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Introducing Nylon White FS: Expanding 3D Printing for Food and Beverage Factory Floors
Learn about our new food-contact certified material designed specifically for the food and beverage factory floor.
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Meet the FX10: The First Industrial Metal and Composite 3D Printer
In Fall 2023, we launched FX10 as a next generation composite printer. We promised modularity, but didn’t specify what modularity meant. Now, we can clarify. The modularity we were promising was Metal FFF capability – making FX10 the first industrial printer capable of printing composite and metal parts.
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Enhancing Packaging Machine Builders' Efficiency with Custom Additive Manufacturing Solutions
Additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful tool to meet the challenges facing machine builders in food and beverage packaging.
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Reliably Measure Savings with Expanded ROI Tools in Eiger
New tools in the ROI Dashboard allow you to enter known part costs and details, providing a more realistic estimate of actual savings that you can use when making data-driven decisions for your business.
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Customer Success Stories
Dixie Iron Works/MSI
Markforged industrial 3D printers have significantly enhanced Dixie Iron Works' manufacturing capabilities, enabling rapid and cost-effective production of high-quality parts. The adoption of printers like the X7 and Metal X has reduced production costs and minimized the need for extensive CNC machine setups. These advancements have improved Dixie Iron Works' ROI by lowering material costs and allowing for the efficient in-house production of customized components.
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Robotics in the Food Industry: Solving Manufacturing Problems with Automation
The food and beverage industry faces numerous challenges that have intensified in recent years. Key issues such as maintaining a reliable workforce, ensuring safety and efficiency, and adapting to ever-changing market demands have pushed the industry towards innovative solutions. Robotics in the food industry, coupled with advances in additive manufacturing technology, are emerging as game-changers in this landscape.
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Application Spotlights
Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Mechanical Gripper with Custom Collar
Learn how a Markforged customer leveraged onsite testing and rapid prototyping to solve manufacturing problems quickly. The team designed a gripper with a custom collar flange to stop bags from slipping when its jaws close and used the Markforged X7 printer to reinforce the part with strong continuous carbon fiber.
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Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Small Package Container
See why a customer applied Markforged technology and design for additive manufacturing to solve a cheeseball packaging struggle on a tight budget. Engineers devised a novel design that lifts a tall container and pours items out like beer from a stein. Met with initial skepticism, the team proved the concept and won the bid, reinforcing its reputation for creative, cost-effective solutions.
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Farason Corporation Application Spotlight: Robot Arm Cable Management
Read how Markforged helped a resourceful machine builder achieve multi-axis robotic motion that mimics human movement. Learn how insights from this project fueled new efficiencies in cable management and machine maintenance.
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Suntory : 3D Printing End-Use Jigs and Fixtures
Markforged 3D printers have 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 in Japan. With the ability to produce high-strength parts quickly and affordably, Suntory has cut production time from three days to two and enhanced productivity by expanding printer usage across multiple sites.