Replacing aluminum components with 3D-printed carbon fiber. A recent severe aluminum shortage among industrial suppliers has led to sharp price increases. Since January 2021, aluminum prices have risen by over 50%, and experts expect the increase to continue over the next two years. According to Jyske Bank [...]
Scaling Your Additive Manufacturing - Eiger Fleet Eiger Fleet enables greater control and automation of distributed manufacturing. On September 13, 2021, at RAPID + TCT 2021, Markforged announced "Eiger Fleet," a cloud-based software solution designed to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing processes at scale. Eiger Fleet helps [...]
3D Printing Night in Darmstadt - Review 👉 What an evening! More than 130 people accepted our invitation and attended our 3D Printing Night in Darmstadt last Thursday. In a relaxed atmosphere, participants enjoyed a BBQ and drinks, networked, and talked shop about additive manufacturing. All [...]
Average runtimes in your production 👉 Do the average runtimes roughly match those in your production? The Fraunhofer Institute has published a study showing the average annual runtimes of machines in the toolmaking sector. A traditional CNC machine is used for approximately 2,835 hours per year. The top performer in the study is wire erosion with [...]
Interview with KEM Konstruktion: How to Increase the Strength of Components with Carbon Fibers Although 3D printing with carbon fibers has been around for a long time, it has only gained traction in recent years. One reason for this is that carbon fibers can significantly increase the strength and durability of parts. In the interview [...]
Sustainability with 3D Printing: The Future of the Manufacturing Industry The topic of sustainability has permeated all debates and discourses in business and politics for some time now. Even with the steady increase in e-mobility in transport and the use of renewable energies, one particular problem child remains: the conventional supply chain. Especially in terms of availability, the coronavirus pandemic has shown that [...]
Agile product development in 30 seconds! When you can have your idea in your hands the very next day. 🙌 When we encounter a business problem, the Digital.Fabrik brings together the relevant experts to jointly develop a solution. Ideally, the entrepreneur or their employees [...]
DUNLOP saves thousands of euros per year by using Markforged 3D printers. Multi-award-winning 3D printer provider Markforged reports that Dunlop Systems and Components, a UK-based automotive manufacturer, uses its machines to produce custom tooling, saving thousands of euros in the process. Because the company's tooling department had become a bottleneck, [...]
Contract manufacturing at the push of a button "Before, we didn't have the option to manufacture parts ourselves. Now it's simply fantastic when we can turn an idea or a quick order into reality immediately, simply by firing up the 3D printers! After several years of experience, I wholeheartedly agree that 3D printing is a true complement to manufacturing. Our [...]
Additive manufacturing for real heroes! Joe Townsend lost his legs as a Royal Marine in Afghanistan and is a Paralympic gold medalist and an inspiration to us all. He taught himself how to use our software and 3D printers to create precise and stable handgrips for his wheelchair, providing greater comfort [...]
