I saw how Prusament and the Prusa i3 MK3 are made! (we find some early SL1 prototypes)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ค. 2024
- After Makerfaire Prague, I got the opportunity to tour the Prusa Research headquarter and saw how their popular MK3 and MK2.5 3D printers are made! We also check out the Prusament production line and run into early models of the freshly announced SL1 resin printer!
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I have to admit, the scale and degree of testing is impressive.
that's why it is a decent 3d printer
As a machinist, I recognized the marble slab they were using to check flatness. That and all the other testing they do reinforces my choice to go with Prusa. I will be ordering soon! I can't wait!
That's where a lot of the cost comes from. You can probably source similar parts to build a clone for probably $300-$400, vs the $749 or whatever the kit cost is of the i3 Mk3s.
@@loganrossignol Prusa Mini?
The quality of work done here is phenomenal. The future is bright for opensource wares. I initially thought Prusa products are a bit expensive but now I think each dollar would be put to a good use. Great Job Josef Prusa.
That's an awesome facility, it has a bit of everything. It's impressive how fast the Prusa team is scaling.
I am currently waiting for my first 3D printer from Prusa and was impressed by their operation show in this video. I am a retired mechanical design engineer designing production machines in Silicon Valley. I worked for start up companies and established companies and know production area very well. After seeing their operation, I am pretty comfortable now with the decision I made to buy their machine. Thank you for the video you made.
Any time you can get on a factory floor I’ll watch.
So much testing, such a young workforce, and so much in-house manufacturing. No clone for me ever again, I’ll save a little longer to cover the extra cost to support Prusa.
And notice how the first floor is open to the public. That is just awesome.
My thoughts exactly. I worked with a guy who ordered Prusa. I was impressed that they emailed him at one point to say that his MMU was going to be delayed a few weeks because they were coming out with an upgrade, and wanted to ship him the upgraded version instead of the current version.
@@paularcher17 same story for us. We are a Makerspace at a uni in Germany and we ordered 5 Prusa mk3 and when they arrived to our surprise we noticed a "MK3S" sticker on all of them. So i emailed them whats the matter with the S version because i have not heared of an upgrade yet and we ordered the normal version. As a response they congratulated us on having ordered them and that an announcement for the upgraded S version is planned for later that week.
So yeah, they sent us the upgraded version for free before they were officially introduced. Such a great company!
I know it's 2 years late, but I just got myself an i3 mk3s+. Came as a kit, asembled in 7 hours with a steady slow pace. Aside from a few tweaks, it was pretty much running perfectly out of the box, and now I'm printing day and night high quality board games from Fillamentum reels.
Of course, no more clones. Cheap is expensive!
14:40 the towlie painting on the wall killed me XD
The level of quality assurance is impressive, and probably needed. It's challenging to leave the assembling up to the user, and still get well performing printers. These guys are top level. Also thanks for doing the tour for us Thomas!
Very impressive to see and explains why Prusa has earned a reputation for reliability. You can bet your bottom dollar that the Chinese clones are not performing quality control like this.
It was really funny when Jo switched to Czech for a second!
2:18 You know he's serious about the OSI (open source) model when he has the logo tattooed to his arm! :D
13:26 Reverting to mother tongue. Yep, he's tired!
I wonder if that is a violation of copyright of that logo. I don't think Prusa himself is Open Source Hardware. 😉
Tomi Leppänen Lol... he'd have to publish his genome
The filament data on the QR code they have on the spool is the best part I think. It makes a lot of sense and I’m sure some other manufacturers will start doing it as well.
There's no real value added to the end user. Its more gimmick than anything. Once you have the filament what difference does that information make to you as the user?...Nothing.
Internet Tough Guy No, none to you if you just sit on it. It might be very useful if you have an problem with the filament; get the information back to Prusa and something useful might well come of it, whether changes to manufacturing or transport or even just finding out you got a bad one that slipped through and you're due a replacement for it.
Everything isn't just about you alone, big guy.
Update Slic3r to parse that data in to extrusion multiplier for even cleaner prints? Also keeps them honest, lots of people can claim +/- something but if you have per spool data you can't go "Eh, its just one point out of spec. Ship it!"
Internet Tough Guy now people can't blame filament diameter inconsistencies on the spool (that is, if Prusa records correct/true information which I would hope they do) and as Jason said, you could parse the extrusion data, although that would not matter with the tolerances that they have. Maybe for smaller nozzles though.
