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Markforged set to expand into mass-production of metal

We had some exiting news from Markforged last week with the announcement of their expansion into mass production of end-use metal parts. Markforged are set to acquire Digital Metal, the creator of a leading binder jetting solution known to be precise and reliable. The Markforged Metal X system is a popular choice for [...]

2022-07-20T10:58:35+01:00July 20th, 2022|General, Mark3D News|0 Comments

Markforged Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Markforged Achieves ISO 27001 Certification Markforged is the first additive manufacturing platform to earn ISO 27001 Certification. Learn more about ISO 27001 Certification and our commitment to ensuring the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the Markforged entire ecosystem: https://markforged.com/press-releases/iso-certification“We believe that every product and engineering decision we make has a security component to it, [...]

2020-02-06T13:49:32+00:00February 6th, 2020|General|0 Comments

Painting Onyx

September’s blog talks about applying finishes to Onyx parts. Faced with a question I couldn’t answer from a customer, I disappeared off home for the weekend with the challenge of spraying one of the showroom samples a metal colour. Having sprayed plastic before I was aware that there are problems getting paint to adhere to [...]

2018-09-17T12:19:14+01:00September 17th, 2018|General|0 Comments

Have you ever thought about printing a living hinge?

This blog takes a look at how to print a living hinge, which are really simple and very robust. We've bent ours literally thousands of times and it doesn't show any signs of wear or discolouration. There are plenty of applications which suit it very nicely, such as rugged cases, electrical control boxes, enclosures and [...]

2018-09-17T12:21:30+01:00August 22nd, 2018|General|0 Comments

MARK3D at AU London – Trust us, ‘It’s not just another 3D printer’

At Autodesk University London, we challenged delegates to see if they could break one of our 3D printed, carbon-fibre embedded Ducati brake levers. We picked the strongest-looking engineers from the crowd and challenged them to bust the lever made from a Markforged 3D printer. Ian Weston from Markforged reseller MARK3D says, “We asked them to [...]

2018-09-17T11:46:49+01:00July 19th, 2018|General|0 Comments

Carbon Fibre delivers high strength for industrial parts

Strength challenge conducted by Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts, using Markforged carbon fibre 3d printed chain links Do you want prototypes and end parts that are as strong as aluminium but don’t take weeks to fabricate? More and more companies are turning to a 3D printed continuous carbon fibre composite that can [...]

2018-09-17T11:48:25+01:00July 6th, 2018|General|0 Comments

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