Creality K2 Plus 3D Printer with Multi Material Printing
The new Creality K2 Plus Leaked image. Image link is affiliate to Creality web shop.
The new Creality K2 series 3D Printer(s) are coming! Celebrating their 10 year anniversary, Creality releases new Creality K2 Plus 3D Printer and the “CFS” - Creality Filament System.
What’s been confirmed?
Before we dig deeper into what’s been released, Creality have already official released a reddit image inviting to livestream April 9 2024, where they show of this image. In it, we see a module that with the rumors, hint’s at a material station, much like the one available for Bambu Lab P and X series 3D printers (aff-link). The image also hints at a new 3D Printer, but it could also be the K1 Max.
Check out the Creality store for when this new Printer and/or CFS multicolor drops here. (affiliatelink)
What is the new Creality K2 3D Printer?
The new Creality K2 Plus is a large 3D Printer with a whopping 350mm cubed printing volume, that's activly heated!
It’s possible we’re getting a full lineup of K2-printers like the latest Ender 3 3D Printers. In this case, we expect K2 and K2 Plus 3D Printer sizes at 250mm and 350mm cubed.
In the image we also see a wiping station similar to what Bambu Lab have.
Image above is a leaked image of Creality K2 Plus, not yet confirmed. Build plate sais 350mm cubed.
Actual image with the CFS shown at Creality Livestream event.
The Creality Filament System
Not only are we getting at least one new 3D Printer, we’re also seeing the new CFS - Creality Filament System
In the slicer, it’s shown as an option of multi material printing for Creality K1 Max. This should mean it’s backwards compatible with at least K1 Max and probably K1 series 3D Printers, which is now confirmed!
Notice the Single Extruder Multimaterial setup! And it’s compatible with your K1 3D Printer. Get the new CFS when it’s released using my affiliate link here.
The Creality CFS appears to support 4 rolls of filament with the 5th one being the spool holder on the machine. The icons on the right could show that you can use multiple CFS in combo, but it’s hard to decipher now.
The green spool on your left seems to be external spool holder, while the other ones are either Creality materials or non-(NFC?) chipped spools. The yellow seem to indicate it can track how much is left on the spool.
The Creality CFS also incudes temperature and humidity display on the screen and is compatible with the Creality K1 and Ender 3 V3 series 3D Printers in the future, using an upgrade kit to those printers.
Snapshot from livestream showing the CFS!
Creality K2 Plus technical Specifications
These are mostly confirmed specifications of the Creality K2 Plus combined into one list. Please note that we’ll update as we get more information if anything is incorrect.
Build Volume: 350 x 350 x 350mm
Design: Enclosed CoreXY
Build plate: Flexible PEI with silicon wiper area
Build Plate temperature: 100°C
Nozzle temperature: 350°C
Chamber: Actively heated chamber
Nozzle: Tri-metal integrated heatbreak nozzle.
Extrusion system: APUS All-metal direct drive extruder (1x) with filament cutter.
Flow: 40mm/s3 and beyond.
Printing Speed(typical): 300mm/s
Printing Speed(Max): 600mm/s with 30’000mm/s2 acceleration
Interface: Touch Screen
Connectivity: RJ45 ethernet, Wifi (WAP2) and USB
Camera: “AI” Camera - Local processing error-reporting camera.
Extra Features: CFS - Creality Filament System compatible / combo
Creality K2 Pricing and availability
Since the printers haven’t been officially released, we can only speculate on pricing. But when we consider what the competition (namely Bambu Labs) have positioned themselves, I expect Creality to try and be just slightly lower in price or just the same price but with their larger print volume.
The Creality K2 Plus is very exciting! It’s exactly what many bambu lab users are screaming for, and as it also supports CFS and if initial user feedback is good, it will steal many P1S or X1C customers.
The Creality K2 Plus is expected to be priced $999 or $1199 with CFS combo. But if it’s a K2 Plus with 350mm cubed we’re expecting it to be $1099 and $1299 with a CFS combo.
Note that with the added features like heated chamber, they could also go $2-300 extra and still (due to volume) be very reasonable.
Shipping is starting July 31 2024. The CFS might be very sought after, and I expect it to ship early may, but quickly run out of stock as it’s going to be compatible (Using an upgrade kit) with Creality K1 3D Printers and Ender 3 V3, which there are a lot of!
Creality CFS price is expected to be $200 when in a combo with other printers and around $249 when sold separately. Add a small cost of the upgrade kit to K1 or Ender 3 v3 on top of that.
We’ll update this article as soon as we know more and have had time to compare the K2 vs bambu lab 3D Printers better.
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