There’s a teaser cameo of it on the 2020 quick recap post but I found a full image of it unexpectedly. I was just cruising imakr to see what parts they had available and found the image in the Snapmaker 2.0 page before getting to what they had available.
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Can’t wait for this module, I would really like to try printing with 1 material (PLA,PLA+ or PETG) and using a PVA filament as the secondary for some nice melt away supports.
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I would actually like to see how PETG and PLA work together as support material.
Hopefully all the improvements of the single extruder module make it into the dual extruder (improved part cooling and 12 tooth instead of 9 tooth feeder gear).
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That’s what I was thinking. This image is obviously of the prototype, before the single extruder module was updated. Double extruder module would definitely have to have the improvements carried over, it would be stupid not to, especially the updated extruder gears.
@dstarke That could be cool, idk the use case for it, the reason I wanted to do a material with pla/petg + pva is to 3d print some models from myminifactory.com without all the little knobs or loss of detail from removing the supports as it would just wash away in water, I haven’t really looked into resin printing either.
Doesn’t resin printing give off a ton of toxic fumes? I think that’s why FDM and more specifically PLA is favored.
This is the dual-extruder module, which is in our 2021 roadmap. Have to say that this module is be developed and we just have done a prototype in March.
We will update this module if we have any progress.
Cheers
Edwin
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That recently? I wonder how imakr snagged a photo. Is it going to have the same 2.5 upgrades like the vent slots and gear teeth do you know?
Not sure when did they publish this image and where is page. We will contact our partner to review the public contents regarding to the unavailable products.
New add-ons will be equipped with all upgrades that we have implemented.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Edwin
It’s not listed for sale or purchase, it’s pretty much showing off future accessories. it’s in the Snapmaker showcase brochure page alongside pictures of the rotary and enclosure. You actually have to manually navigate to the Snapmaker review and showcase page where they did a hands on review of the Snapmaker 2.0, it allows you to select which to purchase, 150/250/350, but only the machine, no accessories that aren’t available yet or anything. In fact I think they carry less than the Amazon store as of yet as 90% of search results when you enter Snapmaker” is only the original. Even the home page for it won’t show up in search results.
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Thank you for the link. As I said before, the dual-extruder printing module is plan to be released at the end of 2021.
To be frankly, what we have now is just a prototype.
Cheers
Edwin
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A dual extruder sounds awesome 
I hope you are considering some better cooling and perhaps a dual geared extruder on this new one
Yes, sir. As we all know that the dual-extruder module requires a better cooling system. After collecting the feedback from users, we will take the cooling system into careful consideration.
Edwin
I’ve seen some people water cooling their machines.
Getting the heat radiator out of the hot enclosure makes some sense.
I’d want quick disconnect fittings that don’t leak though. Replacing a module could be a real pain otherwise.
We need to consider the stability of assembly, especially for the modular machine like Snapmaker. This will be a challenge to design a quick dis-assembly mechanism and keep the 3D printing module and the CNC module stable enough while working.
Cheers
Edwin
I can see the purpose of a liquid cooling cooling system but I agree with Edwin, Snapmaker’s modularity could really wear out it’s component hoses too quickly from constant configuration changes. Liquid cooling systems are better suited for single purpose machines. That said, I wonder if there could be a liquid cooling system OPTION for us for just the XL-CNC addition but not necessarily required, just an available separate option for those that are going to be using the XL-CNC more than other configurations. I’m looking forward to the XL-CNC and it will be a secondary machine in addition to my current 2.0 as I’ll have that as a permanent CNC.
Indeed. So far I am very impressed
Im looking forward to this too … I suppose it will be possible to have there two different nozzle diameters at once (0.8 and 0.4 for example)? Exchanging nozzle seems like very cumbersome task but this would help a lot because i could have 0.8 for PVA supports and 0.4 for prints with ability to just move regular filament to 0.8 nozzle if I would plan to print something larger without supports. In theory. I would almost like to see also 3 nozzle variant
I don’t think I’ve even seen a triple extruder 3D printer other than printers that print metal. I know the super high end 3D metal printers have triple/quad extruders. Having that many for the Snapmaker would require a larger head (the dual extruder is larger too) and the larger the head the smaller the X-Axis print size because not all nozzles can get to the same spot on the furthest sides of the X-Axis. So unless all extruders are printing the same filament it sort of defeats the purpose as it limits the travel boundary of the head on the X-Axis.
Depends on usecase but good point. Im kinda surprised I did not saw any rotary multiple nozzle heat element (material would be retracted from nozzle, it would rotate to place different nozzle to its place and material would be pushed back) or variable nozzle mechanism (some iris on the end of nozzle to change its diameter dynamicaly) or something like that yet anywere … that would be interesting but i dont understand that much engineering so i suppose its harder to do than it looks?