History
The Voron project was started by Russian Maksim Zolin (pseudonym russiancatfood, RCF) who wanted a better, faster, and quieter 3D printer. He built a printer and started the company MZ-Bot based on open source ideology. [4] He used the GitHub repo mzbotreprap.
In 2015, the Voron Geared Extruder was released as the first design to use the Voron name. [5] In 2015, Zolin sold the first 18 printers as kits (Voron 1.0, later renamed Voron Trident, and quite similar to the later Voron Legacy), and marked them with serial numbers. [6] In March 2016, the first Voron printer was publicly released [5] via the company MZ-Bot. [4]
The V24 was an experimental model with a build volume of 24×24×24" (610×610×610 mm). Only two were built, laying the foundation for the later Voron2. [5] By February 2019, over 100 Voron2 printers had been built and assigned serial numbers, and a year later in 2020, the number had increased to 350 Voron2 printers. The Voron2.0 was never officially launched. [5]
Zolin found that he did not want to run a company and instead decided to release his work fully to the outside world, inviting others to collaborate with him. [7] The tradition of marking new builds with serial numbers has lived on, and users who build their own Voron printer can be assigned their own serial number as proof of the hard work they have put into sourcing parts, assembling, and configuring the printer.
In May 2020, Voron2.4 was launched, and over 2,500 [5] printers were registered with serial numbers before the 2.4R2 version was launched in February 2022. [8] In 2021, Voron Trident was launched. Voron 0.2 has also achieved great popularity.
Models
The project has evolved into several models targeting different use cases. All designs are released under open licenses so that users can build, modify, and improve upon the designs. Some popular models include the Voron 0.2, Voron 2.4, and Voron Trident, all of which are CoreXY filament printers.
Some well-known specifications include:
- Voron 1: Original design from around 2015-2016. Build volume of 250×250×230 mm (V1.8), bed-dropper build plate, CoreXY, open chamber.
- Voron 0 [9] / 0.1 [10] / 0.2 [11] : A CoreXY designed to be compact, portable and very fast due to a rigid frame and short belts, with a build volume of only 120×120×120 mm.
- Voron 0 has belt-driven z-axis and a bowden ekstruder.
- Voron 0.1 (launched 2021 [12] ) is a significant upgrade with easier assembly, direct-drive extruder, simpler eletronics and a heated bed, but at the cost of some increase in the printer's height
- Voron 0.2 (launched 2023 [13] ) is a further development with hinged top-cover, new standard tool head and new linear rails
- Voron 2.4: [14] Launched in May 2020. Distinguishes itself from most other CoreXY designs by having a flying gantry frame and fixed build plate. The support frame is vertically controlled by four motors for automatic tramming. Build volumes of 250³, 300³ or 350³ mm.
- Voron Trident: [15] Launched 2021. [16] Fixed gantry and bed-dropper build plate with automatic three-point leveling (hence the name) through z-tilt. Simpler design than Voron 2.4 with fewer parts, [17] and more similar to the original. Build volume of 250³, 300³ or 350³ mm.
- Voron Switchwire: [18] Modification of Mendel / Prusa i3 / Ender 3 that converts from Cartesian to CoreXZ kinematics with linear rails and belts. Build volume of 250×210×210 mm.
- Voron Legacy: [19] [20] Nostalgic project to recreate the spirit of the first Voron 1.0 printers. Build volume of 230×230×240 mm. Simpler design with open chamber, cylindrical rods instead of linear rails, but with the modern Afterburner tool head.
- Voron Phoenix: Ongoing development project to create a large-scale printer (the size of a Rat Rig V-Core). [21] [22]
- Voron Cascade: Ongoing development project to create a CNC milling machine. [23]
- Doron Velta: Not an official Voron printer, but a printer that started as a joke since it was assumed the Voron team did not want to develop a delta printer. [24] [25] Doron Velta construction kits are offered by Fysetc. [24]
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