3D concrete printing on full display at International Builders’ Show

Black Buffalo 3D, a global provider of construction-scale printers and proprietary structural concrete ink, demonstrated the capabilities of its 40-ft. Nexcon model at February’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando. The device occupied much of a 60- x 80-ft. Orange County Convention Center outdoor booth, placing a low-slump, fine aggregate mix layer by layer to yield load-bearing wall assemblies.  “The premier…

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3D printing specialist plans Pennsylvania parcel for equipment, R&D hub

Sources: Black Buffalo 3D Corp., Elizabeth, N.J.  Black Buffalo, developer of Nexcon 3D printing equipment and technology for cementitious materials, has acquired a 106-acre, East Stroudsburg, Pa. site for a permanent U.S. plant. Augmenting a charter New Jersey facility, the new operation will serve as a North American hub for production and assembly of modular Nexcon 3D Construction Printers, engineered…

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ICC-ES report update envisions multi-story, 3D-printed structural concrete

Sources: Black Buffalo 3D Corp., New York; CP staff Black Buffalo, a global provider of large scale, building-grade printers and proprietary cement-based ink, has worked with the International Code Council Evaluation Service to expand criteria in the ICC-ES AC509 – 3D Automated Construction Technology for 3D Concrete Walls report from single- to multi-story building. 

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