LDO Orbiter v2.5 (standard/mirrored)

In stock, ready to ship.  The LDO Orbiter 2 high precision direct drive extruder designed by Dr. Lorincz Rober in cooperation with LDO. The new Orbiter v2.5 is based on the well-known Orbiter v2.0 with a few improvements that extend its extrusion performance even further. Details available here. Features: Shorter drive gears 11mm vs 15 mm Hardened filament drive gears Weight reduced to 135 grams Smaller, more compact dimensions (11.6% shorter) New motor design offers 40% increase in pushing force in real printing conditions and much improvedin acceleration performance  Flipped drive gears - filament path closer to the extruder center for a more balanced design and perfect fit on delta printers as well Stainless steel filament exit guide with 0.2-0.3mm clearance to drive gears for best TPU printing experience and extreme wear resistance when using abrasive filaments High temperature resistant injected housings, GPA12 Machined PEEK secondary drive gear sleeve Tension mechanism with grab screw design (Captive Grab Screw) Mounting screws in line with filament exit path - improving housing stiffness and easier mounting Perfectly aligned filament path New, smaller and better PTFE input coupler Motor position rotated by additional 10 degrees for easier maintenance and assembly Filament sensor add on available for auto load and unload button add on feature Housing/latch manfucatured by injection molding on standard version, MJF on mirrored version. And many more small changes to improve mechanical accuracy and design look    Smaller Dimensions/More Compact Reduced the overall size Filament Path and Mounting Feature Filament path closer to the center to facilitate mounting on delta printers and better mounting Inline mounting screws with the filament exit paths Better housing stiffness and eliminate flexing during high force pushing Improved filament path Extrusion Performance Optimized the motor design to maximize its torque in the speed range the extruder needs The result is 40% increase of the pushing force in real printing contitions Retraction speed up to 120mm/s Acceleration up to 3000mm/s² Stainless Steel Filament Exit Guide Improves the extruder lifetime when used with abrasive filaments Gap between the filament guide and filament pushing gears is about 0.2-0.3mm Maximum TPU printing speed - the filament can go only into the hotend, no space to be tangled around the gears Tensioner Design POM washer and stainless steel spring are retained on the screw when the tensioner is removed Reduces the possibility to lose the washer and spring Maintenance Motor position rotated by additional 10 degrees for easier maintenance and assembly Filament Sensor New filament sensor design with filament auto load and unload button Filament entry lit by colored LED The Orbiter v2.0 was designed by Dr. Lorincz Robert, for more information visit https://orbiterprojects.com/. Orbiter v2.0 mockup v5.f3z Orbiter v2.0 mockup v5.step