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Germany gets 3D printed warehouse

Image courtesy of Züblin
A German team has built a warehouse in Stuttgart with load-bearing concrete walls using a continuous 3D-printing process.

The structure, which the team describe as a “world first”, was created using a truck-mounted concrete pump that is able to spray 26m of carbon-reduced concrete across multiple layers in a single operation.

Image courtesy of Putzmeister

The technology, which is called Karlos, offers an alternative to gantry printers.

The building was built by Züblin, the German subsidiary of Austrian contractor Strabag, together with Putzmeister, a subsidiary of Chinese equipment maker Sany.

Christoph Kaml, Putzmeister’s chief executive, said: “A high degree of electrification and automation is required along the entire work process. The reduction of manual labour is a decisive factor in dealing with the increasing shortage of skilled workers.”

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