Great to see a behind the scenes of Prusa where my printer was "born". Thanks for sharing your tour with us Tom.
Awesome video ! Really impressed by the team at Prusa !
It's great to see behind the scenes of the production and manufacturing
Love seeing the Prusa factory. Thank you for posting.
What impresses me all the way through is that everything looks so clean and neat! (And orange). Also notice no crappy shelves. Most workbenches and shelves are built with strong tubing construction.
Fantastic insight Tom, thank you. Agreed, Prusa are a fantastic company that retain their ethics and standards, I'm so happy to see them grow. Hope Prusament is available on Amazon UK real soon.
Recently got my printer... Great tour, wonderful to see where it was born and all the folks who put together such a quality product. Thanks!
Did Prusa really ordered filament making machines with custom cover colors? Wow, what a guy!
i think he order the machine and took the panel to a paint shop
In that case I'd expect his head or at least name painted on machines, not original machine nameplates (blurred in video), so I guess it was made with this paint.
in the industry its comon to paint your maschines in your company color, have a look for tesla -> all robots are red its just like buying a car in differnet colors you can buy maschines in different colors
Ordered custom paint job :-) then took out all the PLCs and redid it from scratch :-)
1) Thanks for your answer Josef ^^
2) Are you using multiple independent parts (extra PID regulator for every heating zone) or better PLC to drive everything? And are those parts you can normally buy, or is it specifically made by you / your people? I'm just curious!
3) About 3D printers, were you thinking about extruder with valve? Something like hot-runner system in injection moulding industry. Maybe even nozzle on rail under extruder might work, just move it with small servo to open/close extruder.
Great video Thomas! Missed seeing you this year at the TCT show in the UK. Thanks for sharing. Happy printing
This is why Prusa has consistently been considered one of the top consumer grade 3D printers. Ya it's a bit more expensive then the kits from China. But that's because of the superior parts, quality control, tech support, all the additional features, and stuff like load testing on their frame. Compared to an acrylic frame copy of the i3 with inferior parts cobbled together.
I was thinking the whole time they do all this for a 800 machine. I would even pay more. These guys are obviously taking the profits and reinvesting in their company which is better for the consumer ultimately. With a better product and service. Profits to pay more so employees are motivated, happy, and skilled too. You can see where your money is going. I am a proud owner of a 2.5!
David You don't have to, don't forget. There are less expensive alternatives. They'll usually require more tweaking to get right, more maintenance time per hour of useful work, etc etc. Don't worry, someone else will be just as happy to take your money.
I used to build my own computers; it was fun, and a little to a lot less money. I don't any more; my time is worth more to me now, and the things I want to get done don't include building a new server or workstation.
Something for everyone.
Dang. The above was in response to the DW's responder, not DW above. Sorry about that.
David That depends on what you want. I like fiddling a bit, so I buy a China printer. If you just want something that will work perfectly out of the box, you buy something just like this where there is good quality control.
I just checked the price of the Ultimaker S5......$5995.
Any time someone asks me "what's a good 3D printer to buy?" I tell them, well you can get a kit from china for $150 but it will take a lot of tweaking to get it printing well. For some people that is fine and the fun of it may be all the little fixes. But i also tell them that if they want the best printer around that works right out of the box, get a Prusa.
Awesome stuff, really appreciate the quality control, they seem real busy, them not coming to Singapore maker faire is totally understandable
Thank you Tom for the tour.
After seeing all of the time and care that they put into their products I am definitely going to be getting a Prusa as my first 3D printer
Danke fürs mitnehmen, toller Einblick 👍
So that's where my new mk3 just came from! Nice. All those busy guys are doing a great job.
It’s incredible how much they’ve grown (and well deserved)!
Thank you Tom!
This was an awesome video & certainly did pull the veil up so to speak on Prusa and showed us a little of the magic + mystery going on inside!
I especially enjoyed how your narrative during the touring of the facility. Explained very well, as you always do, perhaps my favorite part about you and your channel!
Your specific take, or style i should say, on video production in general is very appealing to watch & made for a fantastic tour video at Prusa!
Ps. For me personally, your channel has been an continues to be my favorite source of information on all things 3d printing!
Thank you for this Prusa office guided tour. Although we see everything too fast, it's still fascinating.
