Success Case Library

Success Case Library

139 Markforged official cases plus 3 partner stories across 11 industries, each linked to its source

139Official cases
60Customer stories
67Application spotlights
11Official videos
1News release
3Partner stories
11Industries
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For the official cases, every summary, equipment and material entry and quantified result is taken from Markforged official sources (customer success stories, application spotlights, news releases and official videos on markforged.com); follow "Official source" to verify. The 3 cases marked "Partner Story" come from customer stories and videos by Mark3D, a Markforged reseller in Europe; follow "Mark3D source" to verify, and each has a full write-up on this site. Some cases use printers that have since been discontinued; they are kept as historical record, so see the product pages for current models. Data accessed October 2026.

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A $20,000 Humanoid You Build Yourself, With Free Blueprints: How Many of Its 100 Parts Could You Print?
2026.11.01

A $20,000 Humanoid You Build Yourself, With Free Blueprints: How Many of Its 100 Parts Could You Print?

ASTER Technology 3D prints its FPV drone airframe with continuous carbon fiber: through a Force 9 wind test, with revision, repair and production all in Taiwan
2026.10.29

ASTER Technology 3D prints its FPV drone airframe with continuous carbon fiber: through a Force 9 wind test, with revision, repair and production all in Taiwan

Kojima Industries 3D Prints Its Own Robot Hands: Part Cost Down 67%, Lead Time Cut from 14 Days to 1
2026.10.22

Kojima Industries 3D Prints Its Own Robot Hands: Part Cost Down 67%, Lead Time Cut from 14 Days to 1

Markforged named a technology partner in the US Army's $7.5M distributed manufacturing proof: the 300-printer network it supplied now faces validation of IP-protected instruction streaming
2026.10.15

Markforged named a technology partner in the US Army's $7.5M distributed manufacturing proof: the 300-printer network it supplied now faces validation of IP-protected instruction streaming

One Duct, and Asia-Pacific's First Civil Aviation Approval for Additive Manufacturing
2026.10.12

One Duct, and Asia-Pacific's First Civil Aviation Approval for Additive Manufacturing

Jig lead time from 7 days to 1: Yamaha Fine Technologies makes its own production fixtures with the X7
2026.08.20

Jig lead time from 7 days to 1: Yamaha Fine Technologies makes its own production fixtures with the X7

A missing strainer at an exercise: US Marines in Korea 3D print a boat part, turning a two-to-three-week resupply into a few hours
2026.07.25

A missing strainer at an exercise: US Marines in Korea 3D print a boat part, turning a two-to-three-week resupply into a few hours

Reference fixtures up to 75% cheaper than milling: German jig maker WESCAD runs its FX10 at full capacity within two months
2025.02.27

Reference fixtures up to 75% cheaper than milling: German jig maker WESCAD runs its FX10 at full capacity within two months

A lifting device cut from 60 kg to 4 kg, a printed chain link lifting a 17-tonne harvester: continuous fiber at three European manufacturers
2024.11.25

A lifting device cut from 60 kg to 4 kg, a printed chain link lifting a 17-tonne harvester: continuous fiber at three European manufacturers

We 3D Printed a Satellite: Sidus Space's LEO satellite LizzieSat
2023.03.22

We 3D Printed a Satellite: Sidus Space's LEO satellite LizzieSat

US forces send the part files, British troops print them on site: the British Army's REME at Project Convergence 22
2022.11.04

US forces send the part files, British troops print them on site: the British Army's REME at Project Convergence 22

A printer that travels with the trucks: Fieldmade builds the Nomad® LW mobile printing system around the Mark Two
2022.11.01

A printer that travels with the trucks: Fieldmade builds the Nomad® LW mobile printing system around the Mark Two

Order on Friday, delivered on Monday: Alstom prints its own train assembly jigs with continuous fiber
2021.06.09

Order on Friday, delivered on Monday: Alstom prints its own train assembly jigs with continuous fiber

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14 official cases

Aerospace & Space

Flight hardware, UAVs, aircraft interiors, inspection fixtures and lightweight production parts.

Bridging the Gap: How Autodesk Research Uses Markforged to Pioneer Performance-Aided Design Research

Customer Success StoryAerospace research / large UAV

Bridging the Gap: How Autodesk Research Uses Markforged to Pioneer Performance-Aided Design Research

  • Two large UAV platforms built, one at 300 lb maximum takeoff weight
  • Continuous carbon fiber on the FX20 replaced traditional metal structural components

Equipment / material: FX20, Continuous Carbon Fiber

BODUK Co., Ltd.

Customer Success StoryUAV structures / production

BODUK Co., Ltd.

  • 15 Markforged machines in operation, including X7 industrial printers
  • Repeatable precision within 0.02 mm
  • Drone assembly aligns and connects 13 parts using 50 mm carbon rods
  • Baseline problem: a frame supporting 1 kg of inspection equipment weighed about 3 kg

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx One, X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Hangar One Avionics Implements Blacksmith for Digitizing Part Inspection

Customer Success StoryQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

Hangar One Avionics Implements Blacksmith for Digitizing Part Inspection

  • Blacksmith inspection saves 30 minutes per part on average, down from 30-45 minutes
  • Inspected parts consistently accurate within 3-4 thousandths of an inch

Equipment / material: Blacksmith, Inspection

Cabin Management Solutions

Customer Success StoryAircraft interiors / cabin parts

Cabin Management Solutions

  • At least 100 different parts printed on the X7 for a single jet
  • Two industrial X7 printers bought in the company's founding year, 2019
  • All parts printed in Onyx FR, a UL 94 V-0 rated flame-retardant nylon with chopped carbon fiber

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx FR, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx FR-A, Continuous Carbon Fiber FR-A

NASA JPL's Team CoSTAR

Customer Success StoryRobotic structural parts / field spares

NASA JPL's Team CoSTAR

  • Each Nebula autonomous robot carries roughly 15 Markforged printed parts
  • A 60-engineer team, one of ten in DARPA's three-year Subterranean Challenge
  • Finished second in the Tunnel Circuit and first in the Urban Circuit
  • A printed cage protects the team's $7,000 lidar sensor and survived repeated knocks undamaged

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Digital Forge, Eiger

How Markforged Parts Drive More Reliable and Robust UAV Designs for Tsalla Aerospace

Application SpotlightUAV structures / production

How Markforged Parts Drive More Reliable and Robust UAV Designs for Tsalla Aerospace

