The American Concrete Institute (ACI) (Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA) announced the formation of a new committee to develop and report information on three-dimensional (3-D) printing and additive manufacturing with inorganic cementitious materials.
Named “ACI Committee 564, 3-D Printing with Cementitious Materials,” the committee aims to develop publications related to additive manufacturing with cement-based materials. These publications would focus on impact and challenges, as well as construction applications.
Further goals include collaborating with other ACI committees to disseminate additive manufacturing information and determining ways additive manufacturing may be integrated into the concrete community; collaborating with technical organizations to facilitate and coordinate information sharing; fostering discussion on research needs and challenges preventing additive manufacturing from wide adoption in the concrete construction community; and developing guidelines to evaluate materials and technology for additive manufacturing.
“3-D printing is a new and exciting frontier in the concrete industry,” says Scott Jones, chair of the committee. “ACI Committee 564 hopes to bring together all stakeholders to discuss the many challenges and opportunities with this new technology.”
More information on the subject, including a planned webinar on November 13, 2018, can be found at the group’s web site.
Source: ACI, www.concrete.org.