Anycubic Kobra 3 ACE Pro 3D Printer Review – Good multi-material alternative with Klipper or worse copy?

Electronics and features

Let’s now turn our attention to the secret star of the show, the “Anycubic Color Engine”. As far as I know, this is the first commercial multi-material system integrated directly into Klipper.

In terms of design, it is very similar to Bambu Lab’s AMS. Incidentally, the hinged lid can be locked with the slider on the front.

Inside, we find powered rollers at the front and free-running rollers at the back.

Speaking of the back, here is the back of the entire appliance.

As the ACE also has an integrated drying function for filament and can heat the air up to 55°C, a separate power connection is required.

A look under the casing reveals all kinds of fine mechanics.

We also take a look at the print head.

Under the semi-transparent black cover we find the component fan.

If you want to increase the pressure on the filament thread, this can be done with an adjusting screw on the side.

Inside is a direct-drive extruder with a toolhead PCB.

And of course we also take a look inside the printer itself.

Just two screws later, the plastic underside can be folded to the side with a little force.

The mainboard is labeled “Trigorilla_Spe_B_V1.1.5” and the whole thing is powered by a Rockchip RV1106G3.

The two USB 2.0 ports on the front, which can be used to connect a webcam, for example, also come from this board.

Let’s take a look at the Anycubic app. The app wants this information from you on Android and is also available for iOS.

Here, too, you can’t really avoid having an account.

The design of the app is not outstanding, but overall it’s okay.

At least you will find all the options that are also available in the desktop program.