  • Lead time reduced from 2 weeks to just 2 days, allowing faster iterations
  • Prototyping costs cut by 80%, freeing resources for further innovation
  • Printed parts met stringent dimensional tolerances, moving Tsalla from experimental to production components on the same printer

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Hangar One Avionics: Cockpit Console and Cupholders

Application SpotlightAircraft interiors / cabin parts

Hangar One Avionics: Cockpit Console and Cupholders

  • Conventional machining of these parts produced a scrap rate of up to 65%

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx FR, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Cabin Management Solutions: In-Flight Entertainment Retrofits

Application SpotlightAircraft interiors / cabin parts

Cabin Management Solutions: In-Flight Entertainment Retrofits

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx FR, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Guhring UK: Groove Milling Cutter

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

Guhring UK: Groove Milling Cutter

  • Tool life extended from 10 parts to more than 180 parts before replacement
  • The customer needed to machine over 100 parts per month with this tool

Equipment / material: Metal X, H13 Tool Steel

Cabin Management Solutions: Onyx FR Cabin Manager Unit Cover

Application SpotlightAircraft interiors / cabin parts

Cabin Management Solutions: Onyx FR Cabin Manager Unit Cover

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Onyx FR, Continuous Carbon Fiber

JJ Churchill: CMM Inspection Fixture

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

JJ Churchill: CMM Inspection Fixture

  • 70% faster and 80% lower cost on CMM inspection fixtures

Equipment / material: Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Upgrading Luxury Aircraft with Markforged 3D Printing | Spectrum Networks & ALOFT AeroArchitects

Official VideoAircraft cabin end-use parts / obsolete-part replacement

Upgrading Luxury Aircraft with Markforged 3D Printing | Spectrum Networks & ALOFT AeroArchitects

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX10, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

We 3D Printed a Satellite with Sidus Space (Official Video)

Official VideoSatellite structural parts (LizzieSat bus)

We 3D Printed a Satellite with Sidus Space (Official Video)

  • Onyx sample holders spent a year outside the International Space Station (planned: about 15 weeks) with no degradation
  • After a design change, new structural parts can be reprinted within a day
  • Three LizzieSats launched since 2024 and operational in orbit

Equipment / material: X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx, Onyx FR, Onyx FR-A

Markforged Technology Powers Milestone CASA Approval for Flight-Ready 3D-Printed Components on Heavy-Lift Firefighting Helicopters

Official News ReleaseHelicopter cabin air-conditioning ducting

Markforged Technology Powers Milestone CASA Approval for Flight-Ready 3D-Printed Components on Heavy-Lift Firefighting Helicopters

  • Secured CASA Australian Parts Manufacturer Approval (APMA) permitting the manufacture of cabin air conditioning ducting for 214B helicopters using additive manufacturing
  • Developed over nearly two years in direct consultation with the regulator

Equipment / material: FX10, Onyx FR-A

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8 official cases

Defense & Public Sector

Point-of-need manufacturing for mission tools, replacement parts and resilient supply chains.

Sonic Communications

Customer Success StoryCommunications equipment / end-use parts

Sonic Communications

  • Eleven Markforged printers purchased in 2022
  • Product went from design to main production in three months, versus up to a year previously
  • Printer fleet running 24/7 to keep up with customer orders

Equipment / material: X3, Onyx One, Onyx Pro, X7, Onyx, Eiger, Digital Forge

U.S. Air Force: Cannon Air Force Base

Customer Success StoryField spares / mission tools

U.S. Air Force: Cannon Air Force Base

  • Replacement helmet mounts printed for under $5 in a few hours, versus $100-plus and weeks of shipping
  • The combat training unit runs more than 300 mission scenarios a year
  • Airmen carry packs of 80 lbs or more in training, making every gram of gear weight matter

Equipment / material: X7, Metal X, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Aramid Fiber (Kevlar), Fiberglass

United States Army

Customer Success StoryField spares / mission tools

United States Army

  • Over $244,000 saved on a single application
  • The out-of-production hatch plug would cost roughly $10,000 to reproduce with a 3-month lead time
  • Achieved with a fleet of four Markforged printers
  • Hatch plug printed in Onyx for $230 and in 17-4PH stainless on the Metal X for $800

Equipment / material: Mark Two, X3, Metal X, X7, Wash-1, Sinter-2, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, H13 Tool Steel, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Aramid Fiber (Kevlar), Fiberglass, Onyx, Eiger, Digital Forge

MARTAC: Seawater Intake

Application SpotlightUnmanned surface vehicle end-use parts

MARTAC: Seawater Intake

  • Seawater intakes printed 30x cheaper and 18x faster

Equipment / material: Onyx

How Additive Manufacturing is Changing the Defense Industry | Markforged & Gamma Rotors

Official VideoUAV structures / production parts

How Additive Manufacturing is Changing the Defense Industry | Markforged & Gamma Rotors

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Mark Two, X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Additive Manufacturing in European Defense: Operational Applications and Technical Fundamentals

Customer Success StoryField spares / mission tools

Additive Manufacturing in European Defense: Operational Applications and Technical Fundamentals

  • Continuous fiber reinforcement with an Onyx matrix increases tensile strength up to 160% over unreinforced polymers, comparable to 6061 aluminum
  • Onyx-and-Kevlar emergency vehicle dampers field-tested across hundreds of kilometers
  • Digitally distributed manufacturing cuts lead times from months to hours at the point of need

Equipment / material: Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Aramid Fiber (Kevlar), ULTEM, Eiger

Fieldmade AS: Nomad® LW mobile printing system

Partner StoryPoint-of-need defense manufacturing

Fieldmade AS: Nomad® LW mobile printing system

  • System parts printed in Onyx wherever possible: much faster and 10x cheaper than machined aluminum
  • Under 70 kg complete; tested by special forces in varied conditions for 12 months
  • One sustainment pack supports three months of printing

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, continuous fibers

British Army REME: printing spares forward at Project Convergence 22

Partner StoryPoint-of-need defense manufacturing

British Army REME: printing spares forward at Project Convergence 22

  • Received spare-part files from US forces, printed them and supplied the parts for use on the battlefield
  • Two polymer printers that print on the move, making carbon-fiber-reinforced nylon parts
  • Goal: equipment back to the warfighters in hours rather than days

Equipment / material: Two polymer printers (model not named in the video), carbon-fiber-reinforced nylon

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27 official cases

Automotive & Motorsport

Race-ready end-use parts, production tooling, gears and fixtures that compress build cycles.

