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INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE CONSTRUCTIONLOCAL PRODUCING WITH 3D PRINTING

Dr. Didier LootensSika Technology

15.07.2017

GARTNER HYPE CYCLE FOR QUICKER THAN EXPECTED

• 2012: Prediction > 5 years• 1 years later in Enlightenment• But only for Enterprise!

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

In 2012 In 2013

Cost

Conventional Manufacturing

3D printing

Breakeven point

Units

Cost

Complexity

Time

Market

LOCAL MANUFACTURINGMARKET GROWTH

Time

Aeronautic Automotive Production

Medical Food Art

Architecture

GARTNER HYPE CYCLEMACRO 3D PRINTING

• 2015: Macro expected >10 years • 2017: Already in several countries!

LARGE SCALE PRINTERS AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET

University of Loughborough

D-Shape

BetAbram

ContourCrafting WINSUN

University of Lund

NIST

NISTWasp

ROBOT PRINTERSLARGE PANEL

Mediated Matter group

CON3D

FabClayCyBe

University of Nantes

MIT

APIS COR CONSTRUCTION 3D

HUGE ACTIVITIES QUALITY AND SPEED QUESTIONABLE

SOFT MATTER IN CONSTRUCTION

MAKING IT HARD

Solid

LiquidGas

Solid Liquid Gas

Foam

SOFT MATTERS IN CONSTRUCTIONSOLID-LIQUID-GAS DIAMGRAM

Bubbly liquid

AliteCa3SiO5

BeliteCa2SiO4

FerriteCa2AlFeO5

AluminateCa3Al2O6

RAW MATERIAL SHAPE AND CHEMISTRYPOLYMORPHE AND JANUS

MANY FACED GOD

Clinker-SiloQuary Conveyor belt Pre Homo-genisation

Heat exchanger

Rotary Kiln

CO2

CO2 CO2

CO2 CO2CO2

CO2 Cement

1500°C

CEMENT PRODUCTIONNEED TO REDUCE IT!

Flow properties

Mechanical properties

0.1 1 10 100 100010

-7

10-6

10-5

10-4

10-3

10-2

10-1

100

101

Str

ength

(M

Pa)

Time (min)

Chemicals

FROM SOFT TO HARD MATTERLIQUID AND LOCAL POWDERS

Thixotropy Setting

NIST NIST NIST

FROM REBAR TO COMPOSITE

STRUCTURAL FOR SAFETY

STRUCTURAL IS ESSENTIALFOR FLEXION PROPERTIES AND SAFETY

Concrete cube

Force (Psi)

Displacement

cc

cf

Miserable flexion properties

10 Times less thancc

REBAR IN 3D PRINTINGPREPOSED OR PRINTED

STRUCTURAL CONCRETEA BETTER SOLUTION WITH COMPOSITE MATERIALS

• Automotive • Aeronautic• Medical • Sport• Food-cosmetics• But also construction

RENEW CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

3D PRINTING OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

PERFECT LAYERS BOUNDING

• No breaks at the layers transitions• Perfect binding

HIGH SPEED AND QUALITYCONTINUOUS PRINTING

SIKA 3D MORTARHigh quality 3D printing mortarwith low viscosity and high strength