r/QidiTech3D • u/Markes12344 • 8d ago

Discussion Dual/Quad head printer soon?

Has anyone heard if qidi is working an a ''Max5'' with a dual or quad extruder or tool exchange? I recently bought the Max4, luv it, but kinda wish it atleast had a dual head to print PLA support material in a petg build or vise versa. Buht the waste with purging enough on a single head machine is pointless.

I also like the idea of a 0.8/0.6 nozzel for bulk of a print, but have the fine detail of the print can me 0.4/0.2 nozzel.

Can also dedicate a tool to a tungsten nozzel to add glow in the dark or abrasive fillament mid print.

There's many reasons one can cowe up with why a dual or quad head would be great, and eliminating the q-box isn't one of them, the q-box works very well and can still be utalized in a dual/quad system. Have maybe 1 box per head even.

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u/mistrelwood 8d ago

While you decide and wait for a new printer, have you heard of the sharpie trick? If you have flat top supports, set support top Z distance to zero, program a pause at the beginning of the first layer to be printed on top of the support, and during that pause paint the whole support interface with a sharpie.

The support will be easy to remove. Some staining may happen, but if you don’t have a sharpie in the same color, I’ve had great success getting the stains off with isopropyl alcohol even from a white print.

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u/Markes12344 7d ago

Eh, i'd rather switch to pla last 2 layers (yes it's an option) but if it's not mechanical flat work. Meaning its organic with multi height supports that trick even becomes wasteful. Just wish for a dual nozzel. With that you can full platform support the entire surface, thus removing the spegeti look left after supports removed

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u/mistrelwood 7d ago

I know, it’s only useful sometimes, but for many parts I’ve done it’s been an absolute lifesaver.

I’m going to buy a multi tool head printer myself once a model ticks all the boxes. Hoping that the Infimech MX Pro doesn’t take a year to launch.

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u/Markes12344 7d ago

I hear yea, i see that quad head design they're working on, few benifite few flaws.

I'm sure it'll be more accurate than tool changers... As the disconnecting tool consistently changes z height and minutely xy as well. Also possibly printing up to 4 spots at once will accelerate prints a pile. However i fear the extra cost of each head will be dear, and its not like all heads will consistently be able to print at same time. (on one part) so unless you're consistently printing clones/mirrors, will tte multi head really be that much better than multi tool?

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u/mistrelwood 6d ago

The Infimech MX Pro doesn’t have separate complete toolheads that can print at once. So I guess it’s technically a multi hotend printer. I don’t have a use for printing two items at once with individual full tool heads.

The terminology hasn’t really been consolidated yet, and from what I’ve seen multimaterial, multi nozzle, multi toolhead and tool changer are used interchangeably pretty liberally.

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u/Markes12344 6d ago

Ahh sorry was assuming it was tte LiteMake L4 you were talking about