Centauri Carbon 2 Combo 3D printer External Enclosure

Clearview Plastics · Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo External Enclosure

Cleaner workspace.
Healthier air.
Better prints.
Quieter printing.

The Centauri Carbon 2 is already enclosed, and that shell does its job: it holds heat around the print. It was never built to manage the air. Fumes and particulate leave the machine and end up in the room. Meanwhile the Combo's four-material spool bank and the filament path sit outside it, open to dust, drafts and moisture.

The Clearview enclosure puts the printer, the spool bank and the filament path in one finished, controlled space, with a 19-inch door on each side so a four-material machine stays as easy to work on as it was on an open bench. Fumes and particulate stay contained where a filter or exhaust can deal with them. Dust and drafts stay out, the noise comes down, and the setup you've invested in stays cleaner and runs longer. It's a bolt-on panel kit, CNC-routed in California for this machine, takes 60 to 120 minutes to assemble, and needs no modification to the printer.

One size — 24″ × 23.5″ × 31.5″ 19″ door on both side panels Ships flat-packed · standard kits in 10 business days or less

Walkthrough

See it on the machine, the way you'd use it.

A hands-free, first-person walk around the enclosure on a Centauri Carbon 2 Combo: standing at the bench, opening the doors, reaching for the spools. No studio lighting, no renders.

• The doors. A frame-less front door and top hatch that open as one span, plus a 19″ door on each side panel.
• The spool bank. All four spools and the filament path inside the same controlled space as the print.
• The air. 120 mm ports, and where the filter or exhaust goes.
• The fit. Table size, and the side clearance those doors need to swing.

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Four reasons to enclose it

01 — CLEANER

A workspace that looks finished

Printer, spool bank and cables sit in one enclosed unit instead of spreading across a bench. Clear panels, cables routed through grommets, and doors that open where you work. It reads as professional equipment, whether it's in an office, a lab, or a room at home that other people use.

02 — HEALTHIER

Fumes and particulate stay contained

Every filament gives off fumes and ultrafine particulate at some level, PLA included. The printer's shell and stock filter weren't built to keep that out of the room. The enclosure contains it, so a filter can reduce it or an exhaust run can carry it outside.

03 — BETTER PRINTS

Steadier conditions, longer-lasting equipment

A second wall keeps shop dust, grit and pet hair out of the motion system, the spool bank and the filament path. It buffers the printer from drafts and a cold garage, which matters most with higher-temperature materials. Cleaner equipment prints more consistently, goes longer between maintenance and protects the setup you've invested in. Add desiccant or a small dehumidifier and the enclosure becomes the place to manage moisture.

04 — QUIETER

A room you can still work in

Panels on every side take the edge off fan and motion noise, so a 12-hour print doesn't take over the room. Add the vibration dampening feet to cut the ringing that travels through the bench.

Who it's built for

Built for work where the result matters.

THE PARTS

When the parts matter

Production runs, client work and prototypes, where a failed print costs more than the filament.

THE PEOPLE

When people share the air

Employees in a shared workspace, students in a lab, or your family in the next room.

THE ROOM

When the room has standards

A lab or clean space that can't take in what a printer puts out, or a dusty shop the printer needs protecting from.

Fortune 500 companies, government labs and top universities run Clearview enclosures. So do physicians, attorneys, executives and senior engineers.

If your practice or lab answers to a safety review, the five-document Safety Documentation Pack is written for exactly that conversation.

The case for a second box

An enclosure around the machine isn't redundant. It's the half of the job the printer was never built to do.

A printer's shell holds heat around the print. An enclosure holds air around the printer — and then gives that air somewhere to go. Two different jobs. Two boxes.

What you're getting

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Frame-less front door and top hatch

No frame between the two, so the front and top open as one span. Full reach to the plate and the machine without pulling a panel or moving the enclosure.

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120 mm ports

Two on the rear panel, plus one on each side door you select, all cut to the same pattern. Any Clearview filter or ducting bracket mounts to whichever suits the bench; unused ports ship covered.

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Interior LED lighting

Optional strip lighting along the top rails, so an operator can check a four-colour job through the panel instead of opening a door mid-print.

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19-inch door on both sides

Access from either hand. It is what makes a four-material machine comfortable to work at — and the reason this one needs swing clearance on both sides, not just tabletop area.

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Printed brackets and grommets

Panels bolt to printed corner brackets. A TPU fitting routes the Bowden tube and a wide grommet takes power and data through the panel instead of through a door gap.

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Rear exhaust bracket

An optional bracket connects the rear port to 4″, 2.75″, 2.35″ or 1.75″ hose — so it fits a bench-top air purifier just as readily as a window run.

See it from every angle

The whole assembly, in 3D.

