E3D Toolchanger

Basics

• The 3D Printer Developed by E3D
• It has space for Four Toolheads
• "E3D ToolChanger & Motion System" may be the more formal method for the device itself, with Toolheads being the name for any attached device?

Componets

Motion System

• As of now the only one on the market is their's
• It is an H-Bot Belt Driven CNC Gantry based design
• It can be any cnc ganty system (including that of the D3D

Toolchanger ToolChanger ToolHead

• Kind of confusing name, may call it toolchanger core, or something?
• This is the "core" of the system
• It has a stepper motor that turns the "locking key" in their Kinematic Bearing
• Only one is needed per machine (assuming it is not an ibex system)

Toolhead Tool Plate

• The part that is "picked up" by the gantry via the above mechanism
• Essentially anything can be attached to this; thus creating a Toolhead
• Examples are:
  • A FDM Extruder (Can have multiple for true multi material printing, or have diferent nozzle diameters etc
  • A CNC Mill
  • A Laser Diode Toolhead
  • A Camera or Digital Microscope for Inspection of Layers
  • A Pick and Place toolhead for insertion of bearings or circuitry
  • A "Wire Layer" for reinfocement via solid fiber (ie not "chopped fibers"), or for electronic wiring embedded in the part
  • A Vacuum for clearing shavings/dust post CNC Milling (May be useful to prevent dust buildup during the ASMBL process, the toolhead only removes large flakes)
  • A Hot Air Gun

Internal Links

• ASMBL