Award winning3D printer developer标记has officially shipped the first batch of its Metal X systems to customers around the globe.
3D Printing Industry has seen several of these printers demonstrated by re-sellers in Europe and the U.S during the past months.
Though the company has not yet disclosed order or unit numbers at this time Trak Lord, Markforged Director of Communications, confirms that “the interest has been considerable and this is the first shipment of many.”
工业工具和household hardware manufacturer斯坦利·布莱克和迪克has also become the first company to install a full Metal X system – the 3D printer, a Sinter-1 module and the Wash-1 for post-processing.
Greg Mark, founder and CEO of Markforged, comments, “Markforged systems, such as the Metal X, are changing the way businesses produce strong parts while dramatically impacting the delivery times, cost, and supply chain logistics,”
“我们很高兴斯坦利基础设施认识到3D打印低量金属可以增加传统制造工艺的加速度和成本节省的价值。”
Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing
TheMetal X 3D printermade its premiere at CES 2017. The value proposition for the Metal X is low-cost metal 3D printing within a desktop setting. At the time of release, Mark commented, “If you can afford a half million to million dollar metal printer, buy one. For the rest of the World, this is for you.”
The Metal X uses Markforged’s proprietary Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) technology. In the process, a metal powder is combined with a binder and extruded onto the print bed, just like typical FFF/FDM 3D printing. When complete, the part is sintered in a kiln and washed to rid it of any unwanted residues. The sintering process gives the 3D printed parts exceptional mechanical properties in all directions.
STANLEY collaboration
标记isworking with Stanley Black & Deckerto develop effective applications for the Metal X 3D printer in the company’s product development division.
全金属X系统,斯坦利发现a more cost-effective method of manufacturing complex, low volume parts. In a preliminary trial run, two Markforged 3D printed parts have already made it through the full product lifecycle at STANLEY, undergoing rigorous performance and durability tests.
By rolling out this process across more small parts, STANLEY expects to make a cost savings of over 95% with parts that are also as much as 50% lighter than the traditionally made counterparts.
“For our team, the Markforged Metal X printing system requires minimal capital and time investment to make the parts we need,” explains Harry Zhong, Technical Lead at the STANLEY Infrastructure Innovation team.
“With Markforged, we believe that we can save thousands of dollars per year per part while retaining the quality and reliability we expect from traditionally machined parts,
“从马克福格（Markforged）发出的这些创新将从根本上改变我们对制造业的看法。”
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Featured image shows the Markforged Metal X 3D printer. Photo via Markforged
