run by Smoothieware (http://smoothieware.org/).Internal disk drive accessible via USB.
• NAVIGATION LCD display panel with custom menu and graphics
• COMMUNICATION USB and LAN (can use WIFI to communicate). Stand alone printing supported via Panel + internal SD card.
• EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS 530x555x480 mm
• WEIGHT 20kg with packaging (basic version)

Here is ZMorph PCB milling:




... and here it is laser etching:




Here is the short overview of tool changing procedure:



ZMorph homepage:

http://zmorph3d.com/3d-printers/

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This is one of the best 3d printer designs I saw! It looks like it has EVERYTHING and great design!

Technical specifications:

CONSTRUCTION

aluminium 6mm (precise and very rigid), other parts made of 6mm clear policarbonate and ABS

WORKING AREA 

235 x 235 x 165 mm (larger than before!)

MATERIAL 

ABS, PLA, Nylon (Taulman or other source)

NOZZLE TYPE 

interchangeable hot-ends : 0.38mm, 0.5mm

MATERIAL FILAMENT DIAMETER SUPPROTED 

3mm (1.75 in the future)
MAX. TRAVEL SPEED (TESTED) 

500 mm/s
RECOMMENDED PRINT SPEED WITH ABS 0.3mm LAYER 60 - 150mm/s depending on the quality required. Faster speeds possible with lower layer height. PLA can be printed faster too
RECOMMENDED ACCELERATION 2500 mm/s^2
MIN. LAYER HEIGHT 0.1 (ABS), 0.05 or less (PLA)

HEATED BUILD PLATFORM glass 5mm, kapton heater 200W, standard temp 120 degrees. Recommended to use with interchangeable glass pads (provided)

INTERCHANGEABLE EXTRUDERS 

plastic, ceramics, food (chocolate or paste etc.), additionally dremel mount (standard equipment only includes one plastic extruder, the rest available on thingiverse as open source)we're planning to release double material extruder - for support or multicolour printing (available end of 2013)

ELECTRONICS Sunbeam 2.0, with ARM LPC1769 processor, equipped with 5 stepper motor drivers - 3 for XYZ axis, 2 more for double-material extruder. Run by stable and robust Smoothieware (http://smoothieware.org/)
OPTIONAL LCD touch panel
FIRMWARE Smoothieware
EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS 530x555x480 mm

FUTURE PLANS:

- double extruder design, for adding second material (support or different colour) to your prints. Additional extruders and toolheads will be available in our shop.

- dedicated ZMorph software with its own unique slicing engine (totally different to other slicers, based on our own algorithm) featuring drag&drop printing, remote printer monitoring, host-less printing and more!


PRICE: 1576,25 €



ZMorph at Arena Design Fair - video from ZMorph3d on Vimeo.

http://zmorph3d.com/


It uses Zmorph clip on extruder which provides exchangeable tool-head. Here is the toolhead in printing and laser scanning configuration:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31158

Here is the Dremel toolhead:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:46986


There is a RepRap wiki page on Zmorph extruder: http://reprap.org/wiki/Zmorph_extruder
Based on information from their web page, they want to make it open platform for tool development.

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! I WANT ONE!

Update (28.4.2014.):

ZMorph now prints with chocolate also!

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