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Glossary
BLUE TAPE:
Blue painter’s tape that acts as an adhesion layer for models
to be printed on. Find blue tape at your local hardware store.
Recommended: ScotchBlue™ Painter's Tape Original Multi-Use 2090
BRIM:
A printed plate attached to the base layer of the model often
used to stabilize small parts or isolated sections of a model.
BUILD PLATE:
The flat sheet of glass that the blue tape is applied to. This is
the surface where the printer prints on.
BUILD PLATFORM:
Support platform for the build plate. The plate includes
thumb screws for adjusting the bed level.
CONTROL DIAL:
push dial located to the right of the LCD screen.
Rotate the dial to scroll through options and push down on
the dial to make a selection.
CONTROL MENU:
Main selection menu from the LCD screen. Options include:
print, temperature settings, printer control, operation wizard,
and printer status.
FILAMENT GUIDE TUBE:
A plastic tube that acts as a channel for the PLA filament to
go from the spool into the top of the extruder.
EXTRUDER CARRIAGE:
The extruder carriage houses the extruder assembly compo-
nent and is attached to the X and Y axis for movement.
ENDSTOP:
Mechanical switch for the home position of the carriage on
three axis.
EXTRUDER NOZZLE:
Top of the hotend with a 0.34mm orifice to extruder molten
filament onto the print bed.
DRIVE GEAR:
A teethed gear attached to the extruder motor shaft respon-
sible for feeding the filament into the hotend.
FILAMENT SPOOL HOLDER:
Hinge located on the back of the printer to load a spool of
PLA filament.
FIRMWARE:
Control software for the printer. New firmware version can be
upload via the USB connection cable.
GANTRY:
Gantry assembly (X and Y axis) is responsible for the carriage
movement.
.GCODE / .G:
The format of print files for your Trifecta™ 800 3D Printer.
Print file contains gantry movement and extruder instructions .
HOTEND:
Active part of the printer that melts the filament. Allows a
strand of molten plastic to exit from the nozzle tip (0.34mm).
HEATER CARTRIDGE:
A industrial heating element used to heat up the heater block
in order to melt filament passing through the melt zone.
HEATER BLOCK:
Metal block that gets heated by the heater cartridge to heat
the hotend nozzle. The block is insulated by ceramic tape for
temperature stability.
PLA FILAMENT:
Biodegradable polymer that can be produced from lactic
acid. PLA is harder than ABS, but melts at a lower tempera-
ture (around 180°C to 220°C).
RESOLUTION:
Resolution settings within the slicing software that determine
the layer height for each print. Ranges from 50-300 Micron.
