INTRODUCTION

   It might seem a bit niche to some consumers but at least to me 3D printing is honestly among the most exciting things to hit the electronics market this past decade (or so). Yes, it might require some time learning how to properly print and even longer if you plan on designing your very own 3D models but the end result is definitely worth the effort. Now even though the 3D printing segment of the industry is not advancing at the same pace as others it's certainly not staying still and with newer models hitting the market it's hard to know what to expect from them, not just in terms of printing speed and quality but also features. QIDI recently updated their 3D printer line to include the 3rd version of their main models and well today I’ll be testing the best-selling model of that line, the X-Plus 3.

   QIDI Technology, founded in 2014, is an advanced 3D printer company that is able to manufacture a full series of high-quality FDM printers. We have our own R&D center and laboratory. The company has 15,000 square meters of production workshop, 1,000 square meters of R&D center, and annual production of 50,000 sets of 3D printers. We also have own a number of patents, software copyrights. All of our products have passed the MET safety quality certification, CE, FCC, ROHS certification. We have rich experience of OEM, ODM. QIDI Technology has very professional international cooperation experience. We have established long-term strategic partnerships with Amazon, WalMart, etc. We are the first Chinese 3D printer supplier who working with Amazon directly. Our products and services are well received by users from all over the world. We have a good reputation as well as in United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and Canada. It's been 8 years since our company was founded. We have the most professional R&D team and the quickest after-sales service team. If you have any questions or problems, we will offer exclusive and fast support services. We will work hard to help customers solve any problem.

   The X-Plus 3 3D printer by QIDI is a large, enclosed chamber (metal frame with plastic covers and integrated LEDs) model which offers a rather medium sized printing surface of 280x280x270mmm. Thanks to its CoreXY structure, lightweight direct drive extruder, steel rods on the X-axis and of course the Klipper firmware (runs on a Cortex A53 1.5GHz SoC paired with 1GB DDR3 RAM and 8GB eMMC flash) with its resonance compensation feature the X-Plus 3 is actually one of the fastest models I’ve seen to date with speeds going up to 600mm/s with up to 20000mm/s² acceleration. The direct drive extruder can reach temperatures of up to 350 degrees Celsius and features a 9.5:1 gear ratio, maximum flow rate of 35mm³/s and consistent extrusion. QIDI also packs two 0.4mm nozzles with their X-Plus 3 model, a copper alloy one (default) which can be used to process most common filaments and a hardened steel nozzle for abrasive materials (needless to say you can replace these 0.4 nozzles with 0.2/0.6/0.8mm ones). There's more however and so aside the 5-inch color touchscreen, filament dryer box, 2.4G Wi-Fi and the flexible HF print plate with its bed which heats up to 120 degrees Celsius QIDI has also made the chamber temperature controlled thanks to an independent heater which can set interior temperature to 65 degrees Celsius in order to help reduce warping and delamination with high-temperature filaments. On paper the X-Plus 3 3D printer by QIDI certainly looks impressive so let's not waste any more time in the introduction page.