The Indian Army’sMilitary Engineering Services(MES) has completed its first 3D printed houses in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
为了满足印度武装部队不断增长的住宿需求而建造的两所房屋是由钦奈建筑初创公司印刷的3DTevastain just 30 days, and arereportedlythe first of their kind in the country.
3D printing houses for soldiers
The MES constructed the 3D printed houses at its South-Western Air Command base in Gandhinagar using Tvasta’s concrete 3D printing technology and self-built construction 3D printers.
The start-up has continueddeveloping its construction 3D printing technology自从完成声称是印度在2018年的第一个3D印刷结构以来，后来又是该国的first additively manufactured home. Now, the firm has worked with the MES to build two 3D printed houses for the army’s soldiers.
The homes, which span 700 square feet, were completed in just three weeks in order to meet the rising accommodation demands of the Indian Armed Forces. The homes are designed to be disaster-resistant and meet Zone-3 earthquake specifications.
An official press release from the Indian Army noted, “these structures also stand testament for the solidarity of the Indian Armed Forces in fostering home-grown technologies that are focused on indigenization of defense technologies, as part of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.”
“ Atmanirbhar Bharat”转化为“自力更生的印度”，这是该国总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）的愿景，因为该国从共同的19日大流行中出来。3D打印是MES确定的一项技术，可以帮助解决士兵的住宿不足，这是因为该技术的速度迅速满足了现有建筑技术的最小紧急需求。
The 3D printed houses were inaugurated yesterday in the presence of the MES’ Engineer-in-Chief Lieutenant General Harpal Singh, and demonstrate the potential of construction 3D printing technologies in future defense applications.
Construction 3D printing by Armed Forces
Additive manufacturing is being increasingly deployed for a wide range of military applications, including for the construction of buildings and other various structures.
Back in 2017, the US Army’sConstruction Engineering Research Laboratory（CERL）揭示了成功的成功构造first 3D printed barracks hut这使运输建筑材料和人力要求的成本减半。在2018年，US Army Corps of Engineers（USACE）开发并获得了启用的混凝土构图3D printing for building componentsdemanding high structural strength.
More recently, Texas-based construction firmICONand the德克萨斯军事部门unveiled their jointly-designed innovative3D printed training barrackswhich the firms claimed to be the largest 3D printed structure in North America. Capable of holding 72 troops while they train for missions, the barracks spanned 3,800 square feet and and demonstrated an effