All systems
| Name |
Origin |
Max tools |
Change time (s) |
Total cost (USD) |
Url |
Notes |
| Prusa XL |
Commercial printer |
6 |
14 |
3899 |
link |
|
| E3D toolchanger |
Commercial printer |
5 |
30 |
|
link |
|
| Stealthchanger (DraftShift) |
FOSS design |
8 |
60 |
1909 |
link |
|
| TapChanger |
FOSS design |
8 |
20 |
1775 |
link |
|
| Madmax |
FOSS design |
8 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| Daksh |
FOSS design |
8 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| Lineux |
FOSS design |
8 |
20 |
|
link |
unrelated to Lineux HotSwap |
| Snapmaker U1 |
Commercial printer |
4 |
14 |
849 |
link |
|
| Flashforge Creator 5 (C5) |
Commercial printer |
4 |
14 |
699 |
link |
|
| Sovol M1D |
Commercial printer |
7 |
21 |
1199 |
link |
independent Z |
| A4T-C |
FOSS design |
8 |
15 |
|
link |
Voron Discord dev thread |
| MedusaHC |
FOSS design |
10 |
19 |
|
link |
by Sergei Irbis, github.com/Irbis3D/MedusaHC |
| Ronin (Jakob) |
FOSS design |
? |
15 |
|
link |
design not finalized - do not print/order parts yet |
| Infimech MX |
Commercial printer |
8 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| Bondtech INDX |
Commercial toolhead |
10 |
21 |
|
link |
|
| Quindec (Srin) |
FOSS design |
20 |
20 |
|
link |
aka Quindecum, github.com/srinn/quindec-toolchanger |
| Creality KliTek |
Commercial printer |
4 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| CxChanger |
FOSS design |
5 |
15 |
|
link |
|
| YUDX |
FOSS design |
10 |
15 |
|
link |
also see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm4MIgcpSWI |
| H2C Vortek |
Commercial printer |
7 |
42 |
|
link |
|
| AtomForm Palette 300 |
Commercial printer |
36 |
12 |
|
link |
by MOVA; 12 nozzles native / up to 36 colours with 6x RFD-6 AMS |
| Swapper3d (Bigbrain3d) |
Commercial toolhead |
20 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| Prusa CoreOne INDX |
Commercial printer |
8 |
21 |
1949 |
link |
|
| Axiloop MC8 |
Commercial printer |
8 |
20 |
|
link |
mechanism unconfirmed |
| EMNA E3NG |
FOSS design |
6 |
15 |
|
link |
for Ender-3 NG (RH3D) |
| Lineux HotSwap |
FOSS design |
2 |
15 |
|
link |
unrelated to Lineux; not released; by 3dfiymylife |
| BBox |
FOSS design |
8 |
12 |
|
link |
|
| Unnamed toolchanger (engineers grow) |
FOSS design |
10 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| Unnamed toolchanger (Matti) |
FOSS design |
10 |
20 |
|
link |
|
| Snapmaker U1+Sidecar AMS |
Commercial printer |
16 |
90 |
|
link |
AMS-extended colour count |
| Misschanger |
FOSS design |
8 |
40 |
|
link |
|
| INDEX-OOSAKA Vβ |
FOSS design |
|
|
|
link |
|
AMS systems
| Name |
Origin |
Max tools |
Change time (s) |
Total cost (USD) |
Url |
Notes |
| Anycubic Ace Gen2 |
Commercial printer |
4 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| Creality K2plus CFS |
Commercial printer |
16 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| H2D AMS2 pro |
Commercial toolhead |
28 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| Box Turtle |
FOSS design |
4 |
75 |
|
link |
|
| Klipper OpenAMS - BL AMS electronics upgrade |
FOSS design |
4 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| PICO MMU |
FOSS design |
4 |
70 |
|
link |
|
| CoPrint Chroma AMS Lite Type Addon |
Commercial toolhead |
16 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| X1C AMS |
Commercial toolhead |
16 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| A1 AMS Lite - off bed flushing |
Commercial toolhead |
4 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| Prusa MMU3 |
Commercial toolhead |
5 |
70 |
|
link |
|
| 3d Chameleon AMS Lite type add-on |
Commercial toolhead |
4 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| ERCF |
FOSS design |
16 |
80 |
|
link |
|
| Filament Star rotating toolchanger |
Commercial toolhead |
4 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| Ryper MMU2 Clone |
FOSS design |
10 |
70 |
|
link |
|
| Mosaic Palette 2/3 |
Commercial toolhead |
8 |
90 |
|
link |
|
| Prusa MMU2 |
Commercial toolhead |
5 |
70 |
|
link |
|
| Prusa MMU1 |
Commercial toolhead |
4 |
70 |
|
link |
|
Other approaches
A toolchanger is not the only route to multi-colour or multi-material printing.
Multi-in one-out hot ends, IDEX and other multi-head machines, virtual colour
techniques, and resin or inkjet colour deposition all reach the same result by
other means. They are listed here for comparison rather than classified above.
| Name |
Origin |
Max tools |
Change time (s) |
Total cost (USD) |
Url |
Notes |
| CoPrint Quadro |
Commercial printer |
4 |
12 |
|
link |
|
| Formbot XPlorer IQEX |
FOSS design |
4 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| Lightmake Linear Motor IQEX |
Commercial printer |
4 |
10 |
|
link |
independent Z |
| Anabolic Mechanics Parallel IDEX |
Commercial printer |
2 |
10 |
|
link |
|
| Roetz-End filament turning |
FOSS design |
15 |
0.5 |
|
link |
|
| Ratrig Toolshift IDEX - without priming |
Commercial printer |
2 |
10 |
|
link |
|
| Nathan Builds Robots 4 headed rotary printer |
FOSS design |
15 |
10 |
|
link |
|
| Duet Kraken |
FOSS design |
4 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| TriColourMendel |
FOSS design |
3 |
60 |
|
link |
|
| Heygears G1 |
Commercial printer |
Infinite |
|
|
link |
130mm max height |
| EufyMake E1 UV printer |
Commercial printer |
Infinite |
|
|
link |
5mm max height |
| Longer ePrint UV printer |
Commercial printer |
Infinite |
|
|
link |
60mm max height |
| Flashforge CJ270 Full Colour Resin Printer |
Commercial printer |
Infinite |
|
|
link |
7 - 2.5mm/hour print rate |
| PolyDye - inkjet colouring |
Commercial toolhead |
Infinite |
|
|
link |
|
| Virtual Colours Full Spectrum |
FOSS design |
Any |
0 |
|
link |
software colour-mixing technique, no hardware swap |
| Virtual Colours Hueforge etc |
FOSS design |
Any |
0 |
|
link |
|