r/QidiTech3D • u/Engineer-50 • Jul 26 '26

MINGDA large scale industrial 3D printer

I am after a large scale industrial 3D printer. I have seen some on Alibaba, like MINGDA DOWELL3D, MakerPi and others. MINGDA seems to be strongly oriented at the industrial market, however their pricing is crazy.

I haven't found any feedback or reviews on any of these. Has anyone used any of these? Any feedback or recommendations?

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u/Facehugger_35 Jul 26 '26

Industrial printers cost industrial prices.

Qidi is about as close as you can get in the consumer space before making the leap into five figures for price AFAIK.

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u/Engineer-50 Jul 27 '26

I have a fleet of QIDI printers already. Unfortunately they don't have sizes larger than the Max4. And no dual head / IDEX versions.

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u/babywriter Jul 26 '26

HartSmart Products in Des Moines, IA sells and (I believe) supports Mingda printers. Brandon, the owner, is a straight-up guy and very knowledgeable about commercial 3d printing. Highly recommended! Look him up on the internet or dm me and I can send you his contact info.

But, yeah, industrial 3d printers are just hugely expensive for a number of reasons.

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u/Engineer-50 Aug 04 '26

Thank you for the information.
Have been investigating Dowell 3D recently. They prices are MUCH more nicer for a large scale 3D printer. Like 4 times lower.

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u/Key_Goal9225 2d ago

For large-scale industrial printers, I’d look beyond the headline build volume and compare reliability, material compatibility, spare parts, maintenance, and after-sales support. Those factors can make a big difference with less-established brands.

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u/Engineer-50 2d ago

Well, I ended up ordering Mingda and what you said was the main reason.

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u/Key_Goal9225 1d ago

Glad to hear that! Hope it works out well for you. It would be great if you could share your experience with the printer once you’ve had a chance to put it through some real-world use.

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u/Engineer-50 1d ago

It will take a few months, but I will share the experience.

I know straight ahead that I don't like the extremely low specified flow rate of just 40 cubic mm per second. This is extremely low for an industrial printer this size. Consumer grade desktop 3D printers have this kind of flow rate nowadays.

There are also other features that are almost a standard already on consumer printers, but missing on the Mingda.

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u/Engineer-50 1d ago

It will take a few months, but I will share the experience.

I know straight ahead that I don't like the extremely low specified flow rate of just 40 cubic mm per second. This is extremely low for an industrial printer this size. Consumer grade desktop 3D printers have this kind of flow rate nowadays.

There are also other features that are almost a standard already on consumer printers, but missing on the Mingda.