Case Study: U.S. Army achieves $244K savings and on-demand durable parts with Markforged

U.S. Army - Customer Case Study

The U.S. Army training base faced a readiness problem: remote location and long lead times (up to three months) made replacing worn, mission‑critical parts slow and expensive—the hatch plug example would have cost roughly $10,000 to reproduce. To reduce downtime and increase on‑site resilience, the unit turned to Markforged’s additive manufacturing platform, using Markforged printers and Eiger slicing software to produce durable, field‑ready parts.

Markforged provided a mix of X3 industrial printers, a Mark Two desktop, and Metal X, plus Eiger and Markforged University training; the regiment printed the hatch plug in Onyx for $230 and in 17‑4PH stainless on the Metal X for $800, yielding more than $244,000 saved on that application, simplifying the design from 10 parts to 4, and enabling on‑demand PPE, tools, fixtures, and low‑volume production at the point of need.

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