Difference between revisions of "Common Terminology in 3D Printing"
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: Any manufacturing process which adds material to a product, building it up, rather than removing product to produce the final result. This is the opposite of milling. | : Any manufacturing process which adds material to a product, building it up, rather than removing product to produce the final result. This is the opposite of milling. | ||
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+ | ;Curling: | ||
+ | Corners on the model curl up from the raft or printing platform. | ||
[[Category:3D Printing]] | [[Category:3D Printing]] | ||
[[Category:UP]] | [[Category:UP]] |
Revision as of 18:25, 13 April 2016
- Raft
- Layer of plastic mesh which is well adhered to the printing surface upon which a model is built.
- Platform
- The surface a 3D model is built upon. For the UP 3D printer, the platform moves on all 3 axes for printing while the nozzle remains stationary.
- Nozzle
- The heated print head which liquefies the plastic filament and deposits it upon the model during the addditive layering process.
- Filament
- The thin plastic which is fed into the heated nozzle and which is the raw material out of which a 3D model is created.
- Perfboard
- The top most surface of the printing platform. This is perforated and heated to improve adhesion of the filament in order to improve accuracy of the reproduction.
- Extrusion
- The process of forcing a molten substance through a die or form, in this case, the nozzle.
- ABS
- One of the most common types of plastic used for 3D printing.
- Scale
- To resize proportionally.
- Additive Manufacturing
- Any manufacturing process which adds material to a product, building it up, rather than removing product to produce the final result. This is the opposite of milling.
- Curling
Corners on the model curl up from the raft or printing platform.