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Construction Equipment
Apis Cor 3D printer assembles in 30 minutes, prints a building in 1 day
Though 3D printing is a technology that seems destined to greatly impact the construction industry, up until recently that impact still felt far off. But this year alone we’ve seen bridges, homes and hotel rooms built using 3D printing methods that decrease project times significantly. Now, according to 3Dprint.com, Russian engineer Nikita Chen-yun-tai has created […]
November 12, 2015
Technology
PHOTOS: Company unveils 3D printed homes that can be built in under 3 hours
What if it were possible to reduce the process of buying and building a home to less than a day? In China, one company has quite the head start on such a disruption. According to a report from the Daily Mail, Zhouda Group, based in Xi’an, Central China, has developed new technology to 3D print […]
August 5, 2015
Roadbuilding
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge to be erected by robotics firm, contractor (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
It seems like something out of science fiction: Robotic arms stretched over a canal creating a bridge seemingly out of nothing at all. In actuality, the robots are advanced 3D printing tools that a company in the Netherlands is planning to use to print a bridge. The first 3D printed bridge in the world. MX3D, a 3D-printing robotics […]
July 14, 2015
Technology
Minibuilders: Fleet of robots works together as a roving 3D printer of concrete buildings (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=104] Though 3D printing is one of the more exciting emerging technologies in several industries right now, for the construction industry the possibility of one day efficiently printing buildings and other structures is perhaps most exciting. Inspired by that possibility while challenged by the size of current 3D printers, a team of Spanish architecture […]
June 26, 2014
Construction Equipment
Moon dwelling could be built with 3D printer
If you’ve ever wondered what a lunar habitat looks like, you may soon find out thanks to the D-Shape 3D printer. Enrico Dini, inventor of the large-format 3D printer D-Shape, the European Space Agency and Foster + Partners have plans to test whether the first lunar habitats could be printed using sand from the moon, […]
February 7, 2013
Construction Equipment
Dutch architect to build house with a 3D printer
At this point, 3D printers are typically used for minor engineering purposes. They can be useful for drafting out a prototype, for making replacement parts and for scale models. But Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars of Universe Architecture wants to take 3D printing to a whole new level. He wants to print a house. In what […]
January 22, 2013
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