https://ultimaker.com/en/made-by-the-new-ultimaker
So, what is it? An Ultimaker 3, or a totally new machine? Certainly looks like there’s a good reason to hold off on pressing that “Buy” button on anything else for a couple of days…
My guess would be dual extruder version of the Ultimaker2+ but who knows? I’m really looking forward to seeing this, as I’m on the look out for a new dual-extruder and if their promo pictures are anything to go by, prints look really nice!
I know about this machine for 2 months now. I know some of the features.
But I’m keeping a secret until tomorrow.
Watching the videos they’ve been sharing during the last week I’d say it’s really focused on industrial applications. The videos showed impossible shapes printed with some kind of removable support (PVA maybe?).
I want to see the new features, but the price tag will for sure scare me!
@flowalistik the teaser videos both seemed to concentrate on complex models with supports, rather than anything like automatic bed levelling, etc. so I think we’re definitely looking at a dual extruder of some kind. Depending upon how they implement it, it could be a… bold… move given that a lot of manufacturers (e.g. Prusa) seem to be looking now at changing the delivery of filament, rather than having additional heads…
I guess we’ll find out in 3 hours time.
It looks to me that the new ultimaker has some kind of different nozzle material as the main picture on the website shows a material like stainless steel. That is what I think. (nevermind)
BTW the new ultimaker has indeed dual extruders.
It’s interesting to see them going down this path so late in the game; I wonder if they’re going for something like the Sigma’s independent heads? I personally only like dual extrusion for multi-material printing, but current quality does leave a bit to be desired in both the color and material department. I’m curious to see the route they take here!
The Prusa quad-extruder with the single nozzle (MK2 I believe?) is so nice! I saw it in personal at Makerfaire in NYC this year, and those prints are stunning.
@Enza3D my thoughts exactly. I do wonder if they’ve spent time developing a multi-head solution to release just at the point where other manufacturers (Prusa especially) seem to have found much more flexible and reliable solutions. Who knows, maybe it’ll be something like the Prusa version. Less than an hour to find out…
@cobnut right you are, I somewhat doubt we’ll see (and really we don’t) the standard multi-head look here. Either way, we’ll know soon!
@wirlybird waiting for mine too!
I’m debating picking up a Prusa just to play with the quad material!
Looks like we (and a few others probably) have crashed the site…
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-3
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The site is asking for authentication!
You can see everything on Matterhackers for now, until Ultimaker’s site is back up!
Hmm, interesting, but $3500 - ouch… compared to the Prusa. Yes, I know they’re in different leagues, but I’m not sure the leagues are that far apart…
That price point doesn’t come as much of a surprise to me, to be honest! They’re definitely trying to reach more into the professional “prosumer” market with this model and that price is about right on point with competitors.
I’m not a huge fan of the moving nozzles; it’s an interesting approach to the ooze issue and dragging but I wonder how long the mechanisms will be reliable for. You could easily have hundreds, even thousands, of cycles per print and to get the motion right every time is asking quite a bit.
Introduction of NFC always makes me a bit wary of the potential for DRM in the future, but hopefully, Ulitmaker won’t entertain that thought.
Biggest change seems to be the price.
-Jesse
