BIQU IDEX Upgrade Kit
For more efficient 3D printing through dual extrusion
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Product information & technical details
- Manufacturer: BIQU
- Product type: Extruder, Multi-Material Upgrades
- Compatible with 3D Printers : BIQU B1, BIQU B1 SE Plus
Description
The IDEX upgrade kit for BIQU 3D printers improves the efficiency of your workflow:
Two extruders work at the same time, which enables two models to be printed at the same time as one.
- Mirror Copy Mode - Mirror mode
Print two symmetrical models at the same time
- Duplication Mode - Duplication mode
Print two identical models at the same time
With this upgrade, you also have the option to print models in two colours or different materials. This is particularly useful when using water-soluble support structures.
Included in the kit
- Printhead
- X-axis assembly set
- Fixed-rate idler
- Motor kit
- Extruder kit (including motor)
- Adapter board
Additional Information
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Customer Reviews
2 English reviews written for BIQU IDEX Upgrade Kit
1 customer review in all languages
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3 reviews
2 customer reviews in English
1 customer review in all languages
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Stevew
18 December 2022
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Ryan
12 October 2023
"Verified Purchase" indicates that the rating was given by customers who actually bought this product from us. However, anyone who has a customer account with us can give a rating. Be careful of the LCD pinout.
Rated with 3 out of 5 stars.
The LCD cable came pinned wrong sending 5v to the RX line. This burned up the input and I had to modify the firmware to use an alternate header.
The z belt was ~20mm too long and I had to crimp a new clamp to remove the slack.
The precompiled firmwares may not match the intructions or videos in regards to which pin to jumper for sending the probe enable signal to the proper hotend.
I recommend this kit for someone who knows marlin quite well and can modify the probe defined pins and add the option of using G34 to assist in calculating the offset between Z=0 of the individual hotends. Marlin doesn't currently have any function enabled to use the probing of both hotends to automate this so some tweaking will be very necessary.
The parts alone are worth the price as spares, but using the IDEX as intended is going to be a chore!Was this rating helpful? (2) (0)
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Great but software support not good
Rated with 2 out of 5 stars.
I bought this as Biqu products are very good quality and I have not had any issues until now.
The idex kit for the Biqu b1 was easy to install the hardware, and I also successfully installed the dual z kit at the same time.
Everything was going really well until you get to the firmware. I searched GitHub and under the b1 files there is a idex marlin firmware available, but it’s a pain if you have installed a bltouch. The firmware does not use the bltouch for the z-endstop but the mechanical switch instead so getting the bltouch and switch to be in sync is terrible. The bed mesh does not cover the whole bed as the measuring points are not setup properly and even tries to take readings off the bed and the heads crash into the bed.
Tried to contact Biqu support and they go deaf and blind to the problems, this product is not supported by Biqu in any way so you need to compile your own firmware to get this printer running idex properly, else I suggest you don’t buy it and look for another idex printer solution.
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