I have been asked many times over the past two years: when is the Magneto XL going to arrive? While we don't have a date for the next generation of our linear motor-based printers just yet, we do have a totally new machine I would love to share with you.
Meet the Peopoly Giga 800
For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by the potential of Fused Granular Fabrication (FGF), or pellet 3D printing. If you want to print truly massive parts like composite molds, automotive fixtures, or large architectural models, traditional FDM filament just isn't fast or economical enough. FGF solves this by feeding raw industrial pellets directly into the extruder. It allows you to print at blistering speeds and cuts material costs by up to 90%.
So, why isn't everyone using FGF? Because historically, the industry has gated this technology behind massive $100,000 price tags, bulky pneumatic systems, and incredibly steep learning curves. It has remained completely inaccessible to the wider community of print farms, design studios, and agile engineering teams.
I decided we needed to change that. I wanted to take the desktop ease of use everyone is accustomed to and scale it up to industrial sizes. That is exactly what the Giga 800 is: a massive 800x800x800mm build volume printer capable of extruding up to 3kg of polymer per hour, starting at just $15,000. It is the next step in the manufacturing revolution.
Building the Giga 800 wasn't just about making things bigger; it was about taking the hard-earned lessons from the Magneto project and applying them to a massive scale:
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People want to go fast.
Magneto proved that speed is a top priority for our users. You don't want to wait a week for a large print to finish.
By engineering a custom dual-zone heating screw extruder, we achieved a sustained 3kg/hour maximum flow rate. What used to be a five-day multi-part assembly can now be a single, seamless overnight job.
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Closed-loop motors are non-negotiable for consistency.
When you are moving heavy gantries and pushing kilos of plastic, standard stepper motors simply can't handle the inertia without risking skipped steps. Magneto taught us that positional accuracy is everything.
That’s why the Giga 800 relies entirely on a heavy-duty, closed-loop servo CoreXY system. It guarantees continuous positional feedback, ensuring zero layer shifts and flawless 24/7 production.
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Open-source firmware is a security imperative.
Our community has always loved open-source firmware because it supports the broader maker cause, but we learned from our commercial Magneto users that it goes much deeper than that.
For organizations with high requirements such as defense, aerospace, or advanced R&D, security is paramount. Proprietary "black box" firmware with forced cloud telemetry is a dealbreaker.
By powering the Giga 800 with Klipper, we provide a fully auditable, "Zero-Trust" environment. It is completely air-gap ready by being able to print and function without connecting to the internet, meaning your designs and printing data never leave your facility.
We also tackled the notorious "messiness" of pellet printing which leads to surface imperfections and extra post-processing costs. By combining active mechanical retraction with Klipper’s Pressure Advance, the Giga 800 delivers crisp FDM-like precision without the severe oozing and stringing usually associated with FGF machines.
To make sure you can hit the ground running, we partnered with the Siraya Tech Material Science team to provide rigorously tested, pre-configured material profiles right out of the box.
We are currently in an Early Adopter phase to ensure the Giga 800 is perfectly tuned for our commercial partners. I am incredibly proud of what the Peopoly team has built, and I can't wait to see how you use it to scale up your production.
If you are a commercial entity or print farm looking to scale, I invite you to check out the details and apply for early access.
