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3DPOD Episode 159: Construction 3D Printing with Natalie Wadley, CEO of ChangeMaker 3D
Natalie Wadley started a 3D printing construction business with her husband. Rather than sell material or 3D printers ChangeMaker3D is an integrator that organizes, marshals technology, and builds parts. The…
Concrete Dreams: Let’s 3D Print Money, not Houses
I’m rather unsure about the potential of 3D printing houses. I know that it is the right thing for the press: additively manufacturing (AM) homes and solving the housing crisis…
Siam Cement to Distribute COBOD Construction 3D Printers in Southeast Asia
Additive construction firm COBOD International is on a mission to construct buildings all around the world using automation, robotic construction, and 3D printing. So far, the Danish company is doing…
Microlight3D Awarded Funds to Enable Radiative Cooling Concrete with 3D Printing
As industrial society attempts to transition to more sustainable means of operating, there are countless endeavors underway to modify our existing ways of living to have a less negative impact…
BASF and BigRep Partner for Construction 3D Printing Material for Concrete Formworks
Additive construction is building up in a big way, but as Executive Editor Joris Peels has noted, the real power of 3D printing in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC)…
3D Printing in Construction: Fast-setting Aerogel and Phosphate-based Binders Offer Low Conductivity
In this study, researcher Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban explores the ever-expanding field of printing with cement and composites. Outlining his findings in the recently published ‘Thermal insulating cementitious composite containing aerogel…
Smart Materials: 3D Printing Self-Healing Capsules for Concrete
In ‘3D printed capsules for self-healing concrete applications,’ researchers are exploring the world of self-healing materials further, with the creation of macro-capsules that can actually be filled with a variety…
Researchers Develop Novel Mixture of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite Material for 3D Printing
When being used to 3D print structures like bridges and houses, cement needs to be able to sustain the weight of the layers being extruded on top of it. Additionally, in…
3D Printable Self Reinforced Strain Hardening Cement Composite Developed at University of Michigan
Concrete has been in use as far back as 6,500 BCE when the Bedouins in Southern Syria and Northern Jordan used it in construction. More famously, the Romans used concrete…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 22, 2017
It’s 3D printing business as usual here on this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, with news of agreements, expansions, medical innovations, and 3D printing materials. The European…
VanGuard 3D — New Zealand Design Student Conceptualizes Incredible 3D Printing Robot
Design student Will Nicholson completed his final year of undergraduate studies in Industrial Design at the Massey School of Design in Wellington, New Zealand with a high-tech flourish. We have…
