AtomForm Palette 300: The 12-Nozzle Gamble from Robot Vacuum Brand MOVA

First things first: the hardware hook. The Palette 300 isn’t trying to compete on speed alone, but rather on how it handles material changes. Instead of toolchanging the entire print head to handle separate filaments, or using a single nozzle that purges waste with every color swap, the Palette 300 uses a turret-style “OmniElement” system with 12 dedicated nozzles. In theory, this allows the machine to switch between materials without the need for excessive purging or priming, a feat AtomForm claims reduces waste by up to 90%.

The system is reminiscent of the Swapper 3D mod from a couple of years ago. That DIY solution mounted to Prusa MK3 or Creality machines, and offered a rotary dial of up to 25 nozzles, plus an automated system for the printer to swap them in and out as required.  The promise of low-waste high flexibility was the same, but seemingly fizzled out before it could catch on.

AtomForm claims you can chain up to six of its six-spool RFD-6 filament dryer boxes, with the system ostensibly handling up to 36 colors, though the 12-nozzle limit means you’ll still be doing some swapping if you max out the capacity. Each RFD-6 filament station can feed from any of its six loaded spools, but the unit is split into two banks of three, with a filament-drying heater integrated into the upper half.