E3d toolchanger… done?!

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I just got an email from E3d. They are discontinuing the Toolchanger. Wow… but I should not be surprised. They never followed through on turning it into a real completed product and the market for very expensive half baked things is very limited these days.

Add to that they never got a completed CAN based system with accelerometer support per tool in rrfw.

As such we should not be surprised if the Prusa XL as a toolchanger never happens. I would bet they never solved the priming challenge.

Figures all the interesting events happen while the podcast is in hiatus!

[Alan B]

The E3D tool changer was always a prototype rather than a production design. They never intended to be in the production printer business.

Prusa is already shipping XL toolchangers, and showing them at the various appropriate venues.

-- Alan

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They have just started shipping only two tool machines. They haven’t started shipping the five tool systems yet.

[Alan B]

Prusa ships 5 tool systems to shows. Joel took delivery of one of those recently after the show and showed the reassembly on a livestream. The five tool assembly manual is on the web. https://help.prusa3d.com/guide/1-introduction_480770.

Two tools is the defining step. The technical elements required for five tools are already required for a two tool changer.

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Thanks for the link. I haven't been paying attention the past month. I downloaded the PDF and started looking through it. Yes it is detailing how to complete the setup for the 5 extruder HW. One thing I see in there thats VERY interesting is that each parking place has a "Nozzle Seal"! From what I can see in these docs when parked the nozzle is blocked!