CNC vs. 3D Printing: What's the Optimal Way to Produce Your Parts? Introduction A new trend in manufacturing, enabled by higher-performance materials, is the desire to 3D print functional parts currently produced with CNC machining, whether in-house [...]
Why 3D printing with Markforged? INDUSTRIAL 3D PRINTING Most people think of Yoda heads and fidget spinners when they hear the term "3D printing." Some may also think of building prototypes, but modern 3D printing has long since gone far beyond that. At Mark3D, we define "3D printing" as high-strength components, robot grippers, [...]
Metal 3D printing with Markforged: 3D printed metal components overnight! Through my contact with over 4,000 mechanical engineering companies and their managing directors over the past 15 years, one thing has become clear to me: Companies that embrace new technologies and constantly work on process optimization remain successful. Major brand manufacturers like Porsche or Siemens [...]
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. Christmas is a good opportunity to pause and recharge your batteries for new activities and business in the new year. We wish our customers and partners a happy holiday season and God's blessing. Plenty of time to relax and reflect on the truly [...]
Five Industries That Benefit Most from 3D Printing Here are the five industries we believe will benefit most from additive manufacturing. Based on the companies that already use additive manufacturing in their production processes, we would like to highlight the industries we believe will benefit most from additive manufacturing.
Avoiding Threads on Your 3D-Printed Parts Under certain circumstances, your 3D-printed part may not meet the desired or usual quality. This is often due to poor printer maintenance or improper material storage. If the result of your 3D print is unsatisfactory, you should definitely investigate the cause [...]
Robo Challenge is a creative engineering company in Birmingham that pushes design and materials to the cutting edge. Brothers Grant and James, and their father Nick, have built a reputation for their robots being among the toughest and most creative in the world. Robo Challenge combines the latest technologies with technical design expertise to bring ideas to life. Among [...]
In this blog post, I'm reporting on coloring Onyx parts. A customer asked me before the weekend whether Onyx components could be colored with metallic paint. I couldn't answer that question. So I had a challenge for the weekend: I had to try it out right away – spraying and coloring an Onyx component with metallic paint. After [...]
I founded Markforged in my kitchen six years ago. I dream of giving every engineer the ability to 3D print real, functional, mechanical parts. We invented something that had never existed before - a continuous carbon fiber 3D printer. Our Metal X product is an extension of that platform. We've come a long way. We [...]
Customers are increasingly asking us whether our Onyx printing material is compatible with water, diesel, oil, and acids. Today, we can provide a precise answer. No other carbon fiber-reinforced printing material is as widely used as the Onyx printing material developed by Markforged. It has a smooth, glossy surface and excellent appearance, with the [...]