Why Jet Dragster Teams Are Replacing Metal Parts With 3D Printed Composites

Customer Success StoryVehicle controls / structural parts

Why Jet Dragster Teams Are Replacing Metal Parts With 3D Printed Composites

  • Part lead time cut from 8 days to 2 days
  • Design to finished part in 48 hours, versus 8+ days previously

Equipment / material: X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Hawaya Racing, Inc

Customer Success StoryMachining / machine-tool aids

Hawaya Racing, Inc

  • 3D printed grips are 62% lighter than machined aluminum
  • Production cost 30% lower than machined aluminum

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Manufactura Moderna de Metales (MMM)

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Manufactura Moderna de Metales (MMM)

  • Response time reduced from 6 weeks to 2 weeks
  • Fixtures 100% printed and ready to validate the whole process in 3 weeks
  • 60% of total cycle time saved on tolerance checking
  • High-precision build lets the fixture check a maximum deviation of 1.0 mm at tube ends

Equipment / material: X7, Metal X, Copper, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, H13 Tool Steel, Simulation

PUNCH Torino

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

PUNCH Torino

  • Prototype parts per finished tool cut from 8 to 1
  • Total print time per tool cut from 144 hours to 18 hours
  • Development time cut from 3-4 weeks to 1 week, over 50% faster overall
  • Material cost per tool cut from EUR 1,400 to EUR 200
  • Jigs must withstand torque up to 120 Nm with zero rotation

Equipment / material: X7, Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Simulation, Eiger, Digital Forge

Dana Incorporated

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Dana Incorporated

  • 70% cost savings and 90% lead time reduction per fixture
  • Fixtures ran over a year in production without failure
  • Markforged printers deployed across seven countries
  • More than 150 Dana staff trained through Markforged University

Equipment / material: X7, Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger, Blacksmith

Garry Rogers Motorsport

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Garry Rogers Motorsport

  • 92% cost savings and 92% time savings
  • 325 end-use parts printed
  • Brake duct pattern went from A$1,000 (about US$670) and two weeks to A$75 (about US$50) and 24 hours

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber, Fiberglass

Dunlop Systems & Components

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Dunlop Systems & Components

  • GBP 20,000 saved in six months
  • Annual tooling spend cut from around GBP 20,000 to GBP 11,000, saving GBP 9,000
  • A parts package estimated at GBP 8,000 was requoted at GBP 2,000
  • On track to save GBP 40,000 across the year

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

How Done Lab is Transforming Production in the Automotive Industry

Application SpotlightAutomotive production tools / end-use parts

How Done Lab is Transforming Production in the Automotive Industry

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Mark Two, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx, Digital Forge

HydraTune Application Spotlight: Actuator Spline

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

HydraTune Application Spotlight: Actuator Spline

  • Spline cost cut from $495 outsourced to $90 printed
  • Lead time cut from eight weeks outsourced to 3-4 days including post-processing
  • Required tolerances and strength achieved printing 17-4v2 on an FX10

Equipment / material: FX10

HydraTune Application Spotlight: Battery Pack

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

HydraTune Application Spotlight: Battery Pack

  • Cost cut by two thirds, to $220 per battery pack
  • Lead time cut from eight weeks outsourced to one day printed

Equipment / material: FX10, Onyx, Eiger

HydraTune Application Spotlight: FlexAdjust Adaptor

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

HydraTune Application Spotlight: FlexAdjust Adaptor

  • 94% lead time savings and 70% cost savings
  • Lead time cut from 6-8 weeks to 2-3 days including post-processing
  • Adaptor cost cut from $495 outsourced to around $80 printed in stainless steel on the FX10
  • Bracket unit cost slashed from $300 to $90, lighter and printable overnight
  • The FlexAdjust adaptor lets the basic unit cover more than 85% of applications

Equipment / material: FX10, Onyx

Bremar Automotion - Serrated Washer Alignment Set

Application SpotlightAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Bremar Automotion - Serrated Washer Alignment Set

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel

Bremar Automotion - Reverse Gear

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Bremar Automotion - Reverse Gear

  • Over 50% cost reduction per part, saving over $600 per item
  • Conventional quote was $1,200 per gear with minimum order quantity problems

Equipment / material: Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel Spline Adapter Spotlight

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Stainless Steel Spline Adapter Spotlight

  • Conventional broach milling or EDM was quoted at $1,500 for a one-off adapter, with long lead times
  • Adapter printed in 17-4 PH stainless steel, expected to outlast both motor and gearbox

Equipment / material: Metal X, Mark Two, FX20, X7, 17-4PH Stainless Steel

Bremar - Brake Press Tool Spotlight

Application SpotlightMolds / forming tools

Bremar - Brake Press Tool Spotlight

  • Production time cut by a factor of eight versus traditional toolmaking
  • CNC machining was cost-prohibitive for a run of only 100 units
  • A minor design change was implemented overnight

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx

Dana Incorporated: Die Set

Application SpotlightMolds / forming tools

Dana Incorporated: Die Set

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Dana Incorporated: CMM Fixtures

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

Dana Incorporated: CMM Fixtures

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Dana Incorporated: Gears

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Dana Incorporated: Gears

  • 70% cost savings per fixture
  • 90% lead time reduction per fixture

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

SDHQ: Welding Fixture

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

SDHQ: Welding Fixture

  • 99% faster and 93% lower cost on welding fixtures

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx

Humanetics: Thermoset Mold

Application SpotlightCrash-test dummy molds

Humanetics: Thermoset Mold

  • Molds printed 4x cheaper and 2.5x faster
  • The machined silicone mold it replaces took 144 hrs and $1,000
  • High Strength High Temp fiberglass keeps each mold piece robust in thermoset molding environments

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, HSHT Fiberglass, Fiberglass

How Graham Rahal Performance Achieves Perfect X-Pipe Welds with Markforged 3D Printed Fixtures

Official VideoWelding fixtures / production tooling

How Graham Rahal Performance Achieves Perfect X-Pipe Welds with Markforged 3D Printed Fixtures

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX10, Metal Kit, Onyx

Stronger Than OEM: 3D-Printed Parts for the Legendary Jaguar XJ220

Official VideoEnd-use parts / obsolete-part replacement

Stronger Than OEM: 3D-Printed Parts for the Legendary Jaguar XJ220

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX10, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Larsen Motorsports — Jet Dragster Custom Steering Wheel

Official VideoCustom steering wheels

Larsen Motorsports — Jet Dragster Custom Steering Wheel

  • Lead time cut from 8 days (outside vendor) to 2 days printing in-house
  • The team carries 1 spare instead of 20

