The BadPrinter2 is Released

[Eddie]

An Italian company called BadDevices has just announced that they have finished the production of the first 10 BadPrinter2's which are priced at 2050,00€ (approximately $2755 USD). The printer looks very solid, and the specifications are fairly nice.

• Hotends: Dual independent all metal hotends
• Heatbed: Aluminum Heated Bed
• Print Bed: Easy to remove 4mm glass printing surface
• Printing Volume: 226 x 230 x 210mm
• Layer Height: Maximum of 50 micron / 200 micron standard
• Positioning Precision: X/Y: 6.25 micron, Z: < 1 micron
• Filament Diameter: 1.75 mm
• Nozzle Diameter: 0.40 mm
• Printing Speed: 10mm/s – 150mm/s
• Free movement speed: 30mm/s – 230mm/s
• Printer Dimensions: 420 x 460 x 500 mm
• Printer Weight: 19 kg

What do you guys think?

[Trhuster]

Intresting, they use lineer rails on all axis. Is it Core X/Y?

[BadDevices]

Yes, it uses linear rails an all axis. Z is driven by a 2mm pitch leadscrew and the X/Y is an HBelt design; similar to the Core XY in the way the two motors works together to obtain X and Y movement, but in the Core XY there are two separate belts, crossed on one side; this design has a single belt without crossing:

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[3DPBuser]

Love the enclosure. I also hear that this would be one of the very few corexy machines available.

[Feign]

Love the enclosure. I also hear that this would be one of the very few corexy machines available.

There are subtle differences between CoreXY (which has two belts) and H-Bot (which has one belt)... Though the problems with the H-Belt system are solved with a good rigid frame, making it acceptable for machines like this.

The big benefit of CoreXY is that it doesn't rely on the rigidness of the rails to keep square, making it better for RepRaps and other lighter-weight machines. (one of the the first CoreXY demonstrations has no y-axis rails at all and just suspends a thin x-axis rod on the wires.) With a solid and professionally built system, CoreXY is usually overkill anyway.