No More ‘Printer Poop’? Bambu Lab Surprise Announces Vortek Hot End Change System
Social media posts by the company have introduced Vortek, a smart hot-end changing system that “perfects” multicolor printing and circumvents the scourge of printer “poop” it popularized.
Besides the launch of the single-nozzle version of its bigger, “personal manufacturing hub,” the H2S – read all about that in our dedicated coverage – today, Bambu Lab has taken to social media to trail that there is in fact an all new system on the way, too. It’s called the Vortek, and it’s here to fix everything that’s wrong with multicolor 3D printing.
Well, the video posted to social channels is a bit of a “one more thing” moment, showing what appears to be an automated hot end system for the H-series machines, switching in and out up to seven all-new induction-heated hot-ends. What’s not detailed in the video is that this system will be available both as an upgrade kit for the H2D and H2S, as well as a native component in a new variant of the H-series, the H2C. A Vortek FAQ page with basic information is now live on the Bambu Lab wiki.
The video, a two-minute long sizzle reel of partially obscured views of the Vortek in action, rails against the time and material wastefulness of purging when multicolor printing, and details the slim, interchangeable hot ends that avoids cables, pogo pins, and other potential fail-prone mechanical connections. It is, the company says, its “first attempt to solve the problem of purge” and spells out a potentially sophisticated solution that involves fast-heating, and wireless data data transfer between nozzle and printhead.
As the video plays out, a large “Q4 2025” print completes, telling us that we’ll know much more later this year. My money is on Formenxt in November. We will, of course, update with more details as we get them.
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