Printing construction pieces or even whole concrete walls is today possible with 3D printing technology. A solution that a Portoise company now markets.
Make an original masonry room, even the whole walls of a house, this is a new application of 3D printing now accessible in Reunion.
Look at the meeting of the 1st:
3D printing is invited into the building
For several years, the company Portoise Futur 3D has specialized in digital manufacturing: from the door handle to the plumbing piece, including the bust of a loved one spent in the scanner. Its most beautiful piece: the large statue of Guan-Di of the long Sane temple of Saint-Denis, entirely carried out thanks to the solution of printing 3 D.
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“3D is at the service of a lot of areas, such as the medical sector, craftsmen, industrialists too. And more and more individuals who come to see us because they are interested and say that they see At a professional, they can also have it in their living room ” Observes Laurent You-Seen, the manager of the company.
-A constantly evolving technology, which opens up to new fields of activity … including building. Today, robots know how to handle fresh concrete and use them to “print” original masonry pieces, and even mount walls to build a house … The Portoise company has also positioned itself on This niche.
“We have been following this development since 2018 with 3D constructions, the only manufacturer who markets solutions to print concrete. We try to highlight and democratize this type of technology” reprend Laurent You-Seen.
Next March, the business manager will go to the citadel of know-how in Valenciennes. A 2500 m2 building completely concrete.
“This company seemed interesting to us because it is in innovation, it meets a need for our society today, and it shows today all the fields in which crafts can develop in Reunion” Salues Bernard Picardo, the president of the Chamber of Trades who chose the Portoise company to send its wishes for the new year to the craftsmen of the island.
