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Last week, Sovol released the enclosed CoreXY “Voron-style” Sovol Zero. The 3D printer appears to be a pre-built derivative of the popular open-source Voron 0.2 – a notably speedy design – with a few changes and bells and whistles on top.

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The Sovol Zero is available for an MSRP of $429, making it just $10 cheaper than the Formbot Voron 0.2 kit with 3D printed parts (just $379 without). In addition to coming assembled, it has enough interesting changes to set itself apart.

One clear difference between a to-spec Voron 0.2 and the Sovol Zero is build volume: the Zero has 152 x 152 x 152 mm. which puts it somewhere between the Voron 0.2 at 120 x 120 x 120 mm and the Original Prusa Mini+ with 180 x 180 x 180 mm. That larger bed helps bring the machine’s overall size to 345 x 420 x 475 mm.

Like the Voron0 design, the Sovol Zero uses linear rails. The company claims it can reach a max acceleration of 40,000 mm/s².

Though the Voron0 is often regarded as a minimalist 3D printer (with notable exceptions), the Sovol Zero pulls out all the stops with extra features.

The AC-powered heatbed grabbed our attention first, since we’ve been smitten with that particular implementation on the recent Elegoo Centauri Carbon, and it seems to fit well with a design often focused on printing speed. Sovol makes no claims of its time to heat to the max 120 ºC, but we expect an AC bed to get up to temp fast with this small of a build area.

Sovol has also stuck some auto-leveling in there with an eddy current sensor and pressure sensor to handle any Z-axis calibration and mesh compensation. Overall, getting to the task should be quick.

There are also some features that feel odd on a printer of this size, but cool to see on a mid-priced 3D printer. The Sovol Zero packs a high-temperature hot end able to heat up to 350 ºC, making it compatible with engineering-grade materials. The enclosure helps there, as does chamber temperature monitoring. A chamber heater is apparently coming, too, but we wonder how necessary that will be when systems like the Prusa Core One have recently shown how effective heating a chamber with just a print bed can be.

There’s more, too, like a nifty antenna for optional wireless connectivity, silicone feet to help dampen vibrations, and a built-in camera. All creature comforts.

Around this time last year, Sovol launched the “Voron tribute” SV08 – a machine based on the Voron 2.4 that also incorporated some popular Voron upgrades as stock. It seems to have been a quiet success. That printer had the distinct advantage of being much more affordable than kit options, which the Sovol Zero doesn’t appear to have. But, still, removing the immediate assembly learning curve and tacking on some attractive features may be enough for it to have a draw.

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