3d printed construction equipment
Italy’s Da Vinci Bridge Reinvented with 3D Printing and Stone Waste
Italy’s city of Bari has inaugurated a new 3D printed, self-supporting bridge that, for the first time, uses waste materials from stone processing. This structure, known as Da Vinci’s Bridge,…
New Modular Concrete 3D Printer Unveiled by RIC
In a move set to shake-up the additive construction (AC) landscape, RIC Technology has launched the RIC-M1 PRO concrete 3D printer at World of Concrete 2024. RIC promises that its…
3D Printed Houses Are Much, Much Older Than You Think
Particularly in the last several years, 3D printed houses have become increasingly prevalent, but the technology may be much older than you might have thought. The seeds for the concept…
Glamorously Chic 3D Printed Dior Concept Store in Dubai
One of the biggest innovators in Dubai’s 3D printing scene has recently been WASP (short for World’s Advanced Saving Project). The pioneering Italian 3D printer manufacturer specializing in sustainable additive…
Contour Crafting Prepares for Series Production of Robotic Construction 3D Printers
According to scientific forecasts, there will be 11 billion people living on Earth by the year 2100. That’s a big population boom in a relatively short period of time, and…
ORNL’s Project AME, First Fully Functional 3D Printed Excavator, Unveiled at Las Vegas Expo
There’s 3D printed Lego construction equipment…and then there’s Project AME, the first fully functional, full-size 3D printed excavator in the world. We have been following Project AME’s progress for nearly a…
3D Printed Excavator Still Heavily in Development; ORNL to 3D Print a Cab at 2017 Tradeshow
While it may seem that suddenly everything and its brother is being 3D printed and hitting the headlines, you might be surprised at some of the items you’ve missed that…
University of Illinois Engineering Team Win Excavator Cab of the Future 3D Design Contest
A student engineering team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has submitted the winning design for an aesthetically pleasing and fully-functional 3D printed excavator cab. The cab will…
World’s First 3D Printed Excavator to Debut at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017
Fluid power, or what is more commonly called hydraulics, is the use of keeping fluids under pressure in order to generate, control, or transmit power. Hydraulics is used in a range…
Student-Built Concrete 3D Printer Gets an Upgrade and a New 10’x10’x10′ Build Envelope
Concrete 3D printers are big business right now, with major companies in the US, China, the Netherlands and more investing in developing a large-scale machine capable of instantly fabricating large…
3D Printing Helped This Scratch Built RC Dump Truck Come to Life
I firmly believe that people never really outgrow playing with toys, the toys just tend to get a lot bigger and way more expensive. While 3D printing itself has innumerable…