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Subaru × Onyx GF — Color-Coded Carbon Fiber Production-Line Fixtures (Official Video)

Official VideoColor-coded production-line fixtures

Subaru × Onyx GF — Color-Coded Carbon Fiber Production-Line Fixtures (Official Video)

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx GF, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Sophisticated Production Systems With Yamaha Fine Technologies

Application SpotlightIn-house jigs and fixtures (locating, clamping, inspection aids, guards, cable guides)

Sophisticated Production Systems With Yamaha Fine Technologies

  • Jig and fixture lead time cut from about 7 days to 1 day
  • Jig and fixture cost reduced to about 25% of the previous level
  • A representative jig went from 22 kg to about 12 kg

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Kojima Industries Corporation

Customer Success StoryRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Kojima Industries Corporation

  • Cost of producing the 3D-printed robot hand components reduced by 67% compared to conventionally machined parts
  • Part lead time: 14 days when outsourced vs. 1 day printing in-house with Markforged
  • Design labor for certain parts reduced by approximately 30% by printing directly from 3D CAD data instead of preparing 2D drawings

Equipment / material: Mark Two, X7

WESCAD GmbH: welding, assembly and testing fixtures for automotive

Partner StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

WESCAD GmbH: welding, assembly and testing fixtures for automotive

  • Design department printing end-use parts four weeks after the investment
  • Printer runs around the clock at 100% utilization
  • Some reference fixtures up to 75% cheaper than milling (customer video)

Equipment / material: FX10, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

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6 official cases

Electronics & Semiconductor

Precision manufacturing, ESD testing and customized automation equipment.

Canon Inc

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Canon Inc

  • Procurement time for custom jigs and repair parts cut to one-twentieth
  • In 2022, purchased-part cost for improvement projects fell to one-fifth
  • Exposure systems measure roughly 2m x 5m x 3m and use very expensive components

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

FESTO

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

FESTO

  • Around EUR 80,000 saved in nine months
  • More than 200 different components additively manufactured instead of milled or bought in
  • One holder, 10 pieces: EUR 4,000 estimated by machining versus EUR 385.88 in Onyx ESD plus EUR 200 labor

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx Pro, FX20, Onyx ESD, Digital Forge, Eiger

KST Moschkau: the FX20 for Low-Volume Production

Customer Success StoryProAV / security system end-use parts

KST Moschkau: the FX20 for Low-Volume Production

  • Total lead time of 2 days, compared to 3-4 weeks
  • Total production cost of $443.99 for a 3-part camera mount, one sixth of the previous cost
  • FX20's 525x400x400 mm build volume fits all 3 components on a single bed

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Digital Forge

Tiny Pilot: 3D Printing for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) over IP devices

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Tiny Pilot: 3D Printing for Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) over IP devices

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx One, X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx FR, Blacksmith, Digital Forge

Columbia Elektronik AB: Onyx ESD Testing Fixtures

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

Columbia Elektronik AB: Onyx ESD Testing Fixtures

  • ESD fixtures redesigned from two pieces into one, eliminating assembly time and tooling

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx ESD

Brooks Automation: Functional Prototype End Effectors

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Brooks Automation: Functional Prototype End Effectors

  • 92% faster and 86% lower cost on functional prototype end effectors

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber

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11 official cases

Energy, Oil & Gas

Wind, turbine, oil-and-gas and heavy-maintenance applications that cut downtime.

Dixie Iron Works/MSI

Customer Success StoryMachining / machine-tool aids

Dixie Iron Works/MSI

  • O-rings brought in-house at 47 cents each
  • 400 o-rings produced weekly on a fleet of ten Onyx One printers
  • Assembly consolidated into a single component using 75% less material
  • Production cost cut from $20-30 including labor to $5 of material
  • A supplier tried to charge a substantial sum for engineering changes to a $4.50 nylon o-ring support, prompting the in-house redesign

Equipment / material: X7, Metal X, Onyx One, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, H13 Tool Steel, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger

Siemens Energy Technology Application Center

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

Siemens Energy Technology Application Center

  • Gas turbine vane fixture: 48 hrs at $250 machined aluminum versus 18 hrs at $52.79 printed Onyx + CF
  • Simulation cut carbon fiber use by as much as 60% and print times by up to 75%
  • Replaced fixtures that took up to 6 weeks to machine with silicone gaskets costing up to $10,000 to mold
  • Vanes average 15 lbs and up to 3 ft long, tested with air up to 600F

Equipment / material: X7, Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Inconel 625, Simulation, Eiger, Digital Forge, Digital Source

Q&A: Pipeline Design & Engineering

Customer Success StoryEnd-use parts

Q&A: Pipeline Design & Engineering

  • A dozen conventionally made parts would have cost about $3,000-4,000 and taken three weeks
  • printed in under $500 of material in about a day and a half
  • Printing 50-60 custom parts on one project saved over $30k plus months of time
  • Over 100 parts printed before the first print issue

Equipment / material: Mark Two, X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger

Vestas

Customer Success StoryDigital spares / distributed manufacturing

Vestas

  • Formerly-metal inspection tools now weigh 85% less in fiber-reinforced Onyx
  • Lightning tip receptors previously took at least 12 weeks to machine from aluminum
  • Over 2,000 Vestas parts stored in the Eiger cloud digital repository
  • On-demand gauge production rolling out to all 23 manufacturing locations

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx One, Copper, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Blacksmith, Digital Forge, Eiger

Wärtsilä

Customer Success StoryLoad-bearing maintenance tools

Wärtsilä

  • 75% total weight reduction versus the solid steel machined lifting tool
  • Over EUR 100,000 saved on tooling in just eight months
  • 960 kg tested lifting capacity without deformation
  • 240 kg certified with a safety factor of four
  • At least EUR 1,000 saved per tool
  • The first 3D printed CE-certified lifting tool

Equipment / material: X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Siemens Energy Innovation Center

Customer Success StoryTurbine maintenance tools / fixtures

Siemens Energy Innovation Center

  • Seven X7 printers used to prototype the cutting tool - everything printed except the pneumatic spindle and a few off-the-shelf screws
  • Turbine component repair now completed within three shifts during a routine inspection

Equipment / material: X7, Metal X, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Siemens Energy, Sweden

Customer Success StoryTurbine maintenance tools / fixtures

Siemens Energy, Sweden

  • 10% time saved from concept to print versus a conventionally machined fixture

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Siemens Gas & Power, Orlando

