Markforged composite filaments have incredible properties, and can add high strength and stiffness to many 3D printed parts. Like all manufacturing processes, however, composite-reinforced 3D printing is better suited for certain applications which can leverage the advantages of the specific process. In CNC machining operations, for example, a square end mill cutter can produce pocketed [...]
There’s more than a few quadcopter and drone enthusiasts at Markforged, which is why we’re excited to share an internal application we’ve been building for the last month. We’re upgrading an IRIS+ quadcopter from 3DRobotics with carbon fiber-reinforced 3D printed components that are both lighter and stronger than the original parts, to see how high we can push the [...]
Impact Resistance & the Mark One Ocean Alliance is an organization dedicated to research on “…whales and ocean life relating particularly to toxicology, behavior, bioacoustics, and genetics“. Human activity is the cause of tens of thousands of whale deaths each year. Ocean Alliance’s research will help us better understand and document what our activities are [...]
Continuing on our journey of re-imagining our go kart with 3D printed carbon fiber parts, I recently replaced the stock steering wheel with one designed from scratch to be lighter, more comfortable, and infinitely modifiable. The stock steering wheel from our Margay Go Kart A go kart steering wheel needs to be three things: strong, stiff, [...]
Writer’s note: No heavy machinery was harmed in the making of this blog post. The same can’t be said for any of the prototypes discussed below — we had way too much fun breaking those! Summer interns at Markforged have awesome opportunities to work on advanced 3D printing technology, and one of the great benefits [...]
MarkForged Mechanical Features [MMF] is a series of blog posts detailing best practices for designing common traditional engineering parts and mechanical features for composite reinforced 3D printing with MarkForged printers Threaded components, holes and bolted connections are integral to a wide variety of engineering parts that you make and work with every day — so [...]
Update: If you are interested in learning more about how different fills can strengthen your part in various ways and the science behind it, join us on June 21 at 11am EDT for a webinar (Register here)! Writer’s Note: This is the second post of our two part series on designing the strongest possible parts with Eiger’s [...]
Today, we embark on a new challenge: re-imagining this go-kart in 3D printed carbon fiber. This adventure is designed to push the limits of 3D printing. From the steering wheel to the steering knuckles, we will be removing individual components from the kart, modeling them in CAD, printing them on our Mark Two 3D printers, and replacing [...]
Update: If you are interested in learning more about how different fills can strengthen your part in various ways and the science behind it, join us on June 21 at 11am EDT for a webinar (Register here)! Writer’s Note: This is the first of a two part post about using Eiger’s Isotropic Fiber fill pattern to make [...]
We encourage our employees to create a 3D printed part on our printers every week. It provides a deeper understanding of the needs of our customers if we are a customer, too. Every Friday we take a break from work for Part of the Week where everyone showcases the parts they printed and we vote on which [...]
