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Idex collaborate/wide print mode

#1 · 2022-03-14, 10:20

For the Flow Idex and Flow Idex XL printers, they have the below print widths:
Total print area 425mm
Single head print 386mm
Dual head print 351mm
Mirror mode 396 (2 x 198)mm
Parallel mode 425 (2 x 212.5)mm

However, there is a missing mode for printing models that makes use of the full width.
This cannot be done with a single extruder, as one extruder cannot move from 0 to 425mm due to the other extruder being there.

But it could be done by splitting the print area in two and removing the option to choose which extruder is used for which model.
So any parts of the model/s on the left side would use the first extruder, and those on the right would use the second extruder.

#2 · 2022-03-16, 11:31

Dear Adam,

Great Idea!

Right now you can do it manually with the cut by plane tool, and assigning the heads accordingly.
The sad side effect is that it would increase the printing time, because of the head changes, but if the need for the volume is greater, then it is a good trade off.

Best Regards,

András

#3 · 2022-03-16, 17:07

That is an option.
However at the cut point, the two heads print separate models, which results in the model walls not being connected.
The lack of connected walls would decrease the strength, to get around this one head would have to pick up where the other left off, for a somewhat continuous wall.

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#4 · 2022-03-23, 10:24

Alternatively there could be alternative bisect functions, that split a model with an interlocking pattern instead of a straight line.

That may be stronger than having one extruder pickup right after the other.

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