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This could be the way to go for 3d printing houses. Instead of setting up a coordinate system on the build site you just show up with a truck with this arm atta
by mrfusion 5y ago
This could be the way to go for 3d printing houses. Instead of setting up a coordinate system on the build site you just show up with a truck with this arm attached.
- the_third_wave 5y agoThis is already used for large-scale construction, e.g. a 3D-printed bridge [1] was made using an industrial robot which wielded a MIG-welder fed with stainless steel thread. This system still uses chopped fibre in a plastic base, I wonder what the results would be with directed longer fibre which is laid down in the stress direction. This would necessitate a fibre cutter - a laser cutter would be the most flexible - in front of the print head so it would complicate the design but the resulting artefact would be much stronger. Such a longitudinal fibre printing head could be part of an assembly with different print heads in a revolver assembly like shown in this video. [1] https://mx3d.com/industries/infrastructure/mx3d-bridge/ https://mx3d.com/industries/infrastructure/mx3d-bridge/
- lolc 5y agoHaha, I'm in this cycle. I can go a long time wondering what the point of 3d-printing is. Then I see that bridge and I'm back at: wow, I want that too!