![]() The filament no longer engages with the switch allowing for drastic performance and durability improvements. The new switch features a hardened steel, bi-directiional spring loaded switch tab that activates an optical sensor when the filament displaces the tab. The team took an entirely new approach to switch design, and the results came in illustrating a new lifetime of over 2,000,000 splices. When working through the initial designs of Palette 3, the Palette engineering team knew that these switches needed to be redesigned and optimized for longer term operation. Sometimes the filament would apply excessive load to the switches requiring them to be replaced leading to a less than optimal user experience. The filament sensors on Palette 2 used an off the shelf mechanical switch that was directly in contact with the filament. In order to accomplish this, Palette has a number of ‘filament sensors’ inside in order to understand if filament is present in that area of Palette (or not present). One of the requirements of Palette is that it understands where filament is in the system at any given time. What that means for you is that you’ll experience a more reliable printing experience. Palette 3 was designed to splice in a different way, and due to the Palette Engineering teams’ ability to modify hardware and splicing algorithms - Palette 3 splice tubes average life now ranges from 10,000 splices, up to 25,000 splices. 02mm, Mosaic PLA guarantees a higher average life of your PTFE tube, especially when compared to +/. ![]() Increasing the average time for a splice tube to wear is one of the primary reasons we launched Mosaic PLA last year. ![]() This wear is very dependent on the quality of the filament used, which leads to the range seen above. Based on our team’s data collection and endurance testing, we found that the typical Palette 2 splice tube would wear out between 5,000 and 10,000 splices. These tubes are made through an incredibly precise manufacturing process. This PTFE tube is where the filament is actually spliced, and re-formed to a tight tolerance in order to allow the spliced filament to feed into your 3D printer. There were two main wear points that were focused on - splice tubes and limit switches.Įach Palette Splice Core consists of a few main components, one of the important ones being the PTFE tube. With product feedback on thousands of Palette 2 units, the Mosaic team was able to isolate the most common failure modes and design Palette 3 to ensure these were no longer present for users. These three aspects combine to ensure your Palette printing experience will be straightforward and simpler than ever before. This means Palette is better able to guide you through setup and printing. Including Canvas Hub S functionality meant the Mosaic team had more flexibility to add in additional workflows, tutorials, and walkthroughs on Palette itself. Through this interface, you’re able to heat up your printer, start prints, and monitor your print job. This means that you’re able to connect Palette 3 (Pro) to your printer, and access easier loading, connected calibration, and a simpler printing workflow.Īlongside this, Mosaic has developed our own version of printer control and communication in Canvas, which allows you to send files directly to your Palette 3, with no USB drives or SD cards. One of the biggest changes when compared to Palette 2 is the integrated Canvas Hub S. Palette 3’s new user interface, and approach to connectivity means that you’re able to get an incredibly simple experience. This is double the 4 inputs on every other Palette to date, and more available materials than any other approach on the market. Two of the most important aspects that Palette 3 improves on are user experience, and reliability.Īdditionally, Palette 3 Pro allows for the printing of up to 8 materials on a single extruder 3D printer. Since then, we’ve sold tens of thousands of Palette units to customers in over 70 countries. Introducing the latest generation of Palette: Enabling multi-material 3D printing has been Mosaic’s mission since our early days in 2014.
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