Hey there, Dalton Ryan here from Markforged. We're at Formnex in Frankfort, Germany. This is one of
the biggest additive manufacturing trade shows in the world and it is massive. This is where all
the players come to show off the innovations that are changing manufacturing. Who shows up to this?
Apparently a lot of people. We've got a lot of buzz - we're really excited to show off some of
our new technology, so without further ado let's check out what's happening inside.
The booth is amazing: we've got music, we've got lights, we've got coffee, we've got people.
It's a really incredible time here. There's always people buzzing. The FX20 really helps to bring people in
Welcome to the show at Markforged here. We are unveiling our new beast - the hottest,
largest and fastest printer we ever did.
The FX20 has been getting a lot of attention. It's been like a concert - it's almost like the center
stage singer at a really really big show. We've had crowds of people that are just looking at it,
taking pictures and they're like 'whoa' Markforged is doing thermoplastics now? That's a game changer.
My name is Luka Schwartz i'm from Switzerland and my background is five-axis cnc machining cad
and cam software. I'm doing propulsion as well. I'm super impressed about the FX20. So it's really
an awesome step forward. Awesome for tooling and for for all kinds of stuff. I'm really happy to be here
and awesome guys. I'm about to remove a part from the FX20 that you see right here behind me. The
first time this is a eight-hour part that normally takes us 24 hours on the X7. Much faster and with
better quality and you can see the surface quality here is terrific. This is 250 micron layer height
So the way that we achieve the reliability of our system is through the Digital Forge platform.
This is the combination of hardware software and materials that we engineer all in-house under the
same umbrella to ensure reliability, quality and repeatability of parts coming off the printer.
It's been a crazy experience. People are gathering, trying to get close to the printer
and see it for themselves. People are trying to break our parts and not having any luck with it.
People are asking us "are these post-processing?" Of course they're not - these parts are coming
straight off the print bed. They're ready to use. That's what Markforged is really about.
So one of the surprises I've had coming here is just the diversity of people that are
interested in 3d printing. It's gone from such a small niche thing from when I started printing to
this global community of people from all different industries that are trying to get into the space.
Hi, Joe Townsend here. Here at Formnext with Markforged. I'm really excited to look at the
FX20 today actually. I was walking around and I saw this fantastic booth over here.
Compared with other booths, it's a little hot spot.
We saw that new FX20, the Beast, that everybody was so excited about - and the hype was worth it.
But when you meet the people, you understand why it's such a great product and why everything works.
I got feedback here from many, many people: customers, channel partners, competitors
coming and telling us that the experience they have with our team, the level of service,
the energy, the passion around the product - It's what we're able to be so successful.
That's definitely the most important element of Markforged - it's the people.
What single word would sum up my feelings about the future AM? Limitless. We literally make a
technology that allows you to make anything you imagine. During COVID, I took one of our printers
home. I have it in my basement and I'm making carbon fiber reinforced skateboards for my son.
I could never have done that without the power of our technology. And that's a lot of fun but
our customers are making critical applications all over the world. We have a field edition of our
carbon fiber reinforced printer that comes in a ruggedized box you could drop out of a helicopter
in the middle of nowhere and make replacement parts for a vehicle or make critical, you know,
applications. It really is just limited by what we think is possible, and so the more exposure we give
people, the more education we can give people, and the more we can highlight ways for people
to find applications and then go implement them - easily the the potential is honestly limitless.
Awesome, well I hope you had a great time, I hope you enjoyed and you were entertained by what
you saw here. We certainly were, and we can't wait to see you next year at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany.