Lasers · Aug 31, 2026
xTool's modular laser platform combines CO2 cutting with a moving galvo head for detailed engraving. New technical documentation explains how its fiber, MOPA and UV options connect.
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3D Printers · Aug 31, 2026
The new toolchangers made their public debut at Formnext Asia Shenzhen. Both use eight parked hotends, while the Pro adds a glass door and active chamber heating.
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CNC Machines · Aug 30, 2026
Kickstarter pledges started at $5,199 for the enclosed CNC mill, with InfiMaker estimating delivery for December 2026.
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UV Printers · Aug 26, 2026
eufyMake's desktop fabric printer puts direct-to-garment and direct-to-film printing in one machine. A working unit was kept for an invite-only IFA preview.
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UV Printers · Aug 25, 2026
The two accessories are designed for E1 configurations that operate with the side door open. One routes air to a window or exterior vent; the other uses HEPA and activated-carbon filtration for indoor recirculation.
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3D Printers · Aug 15, 2026
Bambu Lab's patent drops a hotend into the rack and releases it from the toolhead in the same movement. The drawings show nine bays, and only the hotend comes away. The extruder stays behind.
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3D Printers · Aug 13, 2026
The XL+, CORE One+ (Gen 2) and CORE One L+ all pick up a nozzle wiper and new GT1.5 belts. The XL+ adds 360-degree cooling and a permanent toolhead sensor Prusa claims aligns each toolhead about 20 times faster than the pin it replaces. Prices stay where they were, and existing machines get upgrade kits.
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3D Printers · Jul 28, 2026
LightMake wants to retire two things at once: the drive belt and the toolchange. The L4 keeps four heads loaded and hands the print between them in a second, and rides them on linear motors instead of belts. Its Kickstarter has closed, and production is the next step.
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3D Printers · Jul 24, 2026
In July InfiMech put the lowest prices the toolchanger category had seen on its six-toolhead MX and eight-toolhead, chamber-heated MX Pro, both reached with the $50 credit a $5 deposit buys. In August it spelled out what that deposit does and doesn't do, after its community spent two weeks asking.
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3D Printers · Jul 22, 2026
Sovol's first toolchanger puts seven toolheads on two independent carriages and says it prints seven colors with almost no purge waste. The Kickstarter closed on August 27, and both models are now preorders on Sovol's store: the open-frame Essential at $1,499 and the heated-chamber Advanced at $1,799.
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3D Printers · Jul 18, 2026
Bondtech sold its INDX nozzles as hardened for eight months, right down to the print on the box. By July 18, its own staff had put them at HRC 30-32 against the 55-60 that hardened usually means, the word was quietly coming off the product pages, and both Bondtech and Prusa had promised answers for the week of July 20.
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UV Printers · Jul 13, 2026
The E1's ink got about 30% cheaper on July 13, 2026, across every cartridge, kit, and subscription, in the US and EU alike. eufyMake paired the cut with a longer shelf life, a promise of twice the print speed in Q3, and a first look at the high-capacity ink system due later this year.
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