Mobile printer is an efficient operational unit. A smart machine that can be easily delivered to the site, requires minimum time and energy to start working in the field. It does it work full 100 percent.
By “hiring” a printer for work you free some of your resources. You save on labor costs, dealing with construction waste, renting construction machinery, tools, house finishing.
One printer can replace a whole team of construction workers, saving time without loss of quality.
Features
“Apis Cor“ Mobile 3D printer prints while remaining inside of the building. While having small dimensions it is easily transported and doesn’t require a long preliminary preparation before construction.
1 mobile crane
for printer transport
Printer has compact dimensions of 4×1,6×1,5 m. Weighs 2 tons — like a common SUV. These factors allows for its convenient transportation.
2 people required for operation control and material supply
We have maximally automated the printer operation thus minimizing human errors.
We’ve also developed special software for printer control which doesn’t have analogs in the world.
8 KW of power consumed by operating printer
This is as much power as is needed for 5 electrical teapots working simultaneously.
3D PRINTING IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Quick, eco-friendly and cheap. Construction can be like this if you trust all the hard work to smart machines and use new technologies.
Since 2000 in America, China, Russia and other countries started developing the use of 3D printing in construction industry. But we are the first to start building houses not from the outside, but from the inside.
To print a house from the outside a portal type 3D printer is required. These printers are bulky, heavy and equal in size to the house itself. Before starting construction using such printers companies have to do a serious work: first they need to transport parts of the printer to site, and then assemble it and set it up for work.
30 minutes required for installation and set-up
Thanks to the stabilization system implemented as two active counterweights it’s possible to install the printer without attaching in on any surface with no need for preliminary site preparation.
All preparations basically include providing power source for the printer and attaching it to printing mixture supply line: concrete, geopolymer, fiber concrete.
132 m² printing zone
Printer itself is a rotating manipulator art that is capable of covering the area from a single point, limited by the size of extendable arm.
To increase the printing zone it’s sufficient to simply move the printer from one point and start construction in the other.
0 kg construction waste
Printer constructs a building with fiber concrete or geopolymer. Mixture is supplied in preset doses and with precise timing. Machine prints layer by layer and doesn’t leave any excess waste that would require cleanup.
Horizontal stabilization
Printer has an automatic horizontal stabilization system.
Every cylinder is attached to a separate hydraulic pump with servo control. Сcylinder positioning precision - 0,1 mm. Equipment automatically stabilizes horizontally with precision inclinometer and PID controller.
HOW DO WE SAVE UP CONSTRUCTION COSTS
General costs economy per project totals up to 40% in comparison with a regular concrete building. We offer a pricing per square meter which none of the quality housing construction companies can provide.
Foundation works — minus 15%
Printer prints a retained framework for foundation, in which reinforcing armatures are installed and heavy concrete is poured in.
Building frame construction — minus 25%
Machine builds a retained framework for a ferroconcrete base, self bearing walls and partitions. With ferroconcrete as its core the building has all the engineering calculations methods readily available.
Outer and inner finishing – minus 60%
Printer prints walls with machine precision and makes them even and smooth. Roughing stage can be skipped straight to final finishing.
Services — minus 20%
We plan the layout of electrical junctions, engineering systems and nodes within the house in advance. Then we upload the project in the software and get a ready blueprint for laying down inner services.
Logistics — minus 20-30%
By reducing a considerable amount of additional work there is no need for extra tools and materials. 3D printing technology lowers general material consumption of construction.
