BIQU Orbiter V2.0 Extruder, with Double Gear Direct Drive

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Moved hight of Bltouch mount (for dragonfly BMS), and printable spacer to lower it again for other hotend or CRtouch Motor position rotated by an additional 10 degrees for easier maintenance and assembly: Simplifying maintenance and assembly reduces downtime and enhances user-friendliness. Flipped drive gears – filament path closer to the extruder center for a more balanced design and perfect Orbiter, for us one of the most versatile due to its power, reliability, low weight and compatibility with machines given the amount of mods that we can find. By being able to use practically any hotend it gives us more versatility to the set.

Nov27: Added UNTESTED BMG mount that goes onto orbiter mounting holes. use M3x8 (use the v84 orbiter extruder version of the duct, or the v103 swappable probe version, as the mount will screw in place the orbiter) So let’s come from the beefy boys to the super lightweight extruders and start with the Orbiter 2.0 manufactured by LDO. The most obvious difference is that it uses an even smaller stepper motor, which has been becoming very popular even on other designs. The housing of the Orbiter is injection molded Glass Reinforced Nylon which makes it very stiff and feels super nice. It uses a planetary gearbox with a 7.5:1 reduction to drive the dual Bondech extrusion gears. The 690 steps per mm allow very precise dosing of material yet will need the motor to spin faster. Due to the popularity of the Orbiter, there is a huge ecosystem around it with tons of mounts for different printers and hotends. The extruder costs 69€ locally and weighs in at 152g yet requires a hotend with a heatsink which brings the system weight to 212g. But let’s see how much this small form factor extruder can push! The Orbiter had a very consistent extrusion force and was able to push 7.2 kilos at normal speeds and 6.8 kilos at 20 mm³/s. Both times the motor skipped showing how well the system is tuned. Just on a side note here - if you’re a tech geek and interested in extruder design, I highly recommend reading the story of the Orbiter 2, which details every design decision they made and is just pure gold! New smaller and better PTFE input coupler: The upgraded coupler improves the overall performance and reliability of the extruder. The adjustment is somewhat clumsy very rude, and especially handling the LGX Lite lever was hurting my fingers. On the LGX was surprised that out of the six levels only the first two are useful for rigid filaments. The way the mounting features are designed in are New motor design with ~40% increased pushing force and improved acceleration performance: This enhancement directly impacts the printing speed and quality, offering a competitive advantage.Dec 16: Orbiter Extruder v2.0 supported, only ender3/v2/pro cr10 for now (bltouch version and swappable probe version). totally setup weight: 360g ( includes duct, dragon hotend, orbiter extruder, fans, bltouch, adxl435, hotend, screws & bolts The open design speaks for itself. Easy to clean, easy to see any issues, easy to fix anything without disassembly. The MicroSwiss extruder for linear rail has a very short Bowden setup that never causes any issue and it allows the mounting of several hotend types. I like to combine them with the Mosquito but basically, you can do as you please. PTFE tubes are only ever a problem when close to heat and that is determined by your choice of hotend. The tube for the Ender version is comparably long because it is designed for the rubber wheels which are quite high themselves and demand that distance so the motor can fit above. Not the case with the linear rail version. ender3 - BMG using orbier 1.5 mount/BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/360/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - 2 of 2 - heat insert M3 x L 4 x OD 5.stl

Friction, given that we normally have an extra distance between the extruder and the hotend, this has to travel through a PTFE tube that can offer some friction, in flexible filaments such as TPU printing becomes more complicated. Nov12: Added pneumatic fitting screwable mount (M6 and M10) for temporary bowden setup when using a dragon rigid mount and waiting for the orbiter. Secures itself in place of the orbiter extruder One of the most expected project of 2021, the Orbiter v2.0. A high precision direct drive extruder custom manufactured by LDO Motors. This is LDO’s finest direct drive extruder system in which they have integrated all what they learned about extruders in the past years. ender3 - BMG using orbier 1.5 mount/BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/Left Side Motor/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - 2 of 2 - heat insert M3 x L 4 x OD 5.stl If some of your values are wrong get ready to kill printer power before a nozzle crash BLTOUCH - LEFT SIDE - settings (X is exact, Y are approximations)

Oozing or Stringing in our pieces (threads), in this system it is more complicated to control the flow of the filament in an agile way, creating complications to control this type of artifacts. It’s an open-source extruder made by Robert Lorincz and it weighs only 140g which is quite impressive. This is because of the type of stepper motor used in its construction. We are going to divide the print head into two parts, depending on the type of print head these parts can be more or less integrated or separated:

BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/Left Side Motor/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - 1 of 2 - heat insert M3 x L 4 x OD 5.stlpossibilities, overall from my perspective is not an optimum solution. I personally prefer a design in which everything is bolted ender3 - BMG using orbier 1.5 mount/BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/Front Motor/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - 1 of 2 - heat insert M3 x L 4 x OD 5.stl ender3 - BMG using orbier 1.5 mount/BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/Left Side Motor/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - one piece - use supports.stl

BMG mount for orbiter1.5 mounting holes/Front Motor/BMG to Orbiter 1.5 mount - 1 of 2 - heat insert M3 x L 4 x OD 5.stl There are currently 5 printers in the Voron lineup. One is not necessarily better than the other, just different. All printers (except Legacy) are capable of being fully enclosed to print ABS but can just as easily print PLA, PETG, or even Nylon. All printers in the Voron lineup are designed to use a Raspberry Pi linked to one or more motor controller board(s) to manage all of the printer functions and interface controls. Filament path closer to the extruder center for balanced design: A more balanced design improves compatibility with different 3D printer models, enhancing versatility. And, very important but never mentioned, the Microswiss extruder has by far the best filament pressure adjustment.In any case, we make some suggestions, from our point of view, which may be the most appropriate in each case: nov9, 2021: updated grove mount to use m3 instead of m2.5, V6 and dragon fly BMS, Copperhead (unconfirmed) Dec20: Added prototype of new BMG mount using the groove mount. you will need print support for that one. Looks may be different but the fully functional beta of its successor called SaturnOrbiter is available if you become a patron ( you also get access to other shroud design I'm working on)