{"product_id":"keyence-gx-1000-3d-printer-external-enclosure","title":"Keyence GX-1000 3D Printer External Enclosure - Coming Soon","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"border:1.5px solid #14171A;padding:18px 20px;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#C2410C;font-weight:600;\"\u003eIn active development · Quoted per build\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.5;\"\u003eRun a GX-1000? Tell us where it sits and what you print, and we'll build the fit around your setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:contact@clearviewplastic.com?subject=Keyence%20GX-1000%20enclosure\u0026amp;body=Where%20the%20GX-1000%20sits%20%28production%20floor%20\/%20office%20\/%20lab%29%3A%0AMaterials%20you%20print%20most%3A%0ACan%20you%20vent%20outside%3F%20%28yes%20\/%20no%29%3A%0AWorkstation%20base%20needed%3F%20%28yes%20\/%20no%29%3A%0AShip-to%20city%20and%20state%3A%0ATarget%20date%3A%0A\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#14171A;color:#FFFFFF;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;padding:12px 20px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\"\u003eRequest a quote\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"tel:+19162501143\" style=\"display:inline-block;color:#14171A;font-weight:600;padding:12px 4px;\"\u003e916-250-1143\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eKeyence GX-1000\u003c\/strong\u003e is a production tool. It has independent dual extruders, in-chamber temperature control, a 400 × 300 × 300 mm build volume, and engineering filaments chosen for rigidity, wear, heat, chemical and flame resistance. It was built to put jigs, fixtures and functional parts on the plant floor in hours instead of weeks, and it does exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe machine is enclosed. The room isn't.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA heated-chamber printer holds its thermal envelope by design, which is why the parts come out right. But ultrafine particles and VOCs from hot engineering polymers don't stay behind door seals, cable passes and vents, during a print or after it. On a production floor or in an engineering office, the person working eight feet from the machine breathes that for the whole build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy bolting an extractor to the printer is the wrong fix\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePulling air directly out of a heated build chamber pulls the heat out with it. Chamber temperature drops, interlayer bonding weakens, corners lift and dimensional accuracy walks. You end up with a printer you bought for repeatable parts that now warps them. We never extract from the machine's chamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOur architecture: secondary containment\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Clearview enclosure builds an outer volume around the GX-1000. Fugitive emissions that escape the machine are captured in that outer volume and sent \u003cstrong\u003eexhaust-to-outside\u003c\/strong\u003e. With the exhaust option configured, the space runs at slight negative pressure, so air leaks in, not out. The GX-1000's own chamber never feels it. Its thermal envelope stays intact, and so does the air in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen there's no path to vent outdoors, the step up is the Print Pro 3 by Donaldson. It's an industrial-grade filter with about 8–10 lbs of charcoal and deeper HEPA filters to ensure fume mitigation, and it connects to the same exhaust bracket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEngineering: the heat has to go somewhere\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeyence specifies the GX-1000 for 10–40 °C ambient, at up to 1,500 VA on a single-phase 100–120 V circuit. All of that power ends up as heat in the space around the machine. A sealed box around it would push the air the machine breathes past its published limit. Our outer volume uses sized through-flow instead: intake low, exhaust high, following heat stratification. Makeup air crosses the machine's own intakes, and the outer volume stays inside Keyence's ambient window while still containing and exhausting emissions. That's why a sealed acrylic box isn't an option at this tier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat the enclosure will include\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePanels sized to the GX-1000's published envelope (750 × 610 × 680 mm body; 750 × 630 × 710 mm with handles and legs), with clearance for the door swing and service access\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA full-front access door for loading material and removing parts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSealed pass-throughs for power, network and material feed\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExhaust port with fan options for exhaust-to-outside, or the Print Pro 3 by Donaldson\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn optional workstation base rated for the machine's 69 kg, with material storage below\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFlat-packed or delivered assembled; made in California\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWon't enclosing it overheat the electronics?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot with a ventilated outer volume. We've run dozens of printers inside our enclosures for thousands of hours, including elevated-temperature torture runs, with no mainboard, stepper or power-supply failures. The GX-1000 build is ventilated to hold Keyence's published ambient range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it support our EHS requirements?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt supports facility air-quality and EHS programs by containing emissions and exhausting them outside the occupied space. Your EHS team gets the drawing and the exhaust configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOs and net terms?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. We accept POs, ACH and cards, supply a W-9 on request, and offer net terms on qualifying orders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#14171A;color:#FFFFFF;padding:18px 20px;margin:22px 0 0;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-size:18px;font-weight:600;color:#FFFFFF;\"\u003eThis enclosure is in active development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 12px;color:#E6EAEE;\"\u003eIf you run a GX-1000, or any heated-chamber industrial printer, message us at contact@clearviewplastic.com and we'll build the fit around your setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:contact@clearviewplastic.com?subject=Keyence%20GX-1000%20enclosure\u0026amp;body=Where%20the%20GX-1000%20sits%20%28production%20floor%20\/%20office%20\/%20lab%29%3A%0AMaterials%20you%20print%20most%3A%0ACan%20you%20vent%20outside%3F%20%28yes%20\/%20no%29%3A%0AWorkstation%20base%20needed%3F%20%28yes%20\/%20no%29%3A%0AShip-to%20city%20and%20state%3A%0ATarget%20date%3A%0A\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#E8871A;color:#14171A;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;padding:12px 20px;\"\u003eRequest a quote\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:12px;color:#5C646D;margin-top:18px;\"\u003eImages show Clearview external enclosures for other enclosed printers as reference designs; the GX-1000 fit is in development. Machine specifications are Keyence's published figures. Keyence and GX-1000 are trademarks of Keyence Corporation. Clearview Plastics is an independent enclosure fabricator and is not affiliated with, authorized by or endorsed by Keyence; model names describe fit only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Clearview Plastics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49634406957294,"sku":"CV-KEY-GX1000-ENC","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0415\/4661\/2904\/files\/keyence-gx-1000-enclosure-reference-design.png?v=1790206193","url":"https:\/\/clearviewplastic.com\/products\/keyence-gx-1000-3d-printer-external-enclosure","provider":"Clearview Plastics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}