Customer Success StoryTurbine maintenance tools / fixtures

Siemens Gas & Power, Orlando

  • Over $8,000 saved per tool - on one custom circular saw alone, with hundreds of thousands more across other applications
  • 35 weeks saved per tool
  • 100 Markforged users across the division
  • Engineers previously waited more than 3 weeks for customized hand tools

Equipment / material: Metal X, X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Angus 3D Solutions: Tight-Clearance Wrench

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

Angus 3D Solutions: Tight-Clearance Wrench

  • Tight-clearance wrenches printed in 3 days on the Metal X, versus 10 days by laser powder bed fusion
  • Meeting the 6-day offshore rig deadline saved the customer $25K in freight costs
  • A conventional manufacturer would have taken 2-3 weeks to produce the wrenches

Equipment / material: Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel

Siemens Innovation Center: Cutback Tool

Application SpotlightTurbine maintenance tools / fixtures

Siemens Innovation Center: Cutback Tool

  • Seven X7 printers used to prototype the tool, printing every aspect except the pneumatic spindle and a few off-the-shelf screws

Equipment / material: X7

The $7,000 per Hour Catch: Zero-FOD (Foreign Object Debris) Prevention with Vestas

Customer Success StoryQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

The $7,000 per Hour Catch: Zero-FOD (Foreign Object Debris) Prevention with Vestas

  • Mold downtime runs approximately $7,000 per hour in lost production
  • A single lost-tool incident requiring a full-day repair can cost the facility upwards of $168,000
  • Parts meet ISO safety color standards straight off the printer, with no painting or dyeing required
  • Leverages 2D camera contrast to automate detection of anomalies the human eye might miss against white fiberglass

Equipment / material: Onyx GF, Onyx

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3 official cases

Medical & Life Sciences

Functional prototypes and customized assistive solutions that accelerate clinical feedback.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Customer Success StoryMedical devices / assistive technology

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

  • Driver Rehabilitation programs run at 49 VA facilities nationwide

Equipment / material: Onyx Pro, Smooth TPU 95A, Onyx, Digital Forge

Shukla Medical

Customer Success StoryMedical devices / assistive technology

Shukla Medical

  • $10,000 saved per month
  • Over 430 days saved in product development
  • Prototyped in the same 17-4 PH stainless steel as the final surgical products
  • Operating room costs run from $35 to over $100 depending on hospital and procedure, so every hour of development time saved counts

Equipment / material: Metal X, Continuous Carbon Fiber, 17-4PH Stainless Steel

Neurophotometrics

Customer Success StoryMedical devices / assistive technology

Neurophotometrics

  • 7 Markforged composite printers in the print farm
  • Over 14,500 printer hours in the first two years of operation
  • 17 unique 3D printed parts per device (plus 3 traditionally manufactured structural metal parts)
  • About 90% of printer usage goes to end-use parts, not prototypes
  • Optical housing: just over 2 days to print, a little over $50 in material
  • Electronics housing: just under 11 hours to print
  • Over 100 spools of filament consumed in the first two years
  • Product shipped to 10 countries

Equipment / material: Onyx

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14 official cases

Food, Packaging & Consumer

Packaging automation, production guards, on-demand spares and consumer product development.

Vogel Druck

Customer Success StorySpare parts / digital inventory

Vogel Druck

  • A machine finger costing about EUR 450 to replace now prints for EUR 3.50
  • With 30-40 finger replacements a year, about EUR 20,000 saved in a short space of time
  • Spare part in hand in four hours versus a 6-8 week supplier lead time
  • Savings of more than 90% on spare parts
  • Machine output increased by up to 20% depending on the product, through machine optimization

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Digital Forge

AMPC

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

AMPC

  • Two gears printed and fitted within 18 hours, with no loss in productivity
  • Replacement blades previously cost up to $10,000 each from a steel manufacturer; printing now takes days at a fraction of the price
  • Deployed at a plant processing 1,200 head of cattle per day with over 1,000 employees

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Clenaware Systems

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

Clenaware Systems

  • Production time on Airack Glass Dryers cut 10-15% by printing 75% of the parts
  • Each machine comprises roughly 600 parts, 75% designed in-house and 25% off-the-shelf

Equipment / material: Mark Two, X3, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Innovating Musical Traditions

Customer Success StoryConsumer audio end-use parts

Innovating Musical Traditions

  • 90% of inventory produced in house across its CNC and carbon fiber composite suites

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber, Digital Forge

Precision Quality Control: Reinventing the Pull Force Applicator with Color-Coded Carbon Fiber

Application SpotlightQuality inspection tools

Precision Quality Control: Reinventing the Pull Force Applicator with Color-Coded Carbon Fiber

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx GF, Continuous Carbon Fiber

MHM Automation

Application SpotlightFood automation equipment parts

MHM Automation

  • Consistent cost savings of around 75%
  • De-boxer vacuum manifold printed as a single unit at a 93% cost saving
  • 32-day reduction in production time on that part versus outsourcing

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Small Package Container

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Small Package Container

  • Custom containers had to be made within a tight $500 per-container fabrication budget, well below conventional transport solutions

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx

Suntory : 3D Printing End-Use Jigs and Fixtures

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Suntory : 3D Printing End-Use Jigs and Fixtures

  • One Mark Two has logged over 8,000 print hours producing nearly 900 parts
  • An Onyx printer has logged over 4,000 hours and made more than 240 parts
  • A single jig once cost tens of thousands of yen and took up to a month outsourced; now done in a day at minimal cost
  • 14 printers rolled out across the group

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx One, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Quick Change Mount Plate

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Quick Change Mount Plate

  • The Markforged solution costs 25% of their conventional CNC milling approach
  • Lightweighted end-of-arm tooling achieved an 80 pieces-per-minute cycling rate, including moves of over 26 inches
  • Production-capable solution allows toolless changeover

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Custom Safeguards

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Custom Safeguards

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX10, FX20, X7, Onyx, Digital Forge

Production End-of-Arm-Tooling

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Production End-of-Arm-Tooling

  • Danone's dairy plant in Bierun, Poland cut costs across 374 parts by 80%
  • Parts produced in hours instead of the weeks required for conventional custom parts production

Equipment / material: FX10, FX20, X7, Onyx

Custom Push-Plate

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Custom Push-Plate

  • All three custom push-plates printed and mounted the same day the need was identified

Equipment / material: FX10, FX20, X7, Onyx, Smooth TPU 95A, Aramid Fiber (Kevlar), Digital Forge

Centor: Custom Door Hardware Prototypes

Application SpotlightFunctional prototyping / product development

Centor: Custom Door Hardware Prototypes

  • 93% faster and 99% lower cost on custom door hardware prototypes
  • The printer now runs almost 24/7

Equipment / material: Not specified in the official source

PakTech × Onyx GF — Packaging-Handle Strength Test Fixtures (Official Video)

Official VideoPackaging-handle strength test fixtures

PakTech × Onyx GF — Packaging-Handle Strength Test Fixtures (Official Video)

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx GF, Continuous Carbon Fiber

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15 official cases

Robotics & Automation

Lightweight grippers, end-of-arm tooling and robotic structures that cut payload.

