Case Study: Farason Corporation speeds production of custom mechanical grippers with Markforged 3D printing

Farason Corporation delivers mechanical grippers in hours not days with Markforged

Farason Corporation, a custom automation and robotics systems provider, faced a challenge in designing a mechanical gripper for a packaging robot. Their initial prototype successfully grabbed and dumped buckets but lost material during the process. They used Markforged 3D printing to address the need for a custom collar feature that would contain the bags, a feature that was previously impossible to fabricate affordably.

The solution from Markforged involved iterating the design and printing the final production parts using an X7 printer with Onyx and continuous carbon fiber reinforcement. This provided the necessary strength and rigidity while keeping the part light. The result was a successful end-of-arm tool that was delivered faster and at a lower cost, greatly impressing the customer. Markforged enabled the creation of complex features and rapid optimization.

Farason Corporation