In July 2022 United Machinists became the first and exclusive Print Bureau for Markforged in New Zealand.
Proven for heavy industrial applications, such as tooling in the mining and defence industries, the Markforged composite printers provide a solution for rapid small-run production. Returning us to our traditional roots of servicing local industry (but with a modern process!).
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With the Metal X System coming soon, United Machinists will be able to provide our customers with an accessible way to fabricate complex metal parts in a wide variety of advanced metals. Our end-to-end metal 3D printing solution enables us to produce high quality fully functional metal parts from design to complete parts on their way to your business within as little as 28 hours.
We will be able to produce parts to suit your needs across a wide variety of materials from stainless steels to copper, enabling functional metal parts for a wide variety of industrial applications and material requirements
Build Volume:
Width 300mm | Depth 220mm | Height 180mm
Compatible Materials:
17-4PH Stainless Steel
Copper
H13 Tool Steel
Inconel 625
A2 & D2 Tool Steel
Release Material: Ceramic — Becomes Powder During Sintering Process
Media (Spools): Bound Powder Metal Filament
A game changing way to get industrial-grade parts in hours, not weeks — the X7 carbon fiber 3D printer enables United Machinists to offer clients a fundamentally improve manufacturing operations at light speed.
The X7 3D prints Continuous Carbon Fiber reinforced parts in hours that can be as strong as — and capable of replacing — machined aluminum. It also allows for a wide variety of functional requirements such as flame resistance, chemical resistance, energy absorbance, high resolution and draft parts.
Precision-machined hardware, advanced sensors, and unique software drive leading edge accuracy and reliability for our clients. Markforged industrial carbon fiber 3D printers offer micron-level laser scanning for closed-loop calibration, reliably yielding parts with high repeatability and near-perfect surface finish.
Build Volume:
Width 330mm | Depth 270mm | Height 200mm
Compatible Materials:
Onyx™
Onyx ESD™
Onyx FR™
Nylon
Precise PLA
Carbon Fibre
Fibreglass
Aramid Fiber (Kevlar®)
HSHT Fibreglass
Printing Process: Continuous Fiber Reinforcement (CFR)
Printing Media: Composite Base Filaments, Continuous Fibers
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