Bambu Lab R1: the company's first laser engraver arrives after the Stratasys verdict
The first round of the patent battle between Stratasys and Bambu Lab has ended, but the match is not over. On September 17, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas found that four companies linked to Bambu Lab willfully infringed four Stratasys patents and set damages at 27.6 million dollars. It is the first verdict in a lawsuit that started in August 2024, and a second trial is already waiting. Bambu Lab said it disagrees and intends to seek review and file an appeal.
A few days later, on September 22, the company unveiled R1, a 55 W CO2 laser engraver and cutter. It is the first Bambu product that is not directly about 3D printing, and for me it is the most curious news in the whole story.
R1 cuts and engraves wood, acrylic, leather, paper and fabric, and it also engraves glass, stone and painted metal. It handles plywood up to 18 mm and acrylic up to 20 mm, across a work area of 600 x 300 mm. The most interesting feature is Auto Laser Alignment. Anyone who has used a CO2 laser knows how tedious it is to align the mirrors with thermal paper and screws. According to Bambu, the system detects the beam and corrects it with motorized actuators in about a minute.
Some of the solutions come from the printers: vibration compensation, which avoids ringing on 3D prints, and power adjusted to speed to keep a uniform tone. R1 uses the same MakerWorld account and the Bambu Suite software. Preorders are open at 2,499 dollars in the United States and 2,499 euros in the European Union, with shipping from October.
Source: 3Dnatives
A few days later, on September 22, the company unveiled R1, a 55 W CO2 laser engraver and cutter. It is the first Bambu product that is not directly about 3D printing, and for me it is the most curious news in the whole story.
R1 cuts and engraves wood, acrylic, leather, paper and fabric, and it also engraves glass, stone and painted metal. It handles plywood up to 18 mm and acrylic up to 20 mm, across a work area of 600 x 300 mm. The most interesting feature is Auto Laser Alignment. Anyone who has used a CO2 laser knows how tedious it is to align the mirrors with thermal paper and screws. According to Bambu, the system detects the beam and corrects it with motorized actuators in about a minute.
Some of the solutions come from the printers: vibration compensation, which avoids ringing on 3D prints, and power adjusted to speed to keep a uniform tone. R1 uses the same MakerWorld account and the Bambu Suite software. Preorders are open at 2,499 dollars in the United States and 2,499 euros in the European Union, with shipping from October.
Source: 3Dnatives
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