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3D Printing & AdditiveR&DConcrete 3D printing

Concrete 3D printing — Smart city

Printed concrete structures, shelters and street furniture. Delivered for a smart city client in Bengaluru.

Location
Bengaluru
Year
2020
Duration
33 weeks
Team
12 engineers
Interactive 3D · drag to rotate
2.3×
build speed
−37%
material waste
57
structures

The challenge

Existing vendors had delivered pieces of a concrete 3d printing system, but nobody owned the integration and the pilot had stalled.

What we built

We ran a two-week discovery sprint, then built and fielded the system end to end on Gantry printer, Rhino and Grasshopper, with operator training and an SLA.

Delivery timeline

  1. Phase 1

    Discovery sprint and site survey

  2. Phase 2

    Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab

  3. Phase 3

    Pilot on site with before/after measurement

  4. Phase 4

    Scale-out, training and handover

Highlights

  • Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
  • Integrated with existing PLC, ERP or GIS systems — no rip-and-replace
  • Documentation, drawings and source handed over at close
  • Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included

Have a problem that needs a machine built for it?

Tell us the constraint — line speed, accuracy, environment, deadline. An engineer will read it and reply with a straight answer, including when the answer is that you don't need us.

We reply to every enquiry within one business day.