Bevel gear reducer in Kingsize 3D concrete printer for 'concrete 2.0'

TU/e has put a 3D concrete printer into use, with which objects up to 11 meters long, 5 meters wide and 4 meters high can be printed. The university will develop knowledge together with the construction industry to print groundbreaking and easily recyclable concrete products in a few years. Think for example of complete walls, printed with all facilities and individual wishes.

Drive technology

The concrete printer looks a bit like an overhead crane from an industrial hall, with a movable and rotatable concrete print head instead of a hoisting cable. A concrete mixing and pumping installation is connected to it via a hose. The whole thing is computer-controlled.

The Dutch company ROHACO built the concrete printer, the first of this type and size in the Netherlands. The mechanical drive technology used was the ATB bevel gear reducers and PEII planetary reducers from Apex Dynamics.

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