3d prints floor in Amsterdam airport

We developed industrial digital production technologies and software tools enable designers and companies to create tailor-made floor designs on any scale, anywhere,” Aectual says. “Because we produce on demand, we can quickly make changes to the design, and directly respond to any changing wishes during your whole process.”

Customize, Very Durable Flooring

This company uses a 6-axis robotic arm on rails to extrude the materials onto the base. About this method enables them to print on large areas and with the aid of various robots they can deposit 15 kilograms per hour. This actual floor are recyclable plastic, which allows for a more sustainable, environment friendly building technique. Then, Aectual finishes the floor with a bio-binder called terrazzo. This process allows for the end product to be water-resistant,durable and fantastic.

There is so much advantage using 3D printed flooring as a model. This technique and style allows for machines to build the floor 24/7 without maintenance at incredible speeds. It also means that clients can easily customise the floors thanks to Aectual’s custom software. This company says that it can implement logos and patterns on request. It can even make each square meter different from the rest of the design,style, leading to interesting possibilities for customisation.

Aectual is also expanding its production beyond that of just the Amsterdam airport. It plans to implement its designs to other clientele such as in museums, hotels, and department stores.

Solidscape Announces the S500 High Precision Wax 3D Printer

Wax 3D printing is a specialty focus within the world of 3D printing and now there’s a powerful new 3D printer for wax casting applications.

Wax 3D printers are used for only one purpose: metal casting. It’s too weak and vulnerable to even the most modest heat levels. Instead wax prints are used as positive molds for metal casting.

Solidscape’s new machine is focused instead on the production of highly detailed metal parts. The S500’s 3D printing process is unique – and proprietary.  

Two stages take place in the printing process.

The first stage is to deposit drops of liquid wax in precision form. Solidscape indicates their print head can place drops selectively at a resolution of 5,000 x 5,000 dpi, or about 0.200mm per drop.

The second stage is highly unusual and involves a “Rotating Milling Blade”. Apparently this blade travels across the surface of the most recently applied layer and smooths it to a uniform surface of selectable thickness.

Solidscape says the milling process can produce layers as small as 0.006mm, which is crazy small! This means that the height of the 0.200mm layer drops doesn’t really matter, as the mill will slice it off at the height you want. In this way the S500 can produce high precision wax prints.