reinamunciveng:World’s Largest Delta 3D Printer- It can build entire houses out of mud or cl
reinamunciveng: World’s Largest Delta 3D Printer- It can build entire houses out of mud or clay… The Big Delta printer has unveiled in Rieti, Italy on September 18 by WASP (World’s Advanced Saving Project). The printer is 12-meter tall and was brough to life with the purpose of building nearly zero-cost housing through the use of local materials and as little as energy as possible. This could potentially offer a quick solution to areas struck by natural disaster and satisfy the future housing needs of a rapidly growing world population. 3D-printed houses ma be about to become more and a more commonplace as the UN predicts there will be a need for almost a hundred thousand new homes daily, worldwide, for the next 15 years. The printer is supported by a stury metal frame 6m in diameter, a rotating nozzle doubles as a mixer that keeps printing materials homogeneous, while reportedly requiring only tens of watts of power to work. The possible building materials are plenty, ranging from mud to clay that can be structurally reinforced with small amounts of chemical additives, down to, potentially, cement. (Although this would contrast with the company’s green agenda) source -- source link
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