Development of a Viable Concrete Printing Process (2011-07)¶

10.22260/isarc2011/0124

Lim Sungwoo, Buswell Richard, Le Thanh, Wackrow Rene, Austin Simon, Gibb Alistar, Thorpe Tony
Contribution - Proceedings of the 28^th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

Abstract

A novel Concrete Printing process has been developed, inspired and informed by advances in 3D printing, which has the potential to produce highly customised building components. Whilst still in their infancy, these technologies could create a new era of architecture that is better adapted to the environment and integrated with engineering function. This paper describes the development of a viable concrete printing process with a practical example in designing and manufacturing a concrete component (called Wonder Bench) that includes service voids and reinforcement. The challenges met and those still to be overcome particularly in the evaluation of the manufacturing tolerances of prints are also discussed.

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{lim_busw_le_wack.2011.DoaVCPP,
  author            = "Sungwoo Lim and Richard A. Buswell and Thanh T. Le and Rene Wackrow and Simon A. Austin and Alistar G.F. Gibb and Tony Thorpe",
  title             = "Development of a Viable Concrete Printing Process",
  doi               = "10.22260/isarc2011/0124",
  year              = "2011",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction",
  editor            = "Soonwook Kwon",
}

Formatted Citation

IEEE

S. Lim, “Development of a Viable Concrete Printing Process”, in Proceedings of the 28^th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2011. doi: 10.22260/isarc2011/0124.

CMOS

Lim, Sungwoo, Richard A. Buswell, Thanh T. Le, Rene Wackrow, Simon A. Austin, Alistar G.F. Gibb, and Tony Thorpe. “Development of a Viable Concrete Printing Process”. In Proceedings of the 28^th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, edited by Soonwook Kwon, 2011. https://doi.org/10.22260/isarc2011/0124.