By li, chen Anycubic is making a major move this time.
At the recently concluded TCT Asia exhibition, many people were still asking us: How come Anycubic, one of the “Big Four” in consumer 3D printers, wasn’t there?
Now, it seems the answer may have been revealed.
The company didn’t miss the event—it simply focused its efforts on something more important: a brand-new next-generation multi-head 3D printer set to be launched.
According to official sources, this technology—referred to as the third-generation multi-color solution—adopts a design with four independent hot ends integrated into a single print head, enabling ultra-fast color switching within two seconds inside the print head, pushing multi-color printing efficiency as close as possible to that of single-color printing.
In addition, this solution supports mixing of multiple materials, as well as simultaneous mixing of nozzles with different diameters. This means that the past limitation of 3D printers being restricted to nozzles of the same specification is expected to be completely broken.
The obvious advantage is that on the same device, a large-diameter nozzle can be used to quickly complete model infill, while a small-diameter nozzle handles surface printing, achieving both efficiency and improved model quality.
This is something the industry has been calling for over a decade, and unexpectedly, Anycubic is about to be the first to make it happen.
Of course, since the announcement happened to fall on April 1, many people’s first reaction was to suspect it might be a prank. But frankly, that’s unlikely. If you watch the video closely, you’ll actually see a three-second clip of the physical machine in action.
In fact, as soon as the product video was released, it quickly attracted a large number of viewers, and has already received hundreds of comments on Bilibili.
Judging from the feedback in the comment section, people’s attitude toward this machine can be summed up as “skeptical yet expectant.”
Many discussions have focused on the technical aspects. Some users bluntly asked, “Won’t four heads be too heavy? Maybe start with two,” expressing concerns about the weight, inertia, and potential impact on print quality that a multi-nozzle design might bring.
Of course, alongside the skepticism, there was no shortage of excitement about the new solution. Some users envisioned the possibilities, saying, “Four nozzles could achieve second-level color changes with zero waste,” while others simply declared, “If it’s real, I’m buying it.”
Overall, this machine has successfully captured users’ interest. What people really care about, ultimately, boils down to two questions: Is it really coming? And can this multi-color, multi-head solution ultimately find the right balance between speed, weight, and stability?
At least for now, the biggest question has been answered. What we at Resources Library want to say is: this is a real machine. As for how it will ultimately perform, that will obviously require more information and actual hands-on experience to determine.
Still, even the fact that “nozzles of different diameters can be mixed simultaneously” alone gives this machine plenty of room for imagination.
We used to say that 2026 would mark the first year of the multi-head 3D printing explosion. Now, it seems that prediction is gradually being validated, with various manufacturers offering their own answers one after another.