Dan Topjian, Sr. Application Engineer at MarkForged likes to keep things neat and ordered. While cleaning up the shop, Dan decided a reinforced nylon and Kevlar® cable clamp was exactly what he needed. Figuring that someone else must have solved this problem already he went to Thingiverse and found the Ratcheting Cable Clamp by MechEngineerMike. The design is great [...]
You may have noticed already that Carl Calabria keeps things organized here at MarkForged. He keeps the tools clean and organized; this both increased productivity and sets the tone for a clean, organized company culture. Carl is also a fan of constantly improving, so he designed this part to both organize the tool set used to maintain [...]
Ethan Steele is a sales representative here at MarkForged. He grew up in Massachusetts, went to California and then came back as an adult. He quickly noticed the devices that hold the gas pump handle open just didn’t exist in Boston. In the winter, he was miserable standing out in the cold holding the [...]
Use Case – 3D printed sensor enclosure for single track tablet/capsule counting machine Materials – Nylon with brass M3 inserts for sensor mounting Creator – Michel van der Meij of XIAC,
Beautiful Kevlar® and Nylon powder baskets that make perfect use of the material properties. The nylon flexes to absorb impact and transmits the force to the kevlar. Chris Hayes also optimized the layout of the fiber in the MarkForged software – see the screenshot below for a detailed view of the Kevlar® layers. From the Thingiverse [...]
During the production review meeting yesterday, October 22nd, one of the issues raised was that the composite spool tensioners were being irregularly aligned in new Mark One composite 3D printers. This doesn’t degrade the performance of the printer but does significantly impact the aesthetics. Like Steve Jobs, we believe every component matters even the invisible or [...]
MarkForged has a building full of superb mechanical engineers with the world’s highest concentration of 3D Printing experience. Consequently, we print solutions to a lot of problems in the MarkForged machine shop. The three problems solved in this blog post are making a skimmer reservoir, creating a base for a wobbly filter and making it easier to build [...]
A Sandwich Panel is the composites version of an I-Beam. I-Beams are common members for building because they are very efficient at carrying bending and sheer loads along the plane of the web. The Flange on the I-Beam carries the load, while the web transfers the sheer stress. Metals beams are commonly used at a large scale, like buildings and load bearing frames. [...]
Dan Topjian is the Senior Applications Engineer at MarkForged. When not on site helping customers or printing test parts, he’s at his desk rocking out and testing the Eiger software that runs the MarkForged printer. Dan’s phone has an awkward design with the microphone on the bottom and speaker on the back. A holder [...]
Fiber Reinforced 3D Printing Provides Military-grade Toughness for the Genasun-II CM When the U.S. Marine Corps needed a way to guarantee the life of their most ubiquitous field battery, Genasun was ready to upgrade their fail-proof, solid-state MPPT solar charge controller into a field-ready portable charger for the Corps’ workhorse BB-2590 Lithium Battery. Rapid prototyping is a [...]
