Table of Contents
I History Background 2
II technology detail 3
Contour Crafting (CC) 3
-Concept 3
Building Procedure 3
Automated Reinforcement 4
Automated Plumbing 5
Electrical Network Installation 6
Material 7
III Compare with Conventional House Construction. 8
Conventional House Construction 8
Contour Crafting Vs. Conventional 8
IV Application 9
NASA project 9
Winsun 10
V Future Outlook 10
VI Conclusion 10
I History Background
3D printing technology was start in the mid-1990s, this technology construct the real object from a digital model from computer, layer by layer using certain material in powered state. In the past, this technology is applied in mold manufacturing, and nowadays, it is being used in direct manufacturing. With the improvement of this technology, more and more items can be done through 3D printing. However, the potential of the 3D printing is far more than DIY small household items. In March of 2013, a Chinese firm has claimed to have done 3d printing of ten houses within 24 hours. Two years later, in January of 2015, they has further demonstrate its technology with a five story apartment building, compete with decorative element both inside and outside. In fact, this technology is now overturn the traditional construction industry.
In the building construction, building layer by layer has been practiced for several thousand years. Bricking is a common method of building construction, which is actually lay construction. Therefore, it make
During this last decade a machine called a 3D printer has taken off and is believed to soon be in the homes of almost every family in the United States. It’s basically a computer printer that creates a 3-dimentional object by stacking material layer by layer on top of each other. You can design these objects through modeling software or
3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital design. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process the desired object is created by laying down successive layers of material (usually molten alloy or plastics) until the entire object is formed. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross-section of the eventual object.
The company Apis Cor has figured out how to construct houses using a 3D printer and thus have the potential to change the housing industry forever. Many companies have tried to use 3D printing in order to print houses however none have been successful until now. Apis Cor took a different approach to the issue, instead of making a printer that was larger than the housing unit it was attempting to print, it made a 3D printer that was able to be transported easily on a transport truck. This specialized printer has a 360 degree printing radius and has a maximum operating zone of 433 square feet (Apis Cor). These 3D printed houses could help to solve the issue of overpopulation around the world.
An aspect of technological innovation is to ensure that the technology can be viewed with a goal of developing it and ensuring that value is continuously added (Phaal et al., 2004). It is with this view that a technology roadmap can be developed for 3D printing ensuring that key milestones can be achieved and a correct organisational strategy can be planned. These milestones are important as once these milestones have been passed, the readiness is advanced and future innovations can be focused on, further developing and innovating the technology. These are the key ideas involved in the development of the 3D Printing Technological Road Map (see question 2 roadmap). There is evidence that a technological road map is highly important, even critically important in the development and management of a technology (Phaal et al., 2004; Haan, 2012). The roadmap should be treated as an important tool, to be used in the planning of key technical objectives and milestones, increasing the likelihood of succeeding to reach a suitable level of readiness to capitalise on the invention/innovation.
A brick layer (BL) is primarily responsible for laying building materials such as brick, structural tile, concrete cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures. Additionally, a brick layer will perform tasks such as measuring distance from reference points and mark guidelines on working surface to lay out work.
3D printing might seem like a daunting task only accessible to the elite members of the market, but because of its continuous growth and advancement, 3D printing has developed into technology available to nearly anyone and everyone. 3D
How will 3D printing affect the process and quality of constructing housing in the 21st Century?
There are a few pressing matters regarding the impact of 3D printing on society including security risks and accountability when a tragedy occurs as a result of manufactured items. However, 3D printing has a beneficial impact in different fields. One positive impact of 3D printing is the new industry software developers can pursue since there is a need to build and maintain user friendly software for 3D printing. 3D printing also reduces the time to necessary to
The company from the San Francisco specialized in the 3D printing decided to build the house and step towards the future of the construction might look like.
This experience can have a lifelong impact on my students’ futures. Additionally, it provides them with college and career readiness as well as giving them an advantage in the real world. One challenge that I may have with the 3D printer is that it might not let me print an object that is larger than the printer is capable of printing. My way of overcoming this challenge is by getting my students to choose an article that is small in size. The next challenge that may have an impact on implementing 3D printing models is my lack of knowledge on how to use it. I feel as though the 3D print is more difficult than the articles are saying it is. With the help of YouTube and other online resources, I believe I can learn step by step how to do the
Why go to stores and spend lots of money buying toys, jewelry, cups and many other plastic utilities when you can only press one button and print them out for yourself. This futuristic idea is not only innovating the scientific and technological world, but it is also innovating modern day households. The possibilities of 3D printing are extremely captivating, making this one of the most exciting innovations in recent times. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, makes three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model or command. To picture how this process works, 3D printers use an additive process, where adding layers of a successive material creates an object. Traditional machines, however, uses a subtractive process by
Using 3D printing technology, ZhuoDa Group of China built a furnished two-story villa in only 10 days, and assembled it all in less than three hours!
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an exciting feat of modern human innovation emerging at the dawn of a new industrial uprising, however as we all know, with all beneficial revolutions come vindictive consequence. 3D printable firearms are a stain in a revolution that could potentially change the world as we know it. These weapons are a reality and they are under much scrutiny in the engineering and technological world with major implications on public safety and loopholes in federal regulations. The emerging technology of 3D printing has been under development for many years now and the potential is highly underestimated. The latent violence that 3D printed weapons - or more specifically - guns could impose on society is frankly frightening. The controversy is generated from two different sides: one side takes the stance that these guns will be used as undetectable firearms for crime and could give anyone with a printer access to a lethal weapon; the other side believes that just as an individual could go to a hardware store and buy tools to enact violence in some form, a 3D printed firearm is no different. Part II will present the cutting edge technology of 3D printing, the uprising and how it has evolved. Part III introduces good and bad the 3D printing technology carries, and the reality of 3D printed firearms and their evolution. Part IV analyses the implications that 3D printed firearms have on current and future regulations and society as well as plausible solutions
3D printing has been used in different aspects of every field but mostly its application has been limited to making prototypes. 3D printing versus Traditional Manufacturing techniques in almost every field is still very debatable. One such area which I would like to explore in terms of functionality and cost effectiveness would be the Construction Industry.
3D printing is a technology that was invented in the early 1980s by a man named Charles Hull (Ventola, 2014). Since its creation, 3D printing has branched into many different aspects of the world and is being utilized in fields like the automotive industry, medicine and is even being used for everyday purposes. Later on, Charles Hull founded a company called 3D Systems which developed the first ever 3D printer. In 1988, Hull and his company 3D Systems, put forth the first commercially available 3D printer. From this point on, 3D printing would be advanced and evolved to the point where it would have the opportunity to create a revolutionary impact on the world we