Bambu Lab
Native name | 拓竹 |
|---|---|
| Industry | 3D printing |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | bambulab |
Bambu Lab (Chinese: 拓竹; pinyin: Tuò zhú) is a consumer tech company that designs and manufactures desktop 3D printers. The company is based in Shenzhen, China, with locations in Shanghai and Austin, Texas.[1] It was founded in 2020 by a team of engineers from DJI.[2]
Bambu Lab's first product, the Bambu Lab X1, is a desktop 3D printer that launched on Kickstarter in 2022. The campaign raised $7 million, making it one of the most successful 3D printer crowdfunding campaigns of all time.[3][4] Time Magazine named the X1 one of the Best Inventions of 2022.[3]
Founders
[edit]Bambu Lab was founded by four engineers but the main engineer is named Dr. Ye Tao. Dr. Tao was born and raised in China and graduated with a doctorate from MIT's Department of Chemistry. Before he founded Bambu Lab, he worked at DJI where he experimented with 3D printers.
Products
[edit]The company manufactures 3D printers, filament, and accessories for personal, commercial, and educational use. The main printers are:
- A1 - a Prusa i3 style printer for personal use with multi-color printing via an Automatic Material System (AMS) (Please note that the A1 series can only use the Bambu's AMS lite).[5][6]
- A1 Mini - a smaller and less expensive version of the A1, for beginners printing small objects.
- P1S - a closed-case CoreXY printer with advanced features for professionals — essentially an X1 with some features downgraded or removed such as the touchscreen, control board, and lidar scanner.
- P1P - a cheaper, non-enclosed version of the P1S
- X1 - an advanced CoreXY printer with high-end features, including a built-in lidar scanner, targeted at professionals.[7] Bambu Lab's initial flagship product, it was eventually phased out, being replaced by the X1C/X1E as the P1S filled its role as a more budget machine.
- X1E - an upgraded version of the X1C for manufacturing and educational use, shipping with additional privacy measures for businesses such as support for fully local networking, and some performance upgrades such as a dedicated chamber heater.
- X1C - an iteration on the X1 shipping with higher-end features such as a hardened nozzle, hardened extruder gears, and an aluminum enclosure.
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us - Bambu Lab". bambulab.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "The team behind Bambu Lab X1". Bambu Lab Blog. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ a b "An AI 3D Printer". Time Magazine. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Peels, Joris (17 January 2024). "3D Printing News Unpeeled: Open Source Bambu Labs, Quadrupoles, Carbon Fiber". 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "The Bambu Lab A1". Bambu Lab.
- ^ Davis, Wes (5 February 2024). "Bambu Lab is recalling every A1 3D printer — don't use yours until you read this". The Verge.
- ^ Kraft, Caleb (2023-08-23). "3D Printer Review: Bambu X1 Carbon with AMS". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
