Bambulab X1E

Machine status: Ready to use

Our Bambulab X1E is a high-performance FDM 3D printer with advanced capabilities, including a fully enclosed build chamber and high-speed printing. Like its smaller sibling, the Bambulab A1 Mini, it features an Automatic Material System (AMS) for seamless multi-material printing and automated filament switching. Both printers joined our lab in 2024, expanding our capacity for rapid prototyping and complex manufacturing projects.

This printer can deal with most filaments. Currently, we have PLA, PETG HF, PLA CF, TPU, and PAHT CF available. It can print all of these materials, except TPU which can not be used in the AMS, because the BambuLab X1E is only intended to be used with the AMS. If you want to print with very soft TPU that is not explicitly labeled as "good for AMS", look at our BambuLab A1 mini.

How to Print

Members of our lab with Fab Lab access can print via network: Connect to our i10 WiFi and install the Bambu Studio slicer. To connect to the printer, you must log in with your Fab Lab account. The printer will then appear automatically in the slicer. Select the material(s) to use and send your print job directly from Bambu Studio on your computer.Please name the print job like <your name>_<description>, e.g. Julian_PyBadge-Case, so that if other people see a print failing, they know who to contact.

You can monitor progress via the built-in camera in the Bambu Handy app or directly check the printer in the Fab Lab. Note that Fab Lab access is required to check on and pick up your print.

AMS

We have four AMS (Automated Material System) for this printer. You can change filaments for your prints. However, we try to keep the AMS as full as possible and keep the most important filaments in there at all times so that there is a high probability that no filament change is needed. Roughly follow this scheme:

• AMS A: Two white and two black PLA spools. This is by far the most common material needed for printing.
• AMS B: Some colors of PLA. Usually contains grey and silver.
• AMS C: Arbitrary.
• AMS D: Usually filled with PETG. Most often a spool of black, white, grey, and an arbitrary color.