TMG Impianti

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

TMG Impianti

  • One X7 produced 1,450 parts and ran 6,500 print hours in a single year
  • 6,500 hours equals 75% of the calendar year's available hours - effectively continuous production
  • Automation plants have an average service life of 20-25 years, so spare-part support must last decades

Equipment / material: X7, FX20, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Aramid Fiber (Kevlar)

Harvestance

Customer Success StoryRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Harvestance

  • 80% weight reduction versus standard commercial grippers
  • Delivery time cut from two weeks to two days versus CNC-machined grippers
  • FX20 speeds up production 3 to 4 fold
  • Baseline: conventional CNC aluminum grippers weigh 1 to 2 kg or more

Equipment / material: FX20, Mark Two, Onyx One, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Fiberglass, Digital Forge

McService

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

McService

  • The same component made conventionally would cost 10 times the printed price, with much longer lead times

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Digital Forge

Labman Automation

Customer Success StoryRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Labman Automation

  • 348 robots manufactured to date, operating in 54 countries

Equipment / material: FX20, X7, Onyx FR, Blacksmith

Harvestance - Robot Gripper Spotlight

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Harvestance - Robot Gripper Spotlight

  • Gripper weighs only 1,055 g including suction cup, flange and vacuum cartridge
  • Handles 20 kg boxes in logistics automation

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx, HSHT Fiberglass, Continuous Carbon Fiber

GriPalm - Robot Gripper Spotlight

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

GriPalm - Robot Gripper Spotlight

  • Gripper weighs 3,400 g and aligns and encases multiple 400 g boxes

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx

Harvestance - Customized Cobot Gripper Spotlight

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Harvestance - Customized Cobot Gripper Spotlight

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Mechanical Gripper with Custom Collar

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Mechanical Gripper with Custom Collar

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Robot Arm Cable Management

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Robot Arm Cable Management

  • Part costs reduced by up to 90% versus producing similar parts out of house
  • Lead time for production-ready parts cut to hours
  • Without 3D printing, the cable management job would have taken a day using zip ties and tape

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx

Haddington Dynamics: 7-Axis Robotic Arm

Application SpotlightRobot structural / end-use parts

Haddington Dynamics: 7-Axis Robotic Arm

  • Part count reduced from 800 to under 70, with Dexter robots assembled within a day
  • 70% faster and 58% lower cost
  • The arm must stay stiff enough to hold 50-micron precision in its movements
  • The robot was completely redesigned around carbon fiber layup within about three weeks of receiving the printers

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

ProCobots: Robotic End Effectors

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

ProCobots: Robotic End Effectors

  • Robotic end effectors produced 9x faster and 27x cheaper
  • Custom workholding produced overnight without outsourcing or consuming machinist time

Equipment / material: Onyx

Dixon Valve: Composite Robotic Gripper Jaws

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Dixon Valve: Composite Robotic Gripper Jaws

  • Fabrication time per set of jaws cut from 144 hrs machined to 9 hrs printed, a 93% reduction
  • Fabrication cost cut from $290 machined to $9 printed, a 97% reduction
  • A robotic arm can be retooled in 24 hours with a Mark Two

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx

Dixon Valve: Metal ID Gripper Jaws

Application SpotlightRobotic end-of-arm tooling / grippers

Dixon Valve: Metal ID Gripper Jaws

  • Fabrication time cut from 14 days to 1.25 days, a 91% reduction
  • Fabrication cost cut from $355 to $7, a 98% reduction
  • Jaws hard enough to process thousands of stainless steel pipe couplings
  • Wet sanding in the green state yields an exceptional surface finish in 15-20 minutes

Equipment / material: Metal X

Rapid Robotics × Markforged — End-of-Arm Tooling

Official VideoEnd-of-arm tooling: grippers and fixtures

Rapid Robotics × Markforged — End-of-Arm Tooling

  • A new gripper in 12 hours, versus 2–3 months for off-the-shelf grippers
  • About 30% of the weight of an off-the-shelf gripper
  • Zero gripper failures in the field since day one
  • A fleet of 25 Markforged printers (10 in San Francisco, 15 in Detroit)
  • Off-the-shelf grippers cost $3,500–$60,000

Equipment / material: Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Lighter, Stiffer, Visible: Truck Hubs for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)

Application SpotlightAMR inspection-robot truck hubs (metal replacement)

Lighter, Stiffer, Visible: Truck Hubs for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs)

  • Significantly lighter than aluminum alternatives, extending AMR fleet battery life
  • Outperformed competitive material in rigidity and impact resistance during continuous floor testing
  • High-quality threading allowed direct assembly without metal inserts in low-load areas

Equipment / material: Onyx GF

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37 official cases

Industrial Manufacturing

CNC aids, fixtures, molds, metrology tools, spares and low-volume production.

Spectrum Technology

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

Spectrum Technology

  • Cost per part fell from €220 CNC-machined to €27 printed, an 85% reduction
  • 25-30 custom mechanical components per machine moved off CNC aluminum
  • Same-day design iteration on custom components

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Eiger, Simulation

SQP Engineering and Strada Percussion Drilling Systems

Customer Success StoryQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

SQP Engineering and Strada Percussion Drilling Systems

  • Tooling cost reduced 30% by printing the gauge
  • Lead time cut from 2 weeks to 2 days
  • A single gauge covers 250mm to 450mm drill bits, replacing many steel rings

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx

Toivalan Metalli

Customer Success StoryEnd-use parts

Toivalan Metalli

  • Cost per bending tool fell from about EUR 4,000 to EUR 300-400, a 90% saving
  • Lead time cut from up to 6 weeks to a maximum of 1 week
  • Printed tools yield nearly 500 runs on 25-30mm steel tube, 1.5mm wall, 70mm bend radius

