Tag: 3D printing

3D Home Update

Aiding Affordable Housing

3D printing has picked up the pace in the housing market, especially with inflation rising. Builders can print houses faster building with more earth friendly resources and fewer staff. Let’s explore the latest updates with 3D homes in the affordable and single-family housing markets. The University of Maine unveiled the first 100% bio-based 3D printed […]

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Tiny Homes with Heart

Tiny house manufacturers have long posited themselves as serious competition for the multifamily housing industry. Yet for years, there have not been any real contenders. ICON is positioned to change the real estate landscape. 3D Printing Reimagined ICON revealed a 3D-printed tiny home that is functional, beautiful, and affordable. The floor plans range from 650-800 […]

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Printing a Building

Branch Technology

The 3D printing technology continues its adventure, conquering industry after industry. Among the latest highly debated upon is the construction industry and the upgrades 3D printing brings to it. It’s no surprise as construction is a $1 trillion industry in the United States ($8.5 trillion worldwide) and accounts for 8-10% of the U.S. GDP. Startup […]

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3D Printed Apartments

A reality in China

Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1439; since then the printing industry has evolved, from printing blocks to 2D printers with the capacity of mass-producing documents in just minutes. Today, 3D printers are capable of creating pretty much anything, from mechanical parts to prosthetics to buildings. Even though it’s been 32 years since an engineer […]

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A House in 24 Hours

A robot built it

Giant 3D printers, though still in the research stage, may be the perfect candidate to replace built-by-hand homes. USC Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis designed a robot able to build a 2,500-square-foot home in just 24 hours. The process, called Contour Crafting, is in fact scaling up 3D printing to the scale of the building. The big […]

Commercial building model made by 3D printer

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3D Printing

A world-changer?

3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing and stereo lithography) utilizes an extruder to construct objects a single layer at a time, in varying micron thicknesses, according to the specifications of a CAD program. These printers can use a wide range of materials, from various plastics and PVC, to aluminum and titanium. Watch as a […]