3D Concrete Printing on Site: A Novel Way of Building Houses?

Putten, Jolien Van Der; Olmen, Alex Van; Aerts, Marijke; Ascione, Emiel; Beneens, Joeri; Blaakmeer, J.; Schutter, Geert De; Tittelboom, Kim Van

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_71

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“…It is employed across many settings, from the user printing miniature figurines using common polymers in a small domestic printer [ 3 ] to entire houses using concrete in huge industrial machines. [ 4 ] In 3D printing, a structure is built bottom‐up in an additive manner by depositing sub‐millimeter layers of material. In contrast, conventional manufacturing processes usually rely on manual labor and automated processes such as casting, forming, and machining by either subtracting material from a larger starting piece or using molds to shape an object.…”

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The Field Guide to 3D Printing in Optical Microscopy for Life Sciences

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The Field Guide to 3D Printing in Optical Microscopy for Life Sciences

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“…Additive manufacturing has seen a massive rise in popularity in recent years, from its start as an industrial prototyping tool to the current domestic use. It is employed across many different settings, from the user printing miniature figurines using common polymers in a small domestic printer (5) to entire houses using concrete in huge industrial machines (6). In 3D printing, a structure is built bottom-up in an Fig.…”

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The Field Guide to 3D Printing in Microscopy

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Mendes³

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The maker movement has reached the optics labs, empowering researchers to actively create and modify microscope designs and imaging accessories. 3D printing has especially had a disruptive impact on the field, as it entails an accessible new approach in fabrication technologies, namely additive manufacturing, making prototyping in the lab available at low cost. Examples of this trend are taking advantage of the easy availability of 3D printing technology. For example, inexpensive microscopes for education have been designed, such as the FlyPi. Also, the highly complex robotic microscope OpenFlexure represents a clear desire for the democratisation of this technology. 3D printing facilitates new and powerful approaches to science and promotes collaboration between researchers, as 3D designs are easily shared. This holds the unique possibility to extend the open-access concept from knowledge to technology, allowing researchers from everywhere to use and extend model structures. Here we present a review of additive manufacturing applications in microscopy, guiding the user through this new and exciting technology and providing a starting point to anyone willing to employ this versatile and powerful new tool.

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