Ultimaker’s latest desktop 3D printer, the S5, is their most advanced 3D printer yet. It was designed with forward-thinking professionals in mind, such as designers, engineers and architects.

This machine is Ultimaker’s most advanced 3D printer yet, which was designed with forward-thinking professionals in mind, such as designers, engineers and architects.

The first thing you’ll notice is the significant size difference. The usable build volume is now 330mm on the X, 240mm on the Y and 300mm on the Z. (show diagram, build area, other dimensions). This entire build volume is available for use, whether you are doing a single extrusion or a dual extrusion print.
The S5 is now equipped with glass doors on the front, which are nicely hinged and are easy to operate. It also includes magnetic closing mechanisms to help keep the build chamber enclosed, making it simpler to print advanced materials such as Polycarbonate and ABS, which are materials that need a more controlled temperature environment.

Another new feature is the full colour touchscreen integrated into the front panel of the printer. You can explore menus and select options just like a smartphone. The display provides detailed information such as loaded materials, print cores and the temperatures of the build plate and nozzle, to update you on the job in progress. You can also access settings and change flow rates while its printing.

On the back of the printer, the external power supply or power brick is now removed. It is now equipped with an internal power supply and cooling fans. The ethernet port can be plugged into the office network and used as a normal network device or you can connect it via the inbuilt wifi. There is a dual spool holder and two feeder mechanisms which are on each side of the printer. The improved feeder mechanisms are now quieter and include quick release latches so they can stay unlocked for removing or adding new material. What you cant see however is that embedded within the feeders, is a filament flow sensor, this enables the S5 to detect when the filament runs out. This will automatically pause your print job so you can put a new spool and resume the job. This feature is very helpful since the S5 is capable of printing such large print projects. Previously this would have meant to having to watch the printer and make sure it doesn’t run out of filament mid print. Now you are able to let it go and you’ll receive a notification through the mobile app when the printer runs out of filament. “Redstack will soon have available on Thingiverse a custom spool holder so you can run the large 2.3 kg spools. This will save you from having to change material mid print. The 2.3 kg spool is equivalent to 3 of these size spools.

Another significant improvement is the active bed levelling. Previously on the Ultimaker 3, it had an active bed levelling however, it only checked 3 points on the bed to make sure the bed was physically level. With the S5, it has a more comprehensive bed mapping system, so it maps multiple points across the bed and builds a typology of the build surface so that it can adjust and get a very comprehensive first layer of material down. This would also reduce the opportunity of print core flooding. The bed comes levelled from the factory so you never have to manually level this bed.

The S5 comes with 2 bed options. It comes with a glass bed but coming soon, you’ll be able to get an anodized aluminium bed, which will give you a far greater adhesion because it’s not silky smooth like the glass. It has an improved bed frame, its much more rigid than the Ultimaker 3, which was a big improvement from the Ultimaker 2 plus.

The improved and larger diameter linear rails on Z axis gives it greater rigidity again. It has an improved print head and you can see underneath it has a much bigger silicon seal to try minimise and reduce print core flooding.
The S5 is equipped with dual extrusion capabilities and It uses the same swappable print cores as the Ultimaker 3 series. To get you started, the printer comes with 2 AA cores for build materials and 1BB core for the water soluble support materials. The main benefit with dual extrusion is the ability to print water soluble PVA support material, meaning you can print any geometry imaginable, even if it has supports that would be hard to remove internally. When the print is done, you can just drop the item in the water and those PVA support will dissolve in a few hours.

Finally, the printer comes with a lot of additional accessories such as all the grease, oil and tools needed to maintain the machine. It also comes with 2 rolls of filament, a roll of PLA plastic for nozzle 1 and a roll of PVA – the water soluble support material for nozzle 2.

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