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger, Digital Forge

PTI Tech

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

PTI Tech

  • Development cycle cut from up to 16 weeks to four weeks
  • Several rounds of 275-300 pre-production parts delivered with no tooling

Equipment / material: 316L Stainless Steel

How BMF GmbH uses Digital Source

Customer Success StorySpare parts / digital inventory

How BMF GmbH uses Digital Source

  • Customer downtime collapsed from an average of 14 days to one day
  • Each idle day means as many as 50,000 parts per day go unblasted at the customer's plant
  • Over 200 Twister customers worldwide can now print spare parts on demand
  • Abrasive wear means internal parts are replaced roughly every six months
  • Each workholding fixture holds 10 parts and the rotating blasting platform holds 10 fixtures at a time
  • Some customers waited up to six weeks to receive replacement parts

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx One, Onyx Pro, Onyx, Digital Source, Eiger

SQP Engineering

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

SQP Engineering

  • Wireline counter cover print time cut from 9 hours to 2.5 hours
  • Serves over 100 industrial customers

Equipment / material: FX20, Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, Onyx

Todema

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Todema

  • Component count on a pharmaceutical conveyor cut from six parts to two, an 80% reduction
  • 80% decrease in production time and cost versus machining centers

Equipment / material: Digital Forge

Zero Tolerance

Customer Success StoryMolds / forming tools

Zero Tolerance

  • Cycle time reduced by 19-20 seconds, increasing production by 50%
  • Baseline manual process averaged around 45 seconds with inconsistent cycle times
  • Part of Project DIAMOnD, a distributed network of over 300 Markforged printers

Equipment / material: X7, Mark Two, Onyx FR, Onyx, Eiger

RPG Industries, Inc.

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

RPG Industries, Inc.

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Metal X, Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, Eiger

Caldwell Manufacturing

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

Caldwell Manufacturing

  • Parts that previously cost $300-$5,000 by traditional methods now cost $30
  • Those parts now take three days to produce instead of up to eight weeks
  • Product development cycles previously ran 6-12 months, partly due to overseas sourcing
  • Ships to thousands of customers in 70 countries from factories in the US, UK, India and Mexico

Equipment / material: Metal X, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger

Cashco, Inc.

Customer Success StoryProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Cashco, Inc.

  • 90% reduction in the need for metal tooling work
  • 75% reduction in time to manufacture
  • 3-month payback period on the printer
  • 90% decrease in labor time to make custom non-revenue-generating tools

Equipment / material: X7

Guhring UK

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Guhring UK

  • 66% time saved in production
  • 75% saved in low-volume tooling costs
  • 60% tool weight reduction, enabling faster tool changes and shorter cycle times

Equipment / material: Metal X, H13 Tool Steel, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Nieka Systems

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Nieka Systems

  • C$108,000 (about US$80,000) saved per year on part costs alone
  • 86% saved in lead time - four days in house instead of up to four weeks outsourced
  • 1.5 years to achieve ROI
  • Same batch of parts printed in house 10x cheaper than outsourcing
  • Equipment already supplied to 20 countries

Equipment / material: Metal X, Inconel 625

Saint-Gobain

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Saint-Gobain

  • 86% cost savings on the spindle adapters
  • 90 days saved in lead time
  • 100% return on investment within six months of buying the printer
  • 400 spindle adapters would have taken an internal machinist about 1,200 hours and $47,000 in labor and material
  • Each adapter printed in three hours, with 400 parts coming off the X7 ready for the factory line
  • Onyx, a chopped carbon fiber reinforced nylon, is 1.4x stronger than ABS

Equipment / material: X7, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Arrow Global

Customer Success StoryAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Arrow Global

  • The printer paid for itself in fewer than 14 parts
  • Lead time cut from 2.5 weeks to 2 hours
  • Part cost brought down from $400 to a few dollars, with lead time from two weeks to one night
  • A previous latch design needed 6 prototype extrusions costing well over $1,500
  • Jigs nearing 1,000 assembly cycles show no visible signs of wear on any of the nylon parts

Equipment / material: Mark Two

Roman Design Solutions - Scaling Jig Production and Reducing Operator Strain

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Roman Design Solutions - Scaling Jig Production and Reducing Operator Strain

  • Five printers running continuously in Onyx
  • Typical production run of 30-60 units, smaller for specialised fixture assemblies

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

M.H Material Handling

Application SpotlightAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

M.H Material Handling

  • Up to 80% saved in both time and material cost versus traditional fabrication

Equipment / material: X7, Mark Two, Onyx, Digital Forge

McService Overcomes the Limitations of Traditional Manufacturing with the FX20™

Application SpotlightAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

McService Overcomes the Limitations of Traditional Manufacturing with the FX20™

  • Gear alignment verification fixture ready in 1.5 days versus about 2 weeks traditionally
  • 40% cost saving on the fixture by eliminating welding and using Onyx
  • Printed fixture weighs 1 kg, less than half the 2.5 kg iron version

Equipment / material: FX20, X7, Onyx, Digital Forge

SQP Engineering - Machine Guard

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

SQP Engineering - Machine Guard

  • Vega, a carbon fiber filled PEKK, offers the strength of aluminum at as little as 40% of the weight

Equipment / material: FX20, Vega, Continuous Carbon Fiber

SQP Engineering

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

SQP Engineering

  • Scaling the jig to full print bed size raised jig capacity from four parts to 50

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx

SQP Engineering

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

SQP Engineering

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, Onyx

SQP Engineering

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

SQP Engineering

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: FX20, X7, Metal X, Onyx

Concept Metal

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

Concept Metal

  • Close to 75% cost savings printing the 24 Vee metal shaper in Onyx instead of buying it machined in steel
  • Lead time cut from days of outsourcing administration down to 17 hours
  • First tool printed within 24 hours of setting up the new printer
  • The printed 24 Vee shaper withstands up to 40 tons per meter of pressure

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx

CADDS Group

Application SpotlightFunctional prototyping / product development

CADDS Group

  • Injection moulding was costed at about $55,000 including development, with a minimum run far exceeding requirements
  • Printed housing costs from $800 a unit and can be made in small quantities

Equipment / material: FX20, Mark Two, Metal X, Onyx, Digital Forge

CADDS Group

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

CADDS Group

  • Injection moulding including development and mould production was estimated at at least 500 hours
  • Additive version designed in a week and printed overnight at just 1.5% of the injection moulding cost

