3D printing technology
How Concreef prints concrete: the process, the machine, parametric design and the route from model to printed part.
3D Concrete Printing
3D concrete printing is an additive manufacturing method in which a cementitious mortar is extruded through a nozzle and deposited as stacked layers that build a structure without formwork.
Automated Construction
Automated construction is the substitution of machine-executed, digitally controlled operations for manual ones across design, fabrication, and assembly of buildings.
Construction 3D Printing
Construction 3D printing is the use of large-format additive manufacturing to produce building elements or whole structures directly from a digital model, either on site or in a factory.
Crane 3D Printing
Crane 3D printing uses a mast-mounted rotating arm carrying an extrusion nozzle, so the printer covers a circular working area rather than the rectangular envelope of a gantry machine.
Design-to-Print Workflow
A design-to-print workflow is the ordered sequence of modelling, printability review, toolpath generation, machine setup, printing, curing and verification that turns a design brief into a finished printed concrete object.
Digital Fabrication
Digital fabrication is the production of physical objects directly from digital models by computer-controlled machines, without manual transcription between design and manufacture.
Parametric Design
Parametric design is a modelling approach in which geometry is defined by explicit rules and variables, so changing an input value regenerates the form rather than requiring it to be redrawn.
Robotic Construction
Robotic construction is the use of programmable machines — arms, gantries, cable systems, and mobile platforms — to carry out building tasks such as material placement, assembly, or finishing from digital instructions.
The 3D Printing Process
The 3D printing process for concrete is a sequence of controlled stages — mixing, pumping, extrusion, layer-by-layer deposition, curing and finishing — in which timing between stages matters as much as the material itself.