Sovol M1D Is a Hybrid IDEX 3D Printer With 7 Toolheads

Sovol has a new IDEX printer that pushes tool-changing to an extreme. The M1D pairs two fixed extruders with six swappable toolheads, for a total of seven independently heated nozzles. That sounds excessive on paper, but it actually solves a real problem: purge waste drops when you don't need to switch filaments through a single hotend.

The M1D comes in two versions. The M1D Essential is open-frame and costs HK$10,184, roughly $1,299. The M1D Advanced adds a full enclosure, chamber heating up to 60°C, and costs HK$12,536, roughly $1,599. Both run on OrcaSlicer and ship in November 2026.

Printing modes include Single, Multi-Head, Copy, and Mirror. The automatic tool changer swaps heads in about five seconds. A dual-camera system calibrates the toolheads up to 2.5 times faster than traditional probe-based methods. Real-time Z-lift and vibration compensation are built in. A six-channel auto-filament system feeds material without manual reloading. An AI chamber camera watches for failed prints and foreign objects, though that feature will arrive in a later software update.

Sovol has a track record of delivering machines. The company started in 2019 with the SV01 and followed up with the SV02 and SV08. The M1D project is already past $2.7 million on Kickstarter with more than 1,700 backers. Backers get a two-year warranty on the printer and three months on consumables.