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An Integrated System for Improving 3D Concrete Printing Process (2024-05)

Wu Chengde, Evans Pete
Contribution - Proceedings of 11th National SimBuild Conference 2024, pp. 132 - 139

Abstract

3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) is an emerging field that utilizes existing Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technologies to automate the building construction process. There are many similarities between conventional FDM technologies and 3DCP technologies, such as hardware design and software workflow, but there are also many differences. Due to the use of concrete as the printing material, the 3D concrete printing workflow cannot adopt the FDM printing workflow without modifications. This research investigated a new integrated system for the 3DCP process to improve the reliability of the 3DCP process. The system includes a slicer module, a path verification module, a g-code generation module, and a scaled physical printing procedure. A pilot study showed that this integrated system can screen certain human-made errors and improve the success rate of 3D concrete printing tasks.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{wu_evan.2024.AISfI3CPP,
  author            = "Chengde Wu and Pete Evans",
  title             = "An Integrated System for Improving 3D Concrete Printing Process",
  year              = "2024",
  pages             = "132--139",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of 11th National SimBuild Conference 2024",
  editor            = "International Building Performance Simulation Association",
}
Formatted Citation

C. Wu and P. Evans, “An Integrated System for Improving 3D Concrete Printing Process”, in Proceedings of 11th National SimBuild Conference 2024, 2024, pp. 132–139.

Wu, Chengde, and Pete Evans. “An Integrated System for Improving 3D Concrete Printing Process”. In Proceedings of 11th National SimBuild Conference 2024, edited by International Building Performance Simulation Association, 132–39, 2024.