The Prusa XL is among the few 3D printers in the marketplace with a real toolchanger system, which implies that it will probably swap between whole extruder/hotend assemblies on the fly. For that to work, Prusa needed to design complicated toolheads that incorporate many elements in a small bundle. It really works nicely, however isn’t very conducive to different extruder designs. That didn’t cease Jón Schone of Correct Printing from adapting his Correct Extruder design for the Prusa XL.
Schone began his work on the Correct Extruder years in the past and has used variations of it in a number of of his tasks. And he employed an intern just lately, who was capable of additional refine and optimize the design. The present iteration of the Correct Extruder is especially nicely suited to versatile and mushy filament, Schone simply wanted to get it working with the Prusa XL.
That was not a easy activity, as a result of the Prusa XL toolheads are fairly difficult. Every has its personal management board and cargo cell for probing, along with the standard extruder, hotend, thermistors, and heater cartridge. However by cannibalizing a kind of toolheads for components, Schone managed to construct a customized toolhead that hosts his Correct Extruder. In reality, he constructed 5 of them to fill out the Prusa XL.
There have been many challenges alongside the way in which, which Schone covers intimately in his video. However the finish result’s a Prusa XL outfitted with 5 customized toolheads that includes the Correct Extruder. They print nicely and are particularly good at extruding extraordinarily versatile TPU.
Whereas he hasn’t finished so but, Schone tends to launch his designs so others can construct them. Remember to comply with him and subscribe to his channel so that you’ll be the primary to know when there may be extra details about that.