Thanks for the additional insight to the dedication from Team Prusa. I would love to see what Prusa would be able to come up with if he decided to break into the higher end additive manufacturing equipment. I honestly believe he could give companies like Markforged, Ultimaker, and the rest a run for the top.
Great to see stuff made in Europe!! Kudos to Mr Prusa!! Next printer will definitely be a Prusa. Keep up the good work
That was really cool to see. Especially that farm of 3D printers all working away.
It's incredible how many people work there now! That maker space is incredible too, would love access to some of that kit.
Amazing to see behind the scenes. What an amazing guy to pull this all off
Thank you for such an awesome educational video. It is so informative to see Team Prusa in action and how the workflow of the company is.
I am soooo impressed! Love that company! Glad that i have bought an Original Prusa Printer!
My job involves intricate project management implementation coordinating with many teams for success in the detail of the final product.
I bought a Prusa is MK3 kit and was impressed with the detail they provided in terms of setup, calibration, potential issues, problem
resolution, support forums etc. etc. Needless to say, the result of following the detailed instructions, carefully, listening, carefully following the instruction, have been almost perfect prints of gears and many prototype mechanical parts. The "almost" is my bad on the build files. Now that I see their operation, I know why they did so well for me and will continue to support them.
They'll give you a tour around the whole building if you ask ;) I've been there myself several times and it feels really great to see it all :D
Wow! I had no idea they had such a large and impressive operation. I had seen some pictures of their test machines, but I had no idea.
Very impressive! Thanks for showing this! I see Joe was on the tour with you!
Have been looking for a 3D Printer, after seeing this I have made my decision PRUSA i3!
Thanks for sharing...cool building and company
Wow , that place is amazing . Joe has done a fantastic job building that business .
Its definitely a awesome setup and definitely why my Prusa's still run great.
YAY
and this was released on my birthday!!!!!!!
i feel so special! ;)
impressive facillity, great to see that QC is being taken seriously and that they use their own materials, to test, improve and innovate.
I'm not a fan of Prsua Fan Boys, but watching this video gave me an appreciation for how QC should be done on products. great video.
Every company has their fan boys look at Apple for example lol.
I wasn't until I got one. My Printrbot and Monoprice Mini hate me now
We all saw that UMS5 in the dev room :PPPPP
No seriously... I think I'm in love x)
Great video! Brings a sense of perspective to it all. The waiting list for Prusa orders certainly isn't due to them not working hard, but sheer demand.
Hey, the guy in the white shirt ended up working there. He was in your Mk4 video. That's cool
This place looks like the paradise. So. Much. Filament.
Nice video, thank you. You get what you pay for. It's clear Prusa is about best quality and innovation first. Great to see.
Wow really cool and lovely tour! I would also love to attend some time in the Future ;)
It's not what he showed you, it's what he didnt show you on the tour that has me intrigued...great tour.
Haha, ultimaker 14:34! Great video Thomas.
Informative Tour!
Cool Video Thomas! Always enjoy seeing start ups grow.
By the way, heard anything new about the Revolve board? I'm not able to find a release date. :(
Thanks!
Seeing exactly the diameters across the spool is definitely something I wish more companies would do (imagine if it were integrated into the printer in a way where the printer always knew where it was at in the spool and what diameter to expect - especially important for Prusa's MMU to have accurate diameter). The only filament I know of doing it now is Veracity filament and now Prusament filament.
Your camera is very good, your videos still look great after uploading, never change it out.
Má to pěkně rozjeté, držím palce ať se daří :-)
Amazing! I thought as you said they were this small start up.
happy to see Narran Nova 63 laser in this amazing factory
If I'm not mistaken, they've got the Filament lines from ColorFabb (or with help from ColorFabb)
Thanks for sharing, didn't know he grows so fast.
Josef seems like a boss who really takes care of his employees and care for making a creative work environment.
Yeah this video explains why Prusa original printers are also very expensive for most os us home makers :-P nice structure and lots of working personal. Amazing world. Thanks for the video Tom.
Someone should build an actual prusa clock like the one in the last shot. That was awesome
Awesome vid man!
That’s great! Tons of attention to detail.
I would love to tour there and I am a total PRUSA fan. My MK3 has been a great experience. I had a problem with a gen 1 heat bed. I was online with support for 10-15 min diagosing the problem and 4 days later a new heat bed arrived here in Northern California and printing again 30 minutes after that. I jumped in with the SL1 with full set-up, due to that customer support. PRUSA's constant firmware upgrades, support and quality is all worth the premium pricing.
