Descrizione
Colour change is where multicolour printing has always lost its money. The Kobra X treats that waste as an engineering problem rather than a running cost.
Every multicolour print pays a tax. Each colour swap purges filament to clear the hot end, and on a long job those purges quietly become the most expensive part of the model. The ACE GEN 2 system in the Kobra X cuts the filament change length by 81.25 percent, which does two things at once: it shortens the job and it reduces the material thrown away per swap. Across a workshop's worth of multicolour work that is not a marginal saving, it is the difference between quoting colour jobs at a profit and quoting them as a favour.
The system is built in rather than bolted on. Four colours print without any external unit, and a palette of up to nineteen colours is available when the ACE 2 Pro is added, so the machine scales with the work instead of forcing an upgrade. The print head handles soft and hard filaments through an adaptive extrusion force compensator that adjusts to filament hardness, which is what makes TPU and PLA share a single model without a jam. Speed reaches 600 mm/s with 300 mm/s sustained in colour work, layer resolution goes down to 0.02 mm, and the top-mounted spool holder keeps the bench clear. The build volume is 260 mm cubed, which covers the parts most small workshops actually sell.
This is the machine for a workshop that prints in colour and wants the consumable bill under control. It suits designers producing multi-colour products at volume, prop makers who need four colours without a purge tower eating a spool a week, and small studios that sell finished objects rather than files. Connect over Wi-Fi, slice in formats ranging from STL to 3MF, and run PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS, PVA or ASA depending on whether the part is for display or for service. If the work is single colour and small, a cheaper machine is the honest answer. If colour is what you sell, the 81 percent saving is the specification that matters.
The purge tower was never a design feature. It was a bill you paid quietly.
Key Features
- ✦ ACE GEN 2 multicolour system with four built-in colours and expansion to nineteen
- ✦ Filament change length reduced by 81.25 percent, cutting both print time and purge waste
- ✦ Print speeds up to 600 mm/s, with 300 mm/s sustained during colour work
- ✦ Adaptive extrusion force compensation for soft and hard filaments in one model
- ✦ 0.02 mm minimum layer resolution with a 0.4 mm nozzle on a 260 mm cubed build volume
- ✦ Automatic bed levelling and Wi-Fi control with a top-mounted spool holder
- ✦ Compatible with PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS, PVA and ASA
Technical Specifications
- Build volume: 260 x 260 x 260 mm
- Maximum print speed: 600 mm/s, 300 mm/s in colour mode
- Multicolour printing: ACE GEN 2, four colours built in, expandable to nineteen with ACE 2 Pro
- Filament change length: Reduced by 81.25 percent compared with previous generation systems
- Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm
- Minimum layer height: 0.02 mm
- Bed temperature: Up to 100 C
- Supported filament: PLA, PETG, TPU, ABS, PVA, ASA
- Automatic levelling: Yes
- File formats: STL, OBJ, 3MF
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, USB
- Power supply: 110 to 220 V
- Slicer: ANYCUBIC Slicer
Application Scenarios
The Kobra X is built for small studios where colour is part of the sell. Product designers print multi-colour prototypes and short production runs where a four-colour part replaces a painted one, saving a finishing step per unit. Prop and model makers use the nineteen colour palette when a model has to match a reference exactly rather than approximately. Education and maker spaces get automated levelling and enclosed filament handling that reduce the number of failed prints in a room full of beginners. Print farms adding a colour capability keep the plate small and the throughput high, which is the opposite trade to a large-volume single-colour machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need an external unit for four-colour printing?
No. Four colours print from the built-in ACE GEN 2 system. The ACE 2 Pro is only needed to expand the palette up to nineteen colours.
Q: Does multicolour printing waste less filament than other systems?
Yes. Filament change length is reduced by 81.25 percent, which cuts purge waste and print time on every colour change.
Q: Can it print flexible filament?
Yes. An adaptive extrusion force compensator adjusts for filament hardness so TPU and rigid materials can run on the same machine.
Q: How fine can the layers go?
Down to 0.02 mm, with a 0.4 mm nozzle as standard.
Q: What is the maximum build size?
260 x 260 x 260 mm, enough for most small studio production parts.
Q: Does the bed level itself?
Yes, automatic levelling runs before the job so no manual shimming is needed.
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