New construction materials and product design for additive manufacturing processes in the construction industry - BauProAddi

Project summary

The project aims development of innovative, printable building materials for enhanced quality and a fast production process, which can be applied for additive manufacturing in construction practices. A material- and requirement-related new process technology for processing the materials is provided. Through cooperation between companies, universities and research institutes throughout the value chain, an innovative automated, fast, flexible and precise material and technology for 3D printing in construction is created, which significantly stands out from the state of the art. However, the current advances in 3D printing are not practical in construction industry because of the compatibility limitations of traditional building materials such as rheology, setting and hardening with 3D printing process. Thus, new construction materials will be developed and tested with customized additive manufacturing processes and demonstrators in the order of 1-2 m³ will be produced.