3D printing trends in building and construction industry: a review

YWD Tay, B Panda, SC Paul… - Virtual and physical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Three-dimensional (3D) printing (also known as additive manufacturing) is an
advanced manufacturing process that can produce complex shape geometries automatically …

[HTML][HTML] Additive manufacturing technology and its implementation in construction as an eco-innovative solution

SH Ghaffar, J Corker, M Fan - Automation in construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) of construction materials has been one of the emerging
advanced technologies that aim to minimise the supply chain in the construction industry …

Building components for an outpost on the Lunar soil by means of a novel 3D printing technology

G Cesaretti, E Dini, X De Kestelier, V Colla… - Acta Astronautica, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D-printing technologies are receiving an always increasing attention in
architecture, due to their potential use for direct construction of buildings and other complex …

Freeform construction: mega-scale rapid manufacturing for construction

RA Buswell, RC Soar, AGF Gibb, A Thorpe - Automation in construction, 2007 - Elsevier
The utilisation of automation technology and processes control found in the automotive and
aerospace industries is not paralleled in modern day construction. The industry also …

Cable-suspended robotic contour crafting system

P Bosscher, RL Williams II, LS Bryson… - Automation in …, 2007 - Elsevier
This article introduces a new concept for a contour crafting construction system. Contour
crafting is a relatively new layered fabrication technology that enables automated …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale automated additive construction: overview, robotic solutions, sustainability, and future prospect

MR Khosravani, A Haghighi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing has drawn significant attention in both academia and industry due to
its capabilities and promising potential in various sectors. However, the adoption of this …

Leveraging in situ resources for lunar base construction

A Ellery - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
We explore the limits of in situ resource utilization (ISRU) on the Moon to maximize living off
the land by building lunar bases from in situ material. We adopt the philosophy of …

Testing of the ribbed dome which is manufactured by 3D printing

B Demchyna, L Vozniuk, M Surmai - International Conference Current …, 2023 - Springer
The article describes the testing of the ribbed dome, which was manufactured by the 3D
printing method. An analysis of scientific research related to structures made by 3D printing …

Cable-based robotic crane (CBRC): Design and implementation of overhead traveling cranes based on variable radius drums

L Scalera, P Gallina, S Seriani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a new family of overhead traveling cranes based on variable radius
drums (VRDs), called cable-based robotic cranes (CBRCs). A VRD is characterized by the …

Experimental study of the dome model made using a 3D printer from PLA plastic

B Demchyna, L Vozniuk, M Surmai… - AIP Conference …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Today, technological processes in all branches of production are being automated as much
as possible in the world, and this also applies to construction. At the same time, the main …