Known for its phone chargers and smart home products, Anker is working on a faster 3D printer than its competitors. Making something out of a 3D printer often takes a lot of time and money, but the AnkerMake M5 can change that.
You can support Anker on Kickstarter for a converted amount of at least 552 Euros excluding VAT. This is where the company decided to offer this product. The manufacturer then supplies some accessories and parts for which you normally pay extra. Consider a webcam where you can remotely monitor the printer, shoot time-lapse videos, and automatically pause the printer when it detects something is wrong.
Faster than the competition
Most importantly, however, is the claim that this 3d printer works up to five times faster than its competitors. You don’t have to dive into the settings for a second. You take the two halves out of the box, screw them in and insert all the cables into the holes, and from then on it’s possible to print at 250 millimeters per second. Compared to the quality setting of the market leader Prusa MK3S+, it is indeed five times faster.
People with 3d printers have known this for a long time. But if you want to print large objects, it may only take one day. The Anker printer is thus up to five times faster, so a product can be ready for use in a matter of hours. Of course it all depends on what you’re printing and how big that thing is; some small objects always come up quickly. The maximum size of the products is 235 x 235 x 250 millimeters. This fully complies with the market standard.
Using Anker’s 3D printer
Commissioning the Anker printer should be very simple. If you have a design yourself or have downloaded it, you can send it directly to the 8GB internal storage. This can be done over WiFi or over the cloud. Then the AnkerMate M5 takes over; the user does not need to use a slicer application to translate a design into printer code. Instead, simply download or create, send and print. A child can do laundry.
The question now is whether Anker will reach its promised release month, September. Because many things are working or not there yet. Consider the required software (which is very important), error detection while printing, and voice assistant support.
The hardware is almost finished, but the company hasn’t started the software yet. While this hardware looks promising, it’s just that: a word. The big question now is whether Anker will use it.
Source: Computer Totaal
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