The world’s largest 3D printer is at a university in Maine. It just unveiled an even bigger one
DAVID SHARP and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Associated Press
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University of Maine, which boasts the world’s largest 3D printer, developed one even bigger that may one day create entire neighborhoods. The thermoplastic polymer printer was dubbed the “Factory of the Future 1.0.” #3d #3dprinting #3dprinter
ORONO, Maine — The world’s largest 3D printer has created a house that can cut construction time and labor. An even larger printer unveiled on Tuesday may one day create entire neighborhoods.
The world's largest 3D printer, housed at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, has a voracious appetite, consuming as much as 500 pounds of material per hour.
A bed sits inside the University of Maine's first 3D-printed home on Oct. 12 in Orono, Maine. “It’s not about building a cheap house or a biohome,” said Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures & Composite Center. “We wanted to build a house that people would say, ‘Wow, I really want to live there.’”
The world's largest 3D printer, seen Tuesday at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, could offer an avenue to affordable housing in the region.
Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press
Habib Dasher, director of UMaine's Advanced Structures & Composite Center, speaks Tuesday at the unveiling of the world's largest 3D printer at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
A bed sits inside the University of Maine's first 3D-printed home on Oct. 12 in Orono, Maine. “It’s not about building a cheap house or a biohome,” said Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures & Composite Center. “We wanted to build a house that people would say, ‘Wow, I really want to live there.’”
The world's largest 3D printer, housed at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, has a voracious appetite, consuming as much as 500 pounds of material per hour.
Habib Dasher, director of UMaine's Advanced Structures & Composite Center, speaks Tuesday at the unveiling of the world's largest 3D printer at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine.
