Sovol M1D Combines IDEX and Tool Changing for Up to Seven Colors with Minimal Purge Waste
The Sovol M1D Kickstarter campaign closed in late August with more than two thousand backers. The machine combines a fixed extruder with an automatic tool-changing extruder and targets up to seven colors or materials with very little purge waste.
The Sovol M1D Kickstarter campaign closed in late August with more than two thousand backers. The machine combines a fixed extruder with an automatic tool-changing extruder and targets up to seven colors or materials with very little purge waste.
What happened?
The Sovol M1D Kickstarter campaign closed in late August with more than two thousand backers. The machine combines a fixed extruder with an automatic tool-changing extruder and targets up to seven colors or materials with very little purge waste.
Key details
- The campaign ran from July 28 to August 27, 2026.
- 2,063 backers pledged more than HK$25 million.
- The system promotes a 1+6 toolhead concept, five-second tool swaps and automatic XY calibration.
- The project also highlights an open-source approach and multiple IDEX operating modes.
Why it matters
Waste and slow material changes remain major problems in multi-material FDM. The M1D is interesting because it attacks both with a mechanical tool-changing approach rather than relying only on filament switching.
The cover image is a 3DPS-created illustration.
Source and further information
This article is a summary based on publicly available source material. Read the original here: Sovol / Kickstarter.
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