Bondtech and Prusa Analysis have introduced the Bondtech INDX, an 8-material multi-tool improve system for the Prusa CORE One 3D printer. The businesses unveiled the product at Formnext 2025 in Frankfurt, positioning it as an answer for customers in search of to print with a number of supplies in a single job.
The system facilities across the INDX Sensible Toolhead, which options an aluminum physique and a self-adjusting dual-extrusion feeder that adapts to supplies of various hardness with out handbook changes. The toolhead incorporates induction heating and contactless temperature sensing to carry the nozzle from room temperature to working temperature inside seconds. The system makes use of light-weight INDX Skinny Passive Instruments with 35mm center-to-center spacing to accommodate as much as eight instruments on the printer concurrently.
The collaboration cut up improvement duties between the 2 firms primarily based on their respective experience areas. Bondtech dealt with the refinement of the Sensible Toolhead and Skinny Passive Instruments, whereas Prusa’s staff managed integration into the CORE One’s {hardware}, firmware, and PrusaSlicer software program. “Once I noticed what Bondtech was constructing, I instantly knew it had the potential to vary the angle of multi-material printing on single-head printers,” says Josef Prusa, CEO of Prusa Analysis.
The primary manufacturing run, referred to as the Founders Version, will embrace 1,000 models out there for pre-order completely by way of Bondtech’s web site. Transport is scheduled for Q1 2026. Guests to Formnext 2025 can see the system working at cubicles F01 and F08 in Corridor 12.1.
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