The UltiMaker S6 is a professional-grade Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer engineered for engineers, designers, and educators who demand high productivity, reliability, and precision in a desktop format. Building on the established foundation of the S5, the S6 integrates key speed and reliability innovations to deliver a reported up to 4× productivity increase over its predecessor. This printer is an accessible gateway to the comprehensive UltiMaker ecosystem, offering a streamlined workflow from file preparation to fleet management.
Visit UltiMaker S6 3D Printer—a professional, reliable printer offering high precision, dual extrusion, and seamless workflow for quality prints.
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Faster, smarter, more accessible.
The UltiMaker S6: Building on the award-winning S5 legacy, now with up to 4x productivity. Powerful innovations like the UltiMaker Cheetah motion planer, better bed leveling, and flex plate in the box.
The S5’s versatility, enhanced with S8-level speed and accessibility.
Key features
Overview and Target Audience
The UltiMaker S6 is a professional-grade Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer designed to be the workhorse for demanding engineering, design, and educational workflows. It builds upon the trusted legacy of the S5 but incorporates significant speed and reliability enhancements, making it a powerful and accessible entry point into the advanced UltiMaker ecosystem.
- Topic: Target Audience
- Engineers & Designers: For rapid prototyping, functional components, and tooling that require industrial-grade precision and a wide range of engineering materials, including composites.
- Educators & Labs: Offers a safe (with optional Air Manager), robust, and user-friendly platform with reliable, repeatable results for curriculum integration and research.
- Manufacturing: Ideal for short-run production or creating jigs, fixtures, and end-of-arm tooling due to its high throughput and minimal downtime.
Blazing productivity
The UltiMaker Cheetah motion planner
Unlock new levels of efficiency with the new UltiMaker Cheetah motion planner, redesigned high flow print cores, built in accelerometer, new feeder system and improved firmware.
Up to
500 mm/s
travel speed
50 000 mm/s2
acceleration
while also improving the accuracy of the print to 0.15mm ± 0.15% on tested on PLA and Tough PLA
Digital Factory
The only 3D printing software you will ever need
Digital Factory is designed to streamline every step of your 3D printing workflow, from slicing, to file management and even maintenance. Scalable for any team or enterprise, Digital Factory makes managing your 3D printing projects easier, faster, and more collaborative.
Collaborate Create Innovate
Join the industry leaders who choose UltiMaker
Key Specifications and Material Versatility
Active Bed Leveling
Features advanced active leveling that automatically takes place before every print, ensuring flawless first-layer adhesion without manual intervention, which is crucial for maximizing uptime and minimizing print failures.
Dual Extrusion
Allows for multi-material printing (e.g., rigid parts with flexible hinges) or using dedicated soluble (PVA) or breakaway support materials, which minimizes post-processing time.
Skip using glue and remove parts effortlessly with the PEI-coated flexible build plate. Its patent-pending design uses 25 magnets and 4 pins for perfect alignment – reducing the time spent using the S6 and increasing productivity.
The dual extrusion design works together with software and firmware features to allow you to combine any 2 materials no matter how different they are, which low material waste and high reliability.
The new AA+ and CC+ print cores, designed for UltiMaker S6, have a new quad-chamber design. Allowing for 2.5x more flow and also help regulate the pressure in the print head for cleaner prints.
Designed to be left unattended, the Material Station allows the UltiMaker S6 to 3D print longer – day or night. Loading material into the Material Station takes seconds – not minutes.
Access the UltiMaker Cura features that speed up your workflow and increase print success – like intent profiles, easy remote printing, and more.
New hardened feeder module design inherited from Factor 4 for improved grip and better material control at high speeds.
Bulletproof reliability, uniquely backed by a 24-month UltiMaker warranty.
Independently tested to remove up to 95% of ultrafine particles to increase air quality peace of mind. The fully enclosed build chamber also boosts print quality.
Core Technological Innovations and Speed
The S6’s standout feature is its substantial increase in productivity, achieved through an overhauled motion system and extrusion components.
- Topic: UltiMaker Cheetah Motion Planner
- New electronics platform enabling extremely fast and precise print movements.
- Max Travel Speed: Up to 500 mm/s.
- Max Acceleration: Up to 50,000 mm/s2.
- Mechanism: World’s first and only jerk-limited motion planner with a third-order continuous, smooth motion algorithm, minimizing vibrations for high-speed, high-quality printing.
- Topic: High-Flow Print Cores (AA+, CC+)
- Swappable, modular print cores with a new quad-chamber design, exclusive to the S6.
- Extrusion Flow Rate: Up to 35 mm3/s, a significant increase, allowing for faster material melting and deposition.
- Benefit: Enables up to 4x faster printing of certain materials (e.g., Nylon) compared to the S5 while maintaining dimensional accuracy of ±0.15 mm or ±0.15% of the nominal feature size.
- Topic: Feeder System
- Updated dual gripper feeder with redesigned textured gears for better grip and control.
- Advantage: Enhanced material control, especially for demanding and flexible filaments, reducing slip rates and improving extrusion consistency.
Accesories
Choose from material-matched print cores, in multiple nozzle sizes
Simple post-processing. Faster parts
UltiMaker Metal Expansion Kit
BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH (1 kg) BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse®
Support Layer (300 g)²
UltiMaker Ecosystem & Workflow Integration
The S6 is designed to integrate seamlessly into a professional, scalable 3D printing workflow.
- Topic: Software Suite
- UltiMaker Cura: Free, powerful slicing software with verified print profiles for over 300 materials, simplifying print preparation.
- UltiMaker Digital Factory: Cloud-based platform for remote print management, monitoring (via built-in HD camera), and scalable team collaboration.
- Topic: Essential Accessories (Pro Bundle Potential)
- Material Station (Optional): Houses up to six spools in a humidity-controlled chamber with automatic material switching, enabling true 24/7 unattended operation and minimizing material waste.
- Air Manager (Optional): Top enclosure with an EPA filter that removes up to 95% of ultrafine particles (UFP) and provides a stable, controlled environment for printing warping-sensitive materials.
Specs
FAQs
Does the S6 have an enclosed build chamber?
Yes, the build chamber is partly enclosed and passively heated, which helps maintain a stable temperature environment for printing materials susceptible to warping.
How fast is the UltiMaker S6 compared to older models?
The S6 features the UltiMaker Cheetah motion planner, which enables print speeds up to 500 mm/s and acceleration up to 50,000 mm/s2. This can result in up to 4x faster output than its predecessor, the S5, without compromising print quality.
What type of bed leveling does the S6 use?
It uses an Advanced Active Leveling system with inductive sensors to ensure a perfect first layer automatically before every print, significantly improving print success rates.
Does the S6 support dual-material printing?
Yes, it features Dual Extrusion with an automatic nozzle-lifting system. This allows you to print with two different materials (e.g., a build material and a soluble support material like PVA) or two colors in a single job.
What materials can the S6 print?
The S6 has an open filament system and is compatible with a wide range of materials, including:
- Standard materials (e.g., PLA, Tough PLA, PETG).
- Engineering materials (e.g., ABS, Nylon, PC, CPE+).
- Flexible materials (e.g., TPU 95A).
- Composite materials (e.g., Carbon-fiber and glass-fiber reinforced composites) due to its composite-ready feeders and CC+ print cores. It supports over 300 different filament types.