• Creality has taken up the “no waste printing” problem quite differently with their new CFS-C. • Creality’s CFS, or Creality Filament System, is a four-spool accessory to many of their flagship desktop FFF 3D printers. • Like their competitors, the CFS pushes and pulls filament to and from the hot end in order to change materials during a print job. • The original CFS worked much like all the other units: when a colour change was required, the filament was cut at the hot end and then pulled back to the CFS. • A new filament was inserted, and then run through the hot end to purge out the previous colour. • This creates a small “poop” that falls out the back of the 3D printer.

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  • Creality has introduced the CFS‑C, a new filament‑swapping accessory that eliminates the hot‑end purging step used in its earlier CFS system. When a colour change is needed, the filament is pulled back to the CFS‑C, where the melted stub is cut and discarded into a collection basket, leaving the hot end largely empty. The new filament is then fed through the clean hot end, reducing purge time and speeding up multicolour prints. While the CFS‑C still generates waste filament ends, it shifts the waste away from the printer’s rear. The unit includes sensors, tangle detection, and automatic filament‑type recognition, and is compatible with Creality’s K1 series printers.
  • Creality has taken up the “no waste printing” problem quite differently with their new CFS-C. Creality’s CFS, or Creality Filament System, is a four-spool accessory to many of their flagship desktop FFF 3D printers. Like their competitors, the CFS pushes and pulls filament to and from the hot end in order to change materials during a print job. The original CFS worked much like all the other units: when a colour change was required, the filament was cut at the hot end and then pulled back to the CFS. A new filament was inserted, and then run through the hot end to purge out the previous colour

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