Vacuum Grippers are used on production lines to transport goods. The Danone dairy plant in Bierun, Poland 3D printed this vacuum gripper for their packaging line. The plant cut part costs across 274 parts by 80% using 3D printing. Their Markforged X7 paid for itself in one year.

Markforged 3D printers enabled Suntory, a leading beverage producer, to reduce the time and cost of producing custom jigs, leading to significant efficiency improvements in their Haruna plant. 

The Casino Food Co-op produces tens of thousands of dollars of product in the tannery each day. After a gear in the tannery failed, halting production, the team 3D printed and fitted two critical gears within 18 hours to prevent financial loss. 

Farason Corporation solves customer manufacturing problems quickly by prototyping, testing and producing parts onsite with Markforged 3D printers.  To stop bags from slipping when its jaws close, the team designed a gripper with a custom collar flange, reinforced with continuous carbon fiber to deliver the necessary strength and stiffness.

Lean Machine R&D Engineer Josh Grasby exploited the design flexibility that 3D printing provides to build a better custom vise/soft jaw combination combining over two dozen 3D printed components with off-the-shelf parts.