Top 5: Markforged’s Part Production For Own Use

Hello everyone and welcome to our top 5 of the week! It is of course Christmas Day, but 3Dnatives is still here with a weekly video round up. Perhaps you’re reading this tucking into your turkey or laying on the sofa after having one too many chocolate coins. Or maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas at all, and you’re looking forward to your weekly dose of additive manufacturing video content. Either way, we’re very glad to have you join us. We have an exciting selection of videos for you this week, from Markforged’s part production, to Volkmann to a 3Dnatives original interview. We hope you enjoy.

Top 1: Markforged’s Part Production

This first video comes from the well-known American company Markforged, which discusses the use of their technologies to resolve supply chain issues locally: by printing parts for their own use. They take full advantage of their 3D printing technologies to reduce the lead time to effectively zero: they recognize a need, and they print the solution. As an example given in the video, the Markforged team used the principles of ergonomics to print a part to automate a task which, before, the team were performing manually. This increased production speed and prevented human issues like soreness from manual handling.

Top 2: #Talk3D With Sherri Monroe

Next up, we have another 3Dnatives original from our #Talk3D series. In this video, we chatted with Sherri Monroe, the Executive Director of the AMGTA (or Additive Manufacturing Green Trade Association). She told us all about what the AMGTA does, their goals and aims, as well as about her personal journey with 3D printing and how it can be used with sustainable manufacturing. If you want an insight into additive manufacturing’s relationship to the environment, check out her thoughts below!