the size of this 3D printer is amazing. I wonder how far are we from commercial applications. What do you think can be the next breakthrough?
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Of the half dozen or so of these, this is the best looking version, artistically speaking, of cement printer houses I’ve seen so far.
Every PC in video was running windows Xp
Still years from practical application but the first experiment are done in Germany: http://www.wired.com/2014/03/edag-3-d-printed-car/
interesting, wonder how you’d put the rebar in for structural strength.
@Mutant_Garage other similar printers show people manually adding structural components after/before the printer makes a pass over an area
For single story structures though, you probably don’t want rebar since it significantly reduces the lifespan of the structure if not careful maintained (cracks develop and if not sealed properly water seeps in, the rebar rusts and expands, and causes structural collapse), and these printers are being used to help out areas where maintaining them would be difficult if not impossible.
Could use composite rebar to fix the corrosion problem…
http://www.hollowrebar.com/Technology/Technology.html
the rebar problem is something I thought of, blocks like the ones in the video cannot be structural. Maybe the solution will be obvious after all: how about dual heads and 3d printed rebar? 