Case Study: Vestas achieves on-demand, compliant tooling and major lead-time reductions with Markforged

Vestas - Customer Case Study

Vestas, the global wind‑energy leader, faced costly delays and quality issues from outsourced inspection gauges and end‑use parts: some supplier parts failed final inspection, TC marking tools took about five weeks and required multiple versions, and lightning tip receptors needed roughly 12 weeks of aluminum machining. To solve this, Vestas partnered with Markforged and adopted its Digital Forge platform (using Eiger™, X7™, Onyx One™, Onyx™ material and Blacksmith™) to bring manufacturing in‑house.

Using Markforged’s cloud‑based DDM system, Vestas built a 2,000+ part Eiger repository and enabled local printing on X7 and Onyx One printers with Blacksmith verification. The result: TC marking tools that once took weeks now print in days and weigh 85% less, lightning tip receptors move from ~12 weeks to about two days in 3D‑printed copper, and shipping, freight and lead times have dropped while part compliance and global accessibility improved. Markforged’s solution is being rolled out across Vestas sites to standardize on‑demand, in‑house production.

Vestas

Jeremy Haight

Principal Engineer Additive Manufacturing & Advanced Concepts