Machine home

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ADM-000211",
  "term": "Machine home",
  "field": "Additive manufacturing and 3D printing",
  "definition": "A fixed, repeatable reference position within a 3D printer's build volume, used by the machine's firmware as a zero point for its coordinate system. The printer establishes this position during a homing sequence, where each axis moves until it triggers an endstop switch or sensor at a known physical limit. All subsequent movements during a print are calculated as offsets from this established home position.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/additive-manufacturing/machine-home/"
}