{"id":4306,"date":"2020-08-04T10:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T09:28:18","slug":"metal-3d-printing-with-markforged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mark3d.com\/en\/metal-3d-printing-with-markforged\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal 3D printing with Markforged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metal 3D printing with Markforged<\/h1><\/div>

3D printed metal parts overnight!<\/h2><\/div>
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From visiting over 4000 manufacturing sites and working with manufacturing CEO’s over the last 15 years, one thing is clear Manufacturers that embrace new technology and process improvement continue to succeed.<\/p>\n

Big Brand Manufacturers such as Porsche and Siemens are investing in Markforged and making a competitive move in the Era of Industry 4.0. These and other manufacturers that are leveraging Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, IoT and Automation are able to better meet customer demands of highly customized products.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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“The customer can have it painted in any color
\nthey want, so long as it\u2019s black” \/ Henry Ford<\/h2><\/div>
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Back in 1910 this was necessary in order to scale production for Henry Ford\u2019s customers. Over 100 years later this could not be further from the truth; Today\u2019s business customers demand products that fit their business requirements while consumers want something more, something unique and tailored just for them. The market, crowded by makers, hackers, DIY’ers and individualists, are all begging for customization, for a return of craftsmanship on a massive, industrial scale. The world, it seems, wants something impossible: mass customization – all the charm of artisanal production with all the advantages of mass production. In 2018 the reinvention of manufacturing is \u201ccustomized mass production\u201d. While 3D Printing (3DP) has been focused on low-volume cosmetic prototypes, Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology is now adopting parallelization of printers and mass production. Leading companies are embracing AM on an industrial scale for high-volume manufacturing.<\/p>\n

It might still sound like something out of Star Trek, but AM technology with a push of a button isn\u2019t just the way of the future; it\u2019s happening right now at manufacturing companies around the world. We now have the ability to print strong parts on the same day and produce it less expensively than traditional metal manufacturing; On premise and safely, 50% lighter than cast iron. With revolutionary new Metal 3DP technology, manufacturing companies experience new ways to produce products at lightning speed. As a result AM is forever changing how we design and make products.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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“Organizations can now reduce production costs
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With new technologies and lower barriers to entry for industrial 3DP, the industry is expected to grow at 20% YoY, to become a $20 Billion industry by 2020 according to Wohlers 2017 report, potentially disrupting the traditional manufacturing industry which last year was a $10 trillion industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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There are some clear benefits with Metal 3DP such as; faster to market, light-weighting and the ability to personalize products or make parts that are impossible to manufacture using traditional methods. This has historically been driven by Aerospace and Automotive due to the high cost of Metal 3D printers. Yesterday\u2019s Metal 3D printers are the mainframe computers of manufacturing. They are large, slow, and expensive ($500k -1M USD). This is where metal powders are laid on a powder bed and then fused using a high-powered laser or electron beam. These metal powders used in Metal 3DP are extremely volatile, so they must be handled in a special vacuum chamber. In addition, handling the powders is also extremely dangerous, so a highly skilled operator is required. This explains the low adoption rate among manufacturers. In the same way mainframes were disrupted by cloud data centers, large-format metal printers will be replaced by smaller, low cost machines working in parallel – print-farms. The industry, needs something that is 10x lower cost, 10x safer and 10x easier to use.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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If you\u2019ve previously done the math and decided that metal 3DP wasn\u2019t practical, it may be time to take a second look.<\/h2><\/div>
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The industry-leading technology of the Markforged Metal X is creating remarkable opportunities for engineers, designers & manufacturers around the world by enabling them to produce Metal 3D printed parts in-house the same day for a fraction of the cost of traditional Metal 3DP. 10x less expensive than alternative metal additive manufacturing technologies \u2013 and up to a 100x less than traditional fabrication technologies like machining or casting. Dramatically reducing cost while enabling innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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COST SAVINGS POTENTIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizations can significantly reduce production costs associated with creating specialized production-ready metal parts with the new technology. It is by far the most cost-effective solution to metal 3DP. A range of printing materials allows designers, engineers, and manufactures to design and print strong 3D metal parts overnight whether they need to be extra strong or weld-able. With a starting price of $99K USD the overall cost savings cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201eIt’s now possible to go from CAD model to 3D printed metal part overnight\u201c<\/h2><\/div>
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THE PROCESS<\/h2><\/div>
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Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) process for printing metal unlocks a new era of metal parts production. Revolutionary ADAM technology makes it safer and easier to print metal parts compared to previous metal 3DP methods. ADAM is an end-to-end process that starts with metal powder, captures it in a plastic binder, which makes it nonflammable, safe to breathe and easy to handle. The part creation process builds on existing carbon fiber reinforced extrusion technology – where micro strands of carbon fiber are bound in plastic. It then forms it into the part shape one layer at a time. After printing you sinter the part in a furnace, burning off the binder and solidifying the powder into the final fully-dense metal part.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Thermally sintering parts is well-established in the Metal Injection Molding (MIM) industry to create end-use parts for medical, aerospace, and consumer applications. The sintering step take place in a furnace and fuses the metal power into 99.7% dense metal while removing all final traces of the binder. ADAM leverages well known MIM materials that are used in demanding, end-use applications. Best of all, the process supports hundreds of metals including:<\/p>\n<\/div>