{"id":1695,"date":"2018-07-19T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T12:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2018-09-17T11:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T10:46:49","slug":"mark3d-at-au-london-trust-us-its-not-just-another-3d-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/mark3d-at-au-london-trust-us-its-not-just-another-3d-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"MARK3D at AU London \u2013 Trust us, \u2018It\u2019s not just another 3D printer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
At Autodesk University London, we challenged delegates to see if they could break one of our 3D printed, carbon-fibre embedded Ducati brake levers.<\/p>\n
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, \u201cWe asked them to stamp on it, bend it, jump on it and all of them gave up. It is tough -up to a flexural strength of 470MPa tough!\u201d<\/p>\n
The reason delegates couldn\u2019t break it \u2013 and believe us, they tried \u2013 is thanks to a new disruptive technology from Markforged that allows engineers to 3D print prototypes and end parts that are as strong as aluminium.<\/p>\n
Ian explains, \u201cMarkforged 3D printers print in black onyx, which in itself is tough \u2013 but what is special here, is that these printers have a second print nozzle next to the print head, so you can print continuous 100 per cent carbon fibre as you print the onyx.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe engineers loved that our Markforged printers could print stronger than anybody else. They were also very interested in our print quality, because the surface finish for onyx is superb.\u201d<\/p>\n
One delegate, Harvinder Saund, technical sales specialist for Fusion 360, said: \u201cEvery time I see a print from a Markforged printer, I\u2019m highly impressed. I needed a part that would fit into a bike gear, so I could mount it easily. It needed to withstand some serious torque. MARK3D came to the rescue. I sent them a Fusion360 file and 24 hours later it was mounted and running.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u2018unbreakable\u2019 Ducati brake lever was printed from Markforged\u2019s X7 series<\/a>, which also supports a full range of plastic and composite materials, including embedding Kevlar, which is great for impact resistance, or embedding Fibre Glass for parts requiring high temperature environments. The new Markforged Metal X series<\/a> can print metal parts overnight and at a fraction of the cost of regular metal components.<\/p>\n Ian says, \u201cThe 3D printing market has really only touched the tip of the iceberg when it comes to AM applications. It\u2019s been mainly used for printing toys, making visual checks and prototyping, but our solution means the technology can be adapted to make all the tough stuff engineers need.<\/p>\n \u201cAt MARK3D, we have a customer who had been paying \u00a3130 for a machined aluminium bracket. We printed it for him for \u00a36 and it was just as strong. With Markforged printers, 3D printing is a viable option for low-volume production. As all the engineers at Autodesk University London discovered – it\u2019s not just another 3D printer.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the tough end parts you demand. For high strength, carbon fibre 3D printers from Markforged call the UK experts at MARK3D on 0800 193 3650.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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, \u201cWe asked them to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1742,1743],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-carbon-fibre","tag-high-strength"],"yoast_head":"\n