The benefits of 3D home printing? With the construction industry facing times of uncertainty due to a lack of skilled workers, increased costs, global housing shortage, disaster-hit regions and the effects of climate change. Refreshingly new digital and sustainable capabilities of additive manufacturing is here to help.
Since 3D printing allows for high design flexibility, it’s easy to achieve a balance between form, function and aesthetics. Without a doubt, this process offers significant potential to increase efficiency and productivity. Not only does it offer a high degree of planning reliability from the start, lowering chances of design errors and worker injuries – but it also requires low coordination and monitoring efforts. Construction time reduces drastically with this, which also translates to fewer costs. Its environmental benefits are additionally endless. It – minimizes material use, uses natural, organic or recycled materials, generates less waste, decreases transportation needs as well as reduces carbon footprint. So, how does 3D printing work? Simply put, three-dimensional shapes are at first designed through a computer-controlled process without the use of formwork. Skillfully utilizing a large printing machine, concrete or other materials from soil to mortar, special polymers or recycled and other plastics is extruded layer-by-layer to then effortlessly form 243
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