The machine recognizes the cartridge: it can tell you how much filament is left and, most importantly, it can self regulate its temperature and extrusion parameters so that you don’t have to do anything.
Pricing them above 70 euro for less than one Kg of PLA or ABS is the only way for 3D Systems to keep the price of a 285 x 270 x 230 mm build volume machine as low as €2,399 (for the single extruder model), however the complexities of using enclosed cartridges with a chip to measure usage go well beyond the advantages they offer. The only issue is the material cartridges.
#3D SYSTEM CUBE PRO PRO#
It is a radical departure from its predecessor, the CubeX, both in terms of appearance and also for the quality of its new components, which ensure that the Cube Pro can print (and pause) and print seamlessly, for hours upon hours without even so much as a glitch in its mechanical H-bot structure. It does, however, look like something straight out of the future. I have to admit it was larger (and, at almost 40 Kg, definitely heavier) than I imagined, It came on a small size pallet, wrapped and boxed up with a number of accessories. Don’t think of using it to 3D print bracelets or toys, though, for that you should probably go for a Cube 3.Ĭourtesy of 3DZ, Italy’s leading distributor of 3D Systems’ 3D printers and 3D scanners, I was sent a Cube Pro to test and review (and, unfortunately, return).
It is not just a fancy toy or something you just want to have fun with: it is a professional level 3D printer that allows you to print large PLA and ABS (and soon nylon as well) parts with ease, in up to three colours, with an extremely competitive price point. Don’t let yourself be fooled by appearances, while 3D Systems’s new Cube Pro looks elegant and stylish like an iPhone, it is a tough machine built for rapid prototyping and engineering of small and medium size mechanical components.
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