DisTech Prometheus_System
'The Prometheus System (E3D V6 Upgrade) solves all of the issues associated with conventional methods of dual extrusion.'
In September 2016, TCT reported that DisTech Automation, a Canadian 3D printing company, smashed its Kickstarter goal of $10,000 by raising four times that figure in just one day.
To a community of technology enthusiasts, the company pitched The Prometheus System, a multi-filament 3D printing platform. By the end of the Kickstarter run it had raised around $76,000.
Nine months on, there are hundreds of active users of the machine around the world. The machine they have been using for nearly a year now was specifically designed to work with DisTech’s Prometheus V2 Hot End. Since, many users have requested for the system to be updated and become compatible with the E3D V6 Hot End. DisTech has obliged.
The Prometheus System has a modular design, consisting of three key components: the hot end, the extruders, and the feeder. DisTech believes its systems, prior to and especially since the most recent update, has several advantages over conventional methods of dual extrusion. It uses a single nozzle, which eliminates the calibration and nozzle dripping issues that often affect dual nozzle configurations. Additionally, by feeding one filament at a time into a single hot end, the system avoids colour contamination problems, as well as the increased extrusion pressure associated with colour mixing hot ends.
“To enable reliable multi-filament 3D printing using the Prometheus System with E3D V6, we had to develop the ‘Prometheus Heat Break’,” explains Eric Sammut, CEO of DisTech Automation. “This is a precision machined and polished component that replaces the standard E3D V6 heat break to facilitate reliable filament switching with the Prometheus System.
“The Prometheus System (E3D V6 Upgrade) solves all of the issues associated with conventional methods of dual extrusion. We believe that this new product will be a popular upgrade for E3D V6 users who want to print multi-colour and multi-material objects.”