I live 40 minutes from a recently closed well known 3D printer company, I got my first 3D printer from 4 years ago. The printer was well designed, solid and pricey, but lousy customer support.
Nice one Tom, I think I wanted to see the software development guys who take care of the Slic3r..
You can really see the workers put priority on QUALITY over quantity by not rushing as fast as they can to meet a quota they’re just making good quality printers.
I just wish I could afford one.
Tom, thank you for bringing us this content. I can appreciate Prusa getting Mk3s out to customers and still using Mk2s in their farm. I am curious though, what are they doing with the Mk2 printers from their farm? Did you happen to ask? Thank you again!
Tomas could you do a video on the performance characteristics of the different stepper motor drivers and is it worth it to upgrade to the more expensive ones
can't wait for our first Prusa to get here, its supposed to ship any day. Spent the last two years using a Taz 6 so my standards are pretty high but I have really high hopes for the Prusa.
I can't wait for prusament to come to amazon.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing !
Awesome video! Other factory tour vids would be cool too. Ultimaker and ColorFabb are some big ones. But some little known industrial FDM printer companies like BigRep and Xioneer Systems would be interesting and are somewhat in your neighborhood.
The farm is actually a big selling point to me as it means the printers have been super tested in their design.
7:30 I can see Prusa using this information in the future to customize the printer's extrusion rate giving super precise outputs.
I love the selfie spot haha :D:D
thank you Thomas, I think my next printer will be a Prusa
I’m happy that 3DGence One solved yours problem :) 3DGence manager.
Super honest video guys! If only every company was forced too produce videos like this, the world would be a different place! Thank you🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀😎
Thanks for the tour. I’m making dolly now, want the real thing also.
Was pleased to see the amount of quality control they use. Love my Mk3.
Also was wondering what the filament extruder part that had the filament going through tons of pulleys was. Should have known or guessed it was a buffer system.
Kinda wondering if all filament should be put through the dehydrator to dry it if all filament is passed through water to cool it.
Yeah, old trick in the paper printing trade (forgot what they call it now, but buffer will do). Allows them to change over spools without stopping the production line.
Guess the filament in the cooling water is still hot enough to expel moisture. only after cooling it becomes a problem.
Remember now. Called a festoon system
I'm planning on buying a MK3, although due to my desire of visiting Czech Republic next summer, can you purchase the printer directly on their factory?
An interesting proposal for my next trip to Praha.
loved the video, thanks!
It's so amazing.
Thomas, will you be reviewing the new Prusa multi-material V2.0 anytime soon?
Damn welk done Josef!
12:00 Jeez...so many printers in one room it was generating enough EMI to mess with your wireless lav mic! 😵 Great video! Wow, what an _absolutely amazing_ place! 😄👍
Actually, EMI was no issue at all - what you're hearing is heavily processed audio to remove the noise from the printers and the ventilation system. Sometimes that just sounds a bit glitchy!
Oh, hah! That makes more sense!🤔 Somehow I didn't notice that the 300+ printers were far too quiet, I was so fascinated by the production process! 😂
Great video. I like my Prusa MK2.5 so far. Seeing so many in a room at once is awesome. :{J
Awesome Video i wish this Tour was shoot in 360° or better be there. 😁
I can remember when Prusa made his own Videos about his 3D Printer like printing a Speaker and stuff like that and look what he got now all because he got a great Printer and tweaked a few Things and stuff like that.
The time realy runs away in technical Stuff like that and i wish him realy the best with his Printers.
Hope to see him personal some day. ✨✌
Lol, initially I read "I wish this tour was shot in 360° or better", and started wondering how a video could be "better than 360°" - like maybe a 720° video? :D
Andrew Gillard Maybe 1080 😉😁
Mind Blown!
I ordered some prusament petg to start making a prusa i3 mk3 s+ and I can’t wait for it too arrive
Looks like my dream workplace ;)
I love Prague !
Impressive!
Hi Thomas, I saw you had a Mk2 build video series. Affiliate benefits aside, are you considering creating a Mk3 kit?
Now I want a Prusa machine even more now. I don't know why but these behind the scenes videos always make me feel better about a company. What are they doing with those 300 machines they are changing to the mk3? Can we buy these used machines?