MatterHackers’ professionals check out why the Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse lives as much as its title, making it a 3D printer to be reckoned with.
Up to date on August 22, 2023
by
Alec Richter
Introducing the Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse, The newest iteration in Lulzbot’s sequence of FFF 3D printers. All through this machine you discover a wide range of new {hardware} together with up to date options discovered on earlier fashions, like the brand new toolhead, belted Z axis, and the Modular Heated Mattress. There’s extra to it that makes this machine a real workhorse, so let’s break it down.
Framing
Because the Lulzbot TAZ household has developed, so too has their development. Some precision 3D printed elements can nonetheless be discovered all through the body, supporting the intricate elements of the movement system, however the structural parts are all metallic, from customized aluminum brackets and plates to the aluminum extrusion and sheet metallic physique. And gone are the leadscrews that used to drive the Z axis, they’re as a substitute changed with a belt pushed Z axis to eradicate Z banding. With a 3D printer this inflexible, you’ll be able to depend on high quality 3D prints.
The twin belted Z-axis to eradicate Z banding.
Hotends and Heated Mattress
In a departure from the largely 3D printed toolheads of previous, the Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse makes use of real E3D parts for its extruder. With the brand new customary toolhead mounting system, you’ll be able to swap toolheads throughout the whole lineup of Lulzbot 3D printers. The inventory Lulzbot Aerostruder toolhead with its hardened metal hobbed gear and nozzle, might be changed with any of their different toolheads, just by undoing a pair screws, mounting the brand new toolhead, and flashing the firmware. The Modular Print Mattress System can be a normal characteristic, permitting you to shortly swap between completely different construct plates to extend uptime and provide the flexibility of printing on the PEI construct floor for some materials, and glass for others.
The E3D Titan Aero supplies improbable efficiency for inflexible and versatile supplies alike.
Previous Options
The Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse nonetheless has options you might be aware of, just like the auto mattress leveling system to compensate for any tilt within the mattress floor, and with the reside child stepping on the LCD, you’ll be able to obtain the right first layer for all of your 3D prints. And naturally, you’ll be able to nonetheless discover all the standard settings and materials profiles you already know, together with some new ones, tailored to work with the Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse and whichever toolhead you may have mounted.
Having reside Z-offset adjustment is a large high quality of life enchancment, upon getting it you will by no means have the ability to return.
From the corporate you already know and love or are listening to about for the primary time, the Lulzbot TAZ Workhorse is a improbable subsequent step within the Lulzbot TAZ lineup.