The full CAD model of the enclosure on the machine — spin it, zoom it, and check the clearances against your own bench before you order. It loads only when you open it, so it costs nothing to have on the page.

◎ Open the interactive 3D modelLoads on open

The whole material path, inside

Four spools, the buffers and the feed all sit in the same controlled volume as the print. Open the side door and the entire bank is in front of you at working height.

Printed brackets, real hardware

Panels bolt to printed corner brackets — print them from the supplied STL files or take the pre-printed black PETG kit. The printer's own power switch and ports stay reachable.

Ports

Ports where the bench needs them. One pattern.

Two on the rear panel, plus one on each side door you select, every one cut to the same 120 mm fan mounting pattern. Ports you are not using ship covered, so the enclosure is closed on day one and ready the day you change your mind.

• Every Clearview filter bolts straight on. Exhaust, recirculating or intake — all three land on the same pattern. Choose them when you configure the enclosure.
• Rear exhaust bracket, four hose sizes. 4″ for a window run, or 2.75″ and 2.35″ to meet an xTool or Creality bench-top purifier you already own.
• Build your own. 120 mm is an open standard, not a proprietary hole spacing. Any 120 mm fan, adapter or part you design and print bolts on without modifying a panel.
• Put the air where the bench allows. Intake low on one face, exhaust high on another, so you are not forced to run a hose across the front of the machine.

Filter on the port

The unit mounts flat to the panel on the 120 mm pattern — fan, carbon cartridge and duct as one assembly. Exhaust moves air out of the enclosure and outside through the window insert. Reduces fumes and smells.

Rear ports, out of the way

Two ports on the rear panel keep the hose run behind the machine rather than across the front of the bench. The rear exhaust bracket connects there.

Air management

The enclosure contains it. The filter is what mitigates it.

Those are two halves of one system, and they only work together. It is also why this enclosure is not gasketed — restrict the airflow and you neuter the filtration. All three mount to the port pattern and are selectable when you configure the enclosure. Pick the level that matches your space and your sensitivity.

And then you open the door

A sealed box with nothing moving the air just stores fumes until you open it to pull a part, then releases them into the room all at once. That's why Clearview enclosures aren't gasketed. The filter or exhaust keeps air moving through the enclosure for the whole print, so the air inside is being treated the entire time, not saved up for the moment the door opens.

Tier 01 — Exhaust

Exhaust Filter

Vents outside

Fan housing, 4″ hose and window insert, with carbon and HEPA. Moves air outside and reduces fumes and smells. The simplest setup of the three — needs exterior vent access and is slightly bulkier.

Tier 02 — Recirculating

Recirculating Filter

No window needed

HEPA and activated charcoal in a streamlined unit. No window required, reduces fumes and smells, and it holds chamber temperature. Honestly: under heavy high-temp use it isn't always a complete answer on odor.

Tier 03 — Commercial

Print Pro 3 by Donaldson

Commercial grade

Donaldson filtration with far deeper capacity than the other two. Absolute assurance on VOC and particulate mitigation. This is the answer when reduction isn't enough — occupied offices, clinics, labs, anyone who needs certainty rather than reduction.

Which one: for PLA and PETG, the intake and exhaust pair lets you dial in the enclosure temperature and vent straight outside through a 4″ hose. For ASA, ABS and above, the recirculating filter is the one — it keeps down fumes and smells with activated charcoal and HEPA while holding chamber temperature up.

On PLA

Most people assume PLA is completely benign. Our customers who are physicians, engineers, or running professional environments don't make that assumption. Off-gassing happens at some level with every filament. The question is just what level of management is right for your space and your sensitivity.

For institutional buyers

The paperwork your facility is going to ask for.

Schools, labs, aerospace and defense shops, shared makerspaces. The equipment clears the technical review and then stalls on documentation, because someone in EHS or facilities needs written evidence before a machine goes into an occupied room. Two documents solve that, and you can read both before you buy anything.

Available with the enclosure

Safety Documentation Pack — written for the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, not for a category.

Five documents. Not generic shop boilerplate — every one is rebuilt around this specific make and model, with its real specifications, hazards, airflow numbers and procedures. Delivered as editable Word files, so you add your logo, your facility names and your sign-offs. They take a machine from delivered in a box to defensible in a workplace.

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Safety & Compliance Package

Hazard assessment, SOPs, PPE, LOTO, emergency response, and the regulatory mapping behind it.

Safety officer / EHS

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Room Readiness Guide

Electrical, layout, environment, and a pre-installation sign-off checklist — before the machine arrives.

Facilities

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Ventilation & Exhaust Guide

Airflow specifications, duct and filter design, and the maintenance schedule behind them.

Facilities / HVAC

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Maintenance & Inspection Guide

Inspection schedules and preventive maintenance that keep the records audit-ready.

