3D Printed Tooling & Fixtures – Application Notes

Additive manufacturing is not only useful as a production method for end-use parts, but also as a complement to other manufacturing methods in the machine shop.

Industrial 3D printers produce high- strength parts tough enough to withstand manufacturing floor environments, where printed parts are put to use as tools, jigs, and fixtures. This spotlight series highlights how Markforged users have reduced costs and optimized production floor uptime in their everyday manufacturing operations

3D printed grippers – Dixon Valve

From custom soft jaws for difcult machining operations to alignment jigs for welding, an industrial 3D printer can improve many of the behind-the-scenes tasks associated with manufacturing and fabrication.

Complement your manufacturing floor with a Markforged printer and experience shorter lead times, increased machine bandwidth, and reduced manufacturing costs.

At Markforged, we are on a mission to unlock the next 10x innovation in design and manufacturing. We have built an Industrial 3D Printing Platform to liberate designers and engineers from decades-old, slow
processes. NASA, Google, Ford, Amazon, General Electric and thousands of companies in 50 countries use Markforged to print same-day prototypes and produce stronger end-use parts than they did before. With Markforged, they’re able to ship 50x faster, spend 20x less, and build 23x stronger products.

Additively manufactured parts defy the design constraints of machining, and thus use much less material in a product of identical size and strength. Lighter parts decrease cantilevered weight, which improves motion control during operation. 3D printing signifcantly decreases lead time and cost while increasing payload capacity, so custom parts can be fabricated the same day for new applications, empowering development of a whole library of specialized products.

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