Case Study: Pipeline Design & Engineering achieves rapid prototyping, major cost and time savings with Markforged continuous-fiber 3D printing

Pipeline Design & Engineering - Customer Case Study

Pipeline Design & Engineering, led by Aaron Moncur, needed faster, lower-cost ways to develop custom equipment, fixtures and automation for R&D and manufacturing. To replace time-consuming machined aluminum and stainless parts, Pipeline adopted Markforged desktop composite 3D printers (including a Mark Two) with Continuous Fiber Reinforcement (CFR) and Markforged’s Eiger software.

Using Markforged printers and CFR, Pipeline reliably printed structural and end-use parts, slashing lead times and costs: a tray table prototype cost under $500 and printed in 1.5 days versus $3–4K and ~3 weeks, an inspection station saved over $30K and months by printing 50–60 parts, and the Mark Two paid back in roughly six months. Markforged’s hardware and Eiger-enabled workflow also drove customer acceptance of printed components — parts ran into half a million cycles and clients asked Pipeline to “print as many parts as you can” going forward.

Pipeline Design & Engineering

Aaron Moncur

President and Founder