Operators / techs

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Visitor & Student Orientation

Plain-language hazard training for students, visitors and untrained staff, with authorization checklists.

Instructors / lab managers

Standards referenced throughout: OSHA 29 CFR 1910 · Cal/OSHA Title 8 · NIOSH 2024-103 · ANSI/UL 2904 · ANSI Z535 and Z87.1 · NFPA 101.

Add the pack for this machine See a sample first

Sample: PDF · 7 pages · excerpts from the documents · no email required

Take it to the reviewer

The whole case for this enclosure, in eight pages.

If you need to put this in front of an EHS officer, a facilities manager, or whoever signs the requisition, send them this instead of a link to a product page. It is written for them, not for you.

1. The hazard, with the standards a review will cite
2. What the enclosure is made of and how it is built
3. Exactly what arrives in the box
4. Air handling, and the two routes for it
5. The Safety Documentation Pack, in full
6. Full specification table for a requisition
7. Scope and limitations — what it does not do

Download the PDF overview

PDF · 8 pages · 780 KB · no email required

For a lot of buyers this is the difference between "we'll look into it" and a purchase order.

Fitment and options

One size, cut to the machine — and it needs room to swing.

The enclosure

External dimensions

24″ W × 23.5″ D × 31.5″ H 610 × 597 × 800 mm

Minimum table top 26″ × 25.5″, rated to at least 120 lb, at a working height of 26–30″. At 31.5″ tall, a lower table keeps the top of the machine comfortable to reach.

The bit people miss

Side clearance

19″ doors, both sides they need somewhere to open

Plan the swing, not just the footprint. The generous doors on the left and right panels are what make this enclosure easy to work at. Don't wedge it between a wall and a shelf.

Outside this size, we build to size. Custom width, depth and height with the door, port and pass-through layout arranged around the workspace — same design, quoted per build.

Panel options

Base

White PVC with a clear acrylic front

A 1/4″ optically clear acrylic front panel so you can watch the print, with white expanded PVC on the sides, rear and top. Five-sided.

Upgrade

1/4″ commercial-grade panels

If you change one thing on the configurator, change this. Same thickness the whole way around, better fit, feel and finish — then pick the material that matches what you print.

• Full clear acrylic
• Smoked tinted acrylic
• Polycarbonate
• Amber orange

Clear acrylic is the best all-round choice. Smoked is the same panel with a quieter look. Polycarbonate trades scratch resistance for impact resistance. Amber orange screens UV.

Panel choice is the one option you can't change after the fact.

Built for the Centauri Carbon 2 specifically

Lid RiserRaises the top panel — smoked acrylic, or with side ventsAccessory

Rear exhaust bracket4″, 2.75″, 2.35″ or 1.75″ to suit your hose or purifierAccessory

Sixth base panelCloses the floor instead of using the benchAccessory

LED lighting kitInterior visibilityAccessory

Heavy-duty metal hardwareA more robust buildAccessory

Vibration dampening padsFive-level lamination, cuts noise and ringingAccessory

Bowden tubeBy the meter, for filament routingAccessory

Intake HEPA filterOnly clean air enters the enclosureFiltration

Exhaust HEPA and charcoal filterFan housing for 4″ hose, plus window insertFiltration

Recirculating HEPA filterKeeps chamber heat up, no window neededFiltration

Print Pro 3 by DonaldsonCommercial-grade filtrationFiltration

Safety Documentation PackFive documents, written for this machineDocuments

At a glance

Fits

Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo — bolt-on, no printer modification

Size

24″ × 23.5″ × 31.5″ external. 19″ door on each side panel — plan the swing

Air

120 mm ports — two on the rear panel, plus one per side door selected. Intake, exhaust and recirculating filters all fit

Ships

Flat-packed, 60–120 minutes to assemble. Standard kits in 10 business days or less, delivered assembled in 15. One-year warranty against manufacturer defects

Centauri Carbon 2 External Enclosure V2 - Precision Engineered for Enhanced Printing

The Centauri Carbon 2 External Enclosure V2 by Clearview Plastics is the perfect match for your high-end Centauri Carbon 2 printer. Designed specifically to fit this model, this enclosure kit elevates your printing experience with its custom-fit design, offering a cleaner, healthier, and high-performance printing environment.

Enclosure dimensions are tailor fit to the machine at 24" Wide x 23.5" Deep x 31.5" Tall and includes generously sized 19" doors on the left and right panel.

