MarkforgedIndustrial/Manufacturingsince 2017
Markforged Continuous Fibre Reinforced End-Use Parts
End-use industrial parts and tooling with metal-comparable strength
Industrial/Manufacturing85% confidence
INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING · PART PHOTO
Challenge
FDM polymer parts lack the strength for end-use structural applications in factories and aerospace ground support. Metal machining is expensive and slow for one-offs.
Solution
Markforged's CFF technology embeds continuous carbon fibre tows into nylon matrix, producing parts with aluminium-comparable stiffness and strength-to-weight at polymer printing cost and speed. Widely adopted for end-use tooling, jigs, and brackets.
Outcomes
- 01End-use structural parts at polymer cost
Technologies
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Source
Deployed in thousands of manufacturing facilities globally; standard for industrial composite tooling
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2017). Markforged Continuous Fibre Reinforced End-Use Parts. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/markforged-continuous-fiber-tools-2017
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_markforged_continuous_fibre_reinforced_e_2017,
title = {Markforged Continuous Fibre Reinforced End-Use Parts},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2017},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/markforged-continuous-fiber-tools-2017},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/markforged-continuous-fiber-tools-2017