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Quick upgrade for easy to plug and unplug end effectors/toolheads. Activity/status LED are also moved from the back of the printer to the top and some more voltage regulation to provide additional voltage rails.

While a nice connector adds significant cost it is also a big value add for certain 3D-printer. I think more manefacturer should consider tiny details like this when designing their product.

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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 13 points 1 month ago (6 children)

As long as the basic connections are an open design.

It would be a great step towards multihead printing.

Lets face it long term to gain the full ability of 3D printing. It will need to move to a multi material design. And that is likely to require the ability to change tool types mid-production.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not sure this would be really helpful for toolchanger 3d printers, from what I've seen you normally want to keep them at a set temperature to reduce heatup time. Also things like CAN means there's no practical limit on the number of heads.

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