Equipment / material: FX20, Mark Two, Metal X, Onyx, Digital Forge

MF Precision: Soft Jaws

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

MF Precision: Soft Jaws

  • 19x faster lead time on soft jaws
  • 2.6x cost savings
  • Soft jaws printed in two days with no machine downtime, versus a 3-6 week quoted lead time before
  • The Mark Two reached 100% of its capacity, prompting the addition of an X7 with a larger build plate

Equipment / material: X7, Mark Two

PTZ: Copper Tool Cooler

Application SpotlightProduction jigs, fixtures & tooling

PTZ: Copper Tool Cooler

  • 38% faster cooling than previous tool cooler designs
  • Eliminating roughly 40 tool changes per day across two CNC machines saves 111 hours per year
  • $6,993 saved each year in machine time alone

Equipment / material: Metal X, Copper

Meduna: Copper Induction Coils

Application SpotlightAgile manufacturing / on-demand production

Meduna: Copper Induction Coils

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Metal X, Copper

Lean Machine CNC and Metal Fab: Vise and Soft Jaws

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

Lean Machine CNC and Metal Fab: Vise and Soft Jaws

  • 66% faster and 75% lower cost
  • A custom metal vise carried a $6,000 price tag the team could not justify
  • Printed vise clamps 1.5 inches from the end of the extrusion instead of 12-14 inches

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Eaton: Stanchion Adapter

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Eaton: Stanchion Adapter

  • Stanchion adapters printed 4x cheaper and 41x faster
  • Fiberglass reinforcement lets the part withstand cyclic bending force the old polycarbonate part could not

Equipment / material: Fiberglass, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Centerline Engineered Solutions: Press Brake Punch

Application SpotlightQuality inspection / metrology fixtures

Centerline Engineered Solutions: Press Brake Punch

  • Dies and punches printed 7x cheaper and 8x faster
  • The print is paused mid-build to insert bent steel for strength over many stamping cycles

Equipment / material: Onyx

bmi CAD: CNC Lathe Bar Puller

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

bmi CAD: CNC Lathe Bar Puller

  • Bar pullers printed 75x cheaper and 18x faster
  • Bar pullers themselves stand in for $10k-$30k automatic stock feeding systems

Equipment / material: Onyx, Fiberglass

Stanley Black & Decker: Wheel Shaft

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Stanley Black & Decker: Wheel Shaft

  • Single component fabrication: 96% cost savings and 98% time savings
  • At typical annual volume: 25-45% cost savings and 48% time savings
  • The original turned process wasted about 90% of the stock material on every part

Equipment / material: Metal X

Hugard Inc: CNC Part Catcher

Application SpotlightMachining / machine-tool aids

Hugard Inc: CNC Part Catcher

  • Fabrication time cut from 144 hrs CNC machined to 6 hrs printed, a 96% reduction
  • Fabrication cost cut from $400 to $25.06, a 94% reduction
  • Each part of the gripping system catches 3,000 parts per day and operates 24/7
  • Parts are too complex and too exposed to corrosive cutting fluid for CNC milling or conventional ABS printing

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber, Onyx

Stanley Black & Decker: Actuator Housing

Application SpotlightEnd-use parts

Stanley Black & Decker: Actuator Housing

  • Single component fabrication: 92% cost savings and 95% time savings
  • At typical annual volume: 34-48% cost savings and 69% time savings
  • A four-part assembly (cast and machined housing, lasercut cover plate, two bolts) consolidated into one printed part
  • All overhang angles designed at 45 degrees so the part prints without supports

Equipment / material: Metal X

What is Metal Binder Jetting? Process Walkthrough (Azoth 3D)

Official VideoMetal binder jetting process walkthrough

What is Metal Binder Jetting? Process Walkthrough (Azoth 3D)

  • Powder layers roughly 42 microns thick
  • Green parts printed about 20% oversize in every direction
  • Sinter cycle of about 20 hours
  • Parts shrink roughly 20% in each direction

Equipment / material: PX100, DM P2500

TITANS of CNC × Markforged — Fixturing Case

Official VideoCNC workholding fixtures

TITANS of CNC × Markforged — Fixturing Case

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Continuous Carbon Fiber, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, Inconel 625

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4 official cases

Education & Research

Industrial additive manufacturing in curricula, laboratories and industry partnerships.

Goierri Eskola

Customer Success StoryEducation / research

Goierri Eskola

  • Printed metal tool weighing over 1 kg succeeded despite exceeding recommended design range

Equipment / material: Metal X, Mark Two, 17-4PH Stainless Steel, H13 Tool Steel, Copper, Inconel 625, Eiger

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Customer Success StoryFunctional prototyping / product development

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Metal X, Mark Two, Copper, Precise PLA, Fiberglass, Inconel 625

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

Customer Success StoryEducation / research

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

  • No quantified figure in the official summary

Equipment / material: Not specified in the official source

One-Piece Design Sets New Standard In Printed Bicycle Saddles

Customer Success StoryOne-piece printed bicycle saddle with a breathable lattice structure

One-Piece Design Sets New Standard In Printed Bicycle Saddles

  • 171 g — lighter than most commercially available saddles while meeting all required strength criteria
  • Over 1,000 km of real-world road testing
  • Red Dot design award

Equipment / material: Mark Two, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber, Eiger

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3 official cases

Media & Imaging

Camera frames, mounts and cable-management solutions for low-volume, high-strength parts.

Arc34: High Strength Camera Mount

Application SpotlightCamera equipment / end-use parts

Arc34: High Strength Camera Mount

  • Camera mounts produced 30x faster and 100x cheaper
  • The printer runs 24/7 with minimal human oversight and remote build kickoff

Equipment / material: Onyx, Fiberglass

Rent the Sky Films: Camera Cable Harness

Application SpotlightCamera equipment / end-use parts

Rent the Sky Films: Camera Cable Harness

  • Camera mounts printed 16x cheaper and 15x faster
  • A 15 lb handheld rig now replaces a conventional 100 lb 3D camera rig

Equipment / material: Onyx, Fiberglass

Radiant Images: Camera Frame

Application SpotlightCamera equipment / end-use parts

Radiant Images: Camera Frame

  • Camera frames printed 3x cheaper and 4x faster
  • More than 30 printed parts make up each AXA 360 camera frame
  • Replaced outsourced machined 7075 aluminum frames that were slow to make and heavy

Equipment / material: X7, Onyx, Continuous Carbon Fiber

Sources: customer success stories, application spotlights, news releases and official YouTube videos on markforged.com; partner stories from Mark3D (mark3d.com). Compiled by the Markforged Greater China & Vietnam team.