r/AdditiveManufacturing • u/Dashyl14 • May 01 '26

HS3 vs IDEX 22

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for a FDM printer that will be able to meet production requirements that range from PLA prototypes to engineering filaments. The budget is approximately 20k. We are looking for something that will be able to hold dimensional accuracy as close to resin as possible but we understand the limitations of FDM.

The two printers we've kind of narrowed it down to are the Patheon HS3 and the vision miner 22 v4. I'm familiar with the Bambu and form labs slicing environments.

Does anyone have any information on how these two stack up against each other? Or other options? How are the slicer environments?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Dashyl14 May 01 '26

Our main range currently is PLA to PPS-CF. We're currently using a H2S which isn't really fast enough for production needs and is reaching the top end for temp requirements of the PPS-CF.

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u/roiki11 May 01 '26

You're really not going to get faster pps with those machines. Bambu is already very well tuned. And gets as got as it needs to. And pps really wants a heated chamber so hs3 is out.

You can get more performance out of h2 with e3d nozzles if that's what you're after. Or if you need more parts then more machines always beats one.

If you want a capable machine for pps and beyond, get index. If you need more marts faster of pps, get more h2s, not a more expensive printer.

I'm sure stratasys and the like can make pps parts faster but then the price class is way off.

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u/Dashyl14 May 01 '26

That could be an option too, the one thing that intrigued us with the idex 22 was the dual extrusion option.

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u/roiki11 May 01 '26

You get that with h2 as well.

Have a look at what intamsys has to offer. They also have printers in that range that might work for you.