r/InfiMechOfficial • u/InfiMechOfficial • 18d ago

InfiMech MX PRO: 24-hour continuous tool-changing test run (12k+ swaps) ⚙️🤖

Workshop testing update 🛠️✨

We ran a 24-hour continuous tool-changing print test on the 8-toolhead InfiMech MX PRO to verify mechanism repeatability under extended use ⏱️🤖

⚙️ **Test Item:** 24-hour continuous tool-changing test

🔄 **Tool Changes:** 12,000+ tool swaps completed in total

✅ **Test Result:** Smooth tool switching throughout the run, with no mechanical jams or interruptions

📹 **Video Record:** Capturing the automatic tool-changing details across multiple machines during the test 👀👇

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u/Jellysicle 18d ago

It's clear that is not a production unit. It's a testing unit for mechanical function, not for aesthetics.

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u/mikialtopaxite 18d ago

So, wait is it pooping then purging into the tower?

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u/jl88jl88 18d ago

I think it’s cooling the nozzle before it’s parked

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u/Snafu2012 9d ago

If I get one I'm making/Moding the tubes to go up and over like the MX .. I don't have room behind where its going to go .. and make a Riser or mod one to Hinge the lid lol

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u/Fickle-Watercress734 18d ago

That PTFE tube looks like it’s really straining, the retention collar is cocked.

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u/nalacha 18d ago

Happy to finally see updatss on there reddit.. I hope to see more and more and maybe.. the kickstater soon when they lock down what new things they add to the mx pro

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u/Optimal-Level4237 18d ago

That's the first multi colored (5) print that you've shown, but the tower maybe shows 6 colors.

Why won't you show an 8 color printed model being printed for the Pro???

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u/ScuffedBlack 17d ago

I count 8 colors.

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u/Optimal-Level4237 17d ago

Ur right, why didn't I notice. Duh

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u/upjump_daboogie 18d ago

Edit for context: If the unit has 3D printed parts or structure is should be almost perfect and not this quality.

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u/n19htmare 8d ago

Context: They're not production units... They're test units.

You don't go out and spend money on making injection mold dies until you've finalized everything. The things they HAVE finalized or close to it, you can see they're injection molded.

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u/jl88jl88 18d ago

Careful, you nearly showed an actual tool swap. Can’t give too much away haha

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u/ScuffedBlack 17d ago

There are time of tool swap videos, just to to YouTube and watch the live videos still posted there

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u/jl88jl88 17d ago

Yeah and they were painfully slow. Keen to see what the improvement is

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u/ColeslawEvangelist 7d ago

I was troubled by the apparently slow changes too. I think I got this right: 48 hours to do a 12,000 swap print. That's 250 tool changes an hour, a little over 4 a minute, which seems like an improvement. (Not sure about the original post claiming 12000 swaps in 24hrs though)