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The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge

131 点作者 odabaxok大约 7 年前

10 条评论

jstanley大约 7 年前
I recommend the video, it includes some footage of the printing process: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=STAHy6hTP14" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=STAHy6hTP14</a><p>Unlike traditional 3d metal printing, which works by laying down a powder which is then baked in an oven to fully sinter it, this bridge seems to be constructed by directly welding additional metal to the existing structure.<p>Here&#x27;s a fun DIY attempt at the same kind of idea: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sFXniBbgbw0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sFXniBbgbw0</a> (and, if you&#x27;re into home machining, almost all of the other videos on his channel are very enjoyable too).
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grownseed大约 7 年前
Commenting on this while my 3D printer is making parts for my new 3D printer, with parts I designed from the comfort of my own home. 3D printing and the RepRap movement have managed to get me truly excited about something for the first time since I took up programming 20 something years ago.<p>We&#x27;re not quite at the fully consumer-ready stage yet, there is a lot of tinkering and know-how that would be too much for the average consumer. I&#x27;d say the current state of 3D printing is at the same level 2D printing was ~40 years ago (comparatively), but I&#x27;m confident we&#x27;ll reach a similar stage within the next few years.<p>For those interested, the RepRap community is extremely active and there are lots of open-source projects (including hardware) to get involved with.
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eloff大约 7 年前
Just beautiful. The ability of 3D printing, not just to automate a traditional construction process, but to enable radically different designs is going to create a whole new style of architecture. Many of the old constraints don&#x27;t apply and the human imagination is given a freer reign. There&#x27;s still that pesky law of gravity that must be respected, but otherwise this offers a remarkable freedom.
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opencl大约 7 年前
The article is light on technical details but they apparently converted a normal industrial welding robot into a giant FDM machine that deposits 1-3 KG per hour per nozzle. Really interesting. From the photos it looks like the layers don&#x27;t even have to be parallel to each other.
skookumchuck大约 7 年前
While an amazing new technique, I&#x27;m a bit disappointed that it was used to create an &quot;art&quot; bridge. As an engineer, I&#x27;d be more interested in what a bridge would look like if it was pure utilitarian - the only material on it is what must be on it, not what is required by machining costs and stock material shapes.<p>Before anyone scoffs that this must result in nerdy and ugly shapes, airplanes are beautiful shapes and none of that is for aesthetics or artistic purposes. It&#x27;s simply the best shape for flying. As manufacturing techniques improve, the airplane shapes get more subtly flowing forms, and get even more beautiful.
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jacquesm大约 7 年前
Wasn&#x27;t this the first?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tudelft.nl&#x2F;en&#x2F;2015&#x2F;io&#x2F;the-first-3d-printed-bridge-in-amsterdam-2017&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tudelft.nl&#x2F;en&#x2F;2015&#x2F;io&#x2F;the-first-3d-printed-bridg...</a><p>Ah, it is the same project only a bit delayed and they&#x27;ve redesigned the bridge itself and moved the project indoors during the printing phase (which makes good sense).
pasta大约 7 年前
At first I was a little shocked it took 6 months to print (weld if you like). But thinking about it, it doesn&#x27;t seem that long for such a complicated design.<p>Great work!
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fudged71大约 7 年前
There was a section of this bridge on display at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. Very heavy :)
LifeLiverTransp大约 7 年前
Such beauty, such aery reduction to the basics...
karmicthreat大约 7 年前
What was the new type of steel they used?
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