LOOP 3D unveils Turbo Gen2, targets production 3D printing

LOOP 3D is pushing its new Turbo Gen2 as a printer built for output, not just demos. The Turkish composite-printing company says the LOOP PRO X+ TURBO Gen2 is aimed at production 3D printing, with high-speed large-format work, true high-density batch runs, continuous manufacturing and fibre-reinforced materials at the center of the pitch. The headline claim is the kind that instantly separates a maker machine from a manufacturing tool: a drone body every 30 minutes.

That framing matters because LOOP 3D has long marketed its Pro X line around end-use parts and low-volume manufacturing, not hobby prototyping. Its own materials describe the Pro X family as an industrial-grade composite printer system built around DYNAMIDE® carbon-fiber and glass-fiber reinforced PA6 filaments, with newer material options including PA, ASA and soluble supports. In practical terms, that puts the Gen2 squarely in the growing class of desktop-sized machines that borrow factory-style thinking: less tinkering, more repeatable throughput, and fewer reasons to babysit a long run.

The catch is that LOOP 3D has not published a full Gen2 spec sheet yet, so the exact engineering delta is still cloudy. The company has suggested the Gen1 machine can be upgraded to Gen2, which points to continuity rather than a total redesign. That also makes the build volume question worth watching. Earlier LOOP PRO X+ Turbo materials put the machine at 500 x 340 x 485 mm, while other LOOP pages and brochures list the broader Pro X series at 500 x 350 x 500 mm. The Gen2 trade description lands on 500 x 350 x 500 mm and adds a 170 kg milled aluminum chassis, dual high-flow swappable printheads, HEPA and carbon filtration, and automated sliding doors.

For advanced home users and small-batch makers, the most interesting part is not the branding but the infrastructure behind it. LOOP’s Pro X+ platform already advertises automatic filament switchover when a spool runs out, built-in carbon filtering for office use, and cloud software that can remotely start jobs, manage a fleet of printers and track print jobs, material usage and interrupted prints. Those are the kinds of features that increasingly define the line between a large desktop printer and a compact production cell.

LOOP 3D’s pitch also reflects where the market is moving. The company is leaning into uptime, automation and composite handling, the same pressures that are reshaping the high end of desktop printing. If Gen2 delivers on the claims, it will matter less as a flashy new machine and more as another sign that hobby-class hardware is borrowing production features faster than many buyers expected.