What's Included:

• Panels:
  • Base Option: 1/4" thick, white PVC with optically clear acrylic front panel for a clear view of your print progress, with a 5-sided design for optimal protection.
  • Upgrade Option: Comes standard with 1/4" Commercial grade panels for premium fit, feel, and finish, with customization options:
    • White PVC with Clear Acrylic Front
    • Full Clear Acrylic - The best overall option for finish and function
    • Smoked Tinted Acrylic - Same as clear acrylic with a premium look
    • Polycarbonate for high-temperature resistance
    • Amber Orange for UV protection in resin printing
• Hardware: All necessary screws, nuts, and connectors for a hassle-free assembly.
• STL Files: Print your own parts or opt for our pre-printed Black PETG parts. Includes a TPU fitting for routing the Bowden tube.

Assembly and Customization:

• Printed Parts Kit: Included STL files allow you to print your own parts or opt for our pre-printed Black PETG parts for immediate assembly. Designed for a perfect fit with the Centauri Carbon 2, this enclosure assembles easily with no difficult modifications required, with clean routing for filament and cabling.

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS

Air Quality and Ventilation:

• Air Filtration Options:
  • Exhaust HEPA Filter with charcoal, expelling contaminants outside your workspace.
  • Recirculating HEPA Filter to keep your print chamber clean and dust-free.
  • Intake HEPA Filter to ensure only clean, dust-free air enters the enclosure.
• Ventilation Accessories:
  • Exhaust Fan with easy-to-install housing for a 4" hose, paired with our Window Insert for direct outdoor ventilation—doubles as a fume exhaust system.

Additional Customization:

• LED Lighting for better visibility of your prints.
• Heavy Duty Metal Hardware for a more robust build.
• Dampening Pads and Vibration Dampening Pads to reduce noise and vibration.
• Bowden Tube by the meter for customized filament management.
• Options for Venting Fumes and VOCs to maintain a safe working environment.

Why Choose Our Centauri Carbon 2 Enclosure V2?

• Precision Fit: Tailor-fit for the Centauri Carbon 2, cut to the machine rather than shimmed to fit a range.
• Enhanced Print Quality: Control the printing environment to prevent warping, improve adhesion, and maintain consistent temperatures.
• Contained Workspace: Contains and concentrates fumes and particulate so a filter or exhaust can act on them.
• Noise Isolation: Effectively reduces noise from your Centauri Carbon 2 printer for a quieter printing experience.
• Frame-less Door Design: Offers a front door and top hatch with no frame between, plus a 19" door on each side panel, providing unmatched ease of maintenance.
• Plug-and-Play Compatibility: Includes a TPU fitting for routing the Bowden tube and a wide rubber grommet for cable management—no difficult mods needed.
• Comprehensive Kit: All you need is included—from 1/4" commercial-grade panels to hardware, STL files, and precise dimensions for a complete setup.

Transform your Centauri Carbon 2 into a professional-grade printing station with Clearview’s Centauri Carbon 2 External Enclosure V2. This enclosure delivers a controlled, clean, safe, and quiet printing environment tailored to your needs.

As a small business proudly owned and made in the USA, we deeply appreciate your support. We’re dedicated to providing exceptional service to ensure your satisfaction. Our enclosures come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee and a 1-year warranty against manufacturer defects. Built by 3D printer enthusiasts for 3D printer enthusiasts, we understand your needs and are committed to delivering quality products that enhance your printing experience. Thank you for choosing us; we’re here to make sure you’re happy with your purchase.

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FAQ

What is your return Policy?

We have a 30 day return policy. Unused, undamaged panels that still have the masking fully attached are eligible for a full refund less return shipping. If panels are damaged (after shipment) or the protective mask layer has been removed, we cannot offer a refund. For best results in ensuring fitment and to ensure you like the setup of our enclosures consider at least partially assembling with the mask on. If you find out it isn’t for you, this allows to get the return for a full refund.

Why would I order Polycarbonate vs. Acrylic?

Panel choice is the only feature on our enclosures that you can’t change after the fact. First things first, 1/4" is the best upgrade we offer—if you get nothing else, get 1/4" panels before upgrading anything else. Polycarbonate is impact resistant, while acrylic is scratch resistant. Acrylic is good for almost all filaments, including high-temp filaments like ABS, ASA, and PC.

Why would I go for a Recirculating Filter vs an Intake / Exhaust Setup?
Firstly, this will depend on the filaments you plan on printing with. For PLA / PETG, we recommend our Intake and Exhaust filters—this allows you to dial in the enclosure’s temperature and vent fumes directly outside with a 4" exhaust hose. For higher-temp filaments (ASA / ABS and above), our Recirculating filter shines, reducing fumes and smells with activated charcoal and a HEPA filter while keeping chamber temperature high.

There are some differences between your product pictures.

We update these often and as a small business it isn’t realistic to do a fresh photoshoot for every iteration. In general, function is always constant or better as we improve things. For the clearest indication of our current version, please rely on the renderings rather than the photos.