Anyone who has run a resin printer for more than a week knows that the print is the easy part. The hard part comes afterward: lifting a dripping build plate out of the machine, carrying it to a wash station, then moving the parts to dry, with gloves, paper towels and a faint chemical smell at every step. Shenzhen-based UniFormation thinks most of that can happen inside the printer. Its new S10, detailed on the company's product and deposit page, is billed as the first consumer-level machine to print, wash and dry inside a single enclosed unit. The company plans an official Kickstarter launch in late October 2026, with a $999 backer price, an $899 VIP early-bird tier and a $1,299 MSRP.

The "first" is UniFormation's own claim, as 3D Printing Industry reported on October 6. Whether or not it holds up, the more interesting question is how the machine actually moves a part from the vat to a dry, handleable state without a human in the loop.

How the Print-to-Dry Cycle Works

According to 3D Printing Industry's description, the sequence begins once the last layer is done. The build platform rotates 180 degrees and holds for one minute, then tilts 90 degrees for another two minutes so excess resin can drain off the parts. A cleaning cover then slides over the resin vat, covering it while the platform moves over to the wash area.

The wash itself runs in two cycles. When it finishes, the platform rotates 270 degrees to a drying port. UniFormation's product page describes the drying stage as three-sided, using PTC ceramic heating at 35 to 45 °C. The page frames the whole design as modular, with separate print, wash and dry sections built into one chassis.

The headline benefit, in the company's framing, is exposure. UniFormation claims the S10 delivers "99% less" resin contact; 3D Printing Industry reports it as 99 percent less direct contact with resin. That is a vendor figure, not an independent measurement, and the company has not, in the material we reviewed, explained how it was derived.

The Printer Underneath

Strip away the automation and the S10 is a mid-sized MSLA printer with current-generation specifications. 3Dnatives, which covered the machine on October 7, lists a 16K monochrome LCD at 15,360 x 6,540 pixels with a 405 nm light source. Build volume is 223.03 x 125.9 x 200 mm, and the resin vat holds 1,000 ml.

The Z axis uses a C5-grade ball screw rated at ±0.005 mm. UniFormation pairs that with what it calls an assisted NFEP release film, which the company says cuts peel force by more than 30 percent. Rated noise is 60 dB or below. On the software side, the S10 supports Chitubox and Lychee as well as the company's own UniFormation Studio, so users already settled into a slicer workflow should not have to change it.

The wash tank is where the machine's ambitions show up in its physical size. It holds up to 9 liters, and the full unit measures 620 x 340 x 620 mm according to 3Dnatives. That is a substantial footprint for something marketed as a desktop printer: closer to a small cabinet than a typical MSLA machine. Anyone planning to put one on an existing bench should measure first.

What Still Requires Your Hands

The S10 does not make resin printing hands-free. As 3Dnatives notes, users still have to remove supports and post-cure their parts. UniFormation offers an optional embedded curing module, which the product page lists as an add-on rather than a standard feature, so out of the box the curing step still happens somewhere else.

Support removal is arguably the step that matters most here. Clipping supports off a washed, dried part is far less messy than doing it on a wet one, but it still means handling cured resin and generating small, sharp debris. The S10 shifts the messiest steps into the enclosure; it does not remove the finishing work.

For shops running more than one machine, the product page also lists an S10 Fluid Hub that supports up to three S10 printers. 3D Printing Industry says it washes two machines at once and uses a two-stage rough wash and fine rinse, with older IPA doing the first pass. That is the company's description; independent results on solvent savings are not yet available.

Pricing, Deposits and Timing

UniFormation is taking a $20 refundable deposit ahead of the campaign. According to the company, depositors who then back the campaign get the deposit refunded plus a $100 cash-back reward within 14 days of the campaign ending, which is how the $999 pledge becomes the $899 VIP price. VIP backers at the $899 tier also get a two-year warranty, according to the product page. Estimated delivery is March 2027.

The usual crowdfunding caveats apply. A Kickstarter pledge is not a retail purchase, delivery estimates for new hardware often slip, and an automated wash-and-dry mechanism adds moving parts, seals and heating elements that a conventional printer does not have. None of that means the S10 will disappoint, but backers are taking on more risk than buyers of a shipping product.

What It Means for Makers

The S10's pitch is aimed squarely at the part of resin printing that drives people away from it. Separate wash-and-cure stations have been common for years, but they still require the user to move a wet, resin-coated build plate from one box to another. Folding the drain, wash and dry stages into one enclosure, with a cover over the vat during washing, targets exactly the moment when most spills and skin contact happen.

The trade-offs are clear from the published specs. The machine is large, its build volume is solid but not oversized for the footprint, and curing remains either an optional extra or a separate step. A wash tank of up to nine liters is also a meaningful quantity to buy, store, replace and dispose of responsibly.

At $899 to $999 for early backers and $1,299 at retail, the S10 is priced as a premium consumer machine. Makers who already own a printer and a wash station they are happy with probably have little reason to jump in. Those who have avoided resin because of the mess, or who print in shared spaces where minimizing exposure matters, have more reason to watch the campaign closely. The real test will be independent hands-on reviews once production units ship: whether the two-cycle wash cleans fine detail properly, how well the cleaning cover keeps wash fluid out of the vat, and how much maintenance the automation demands over months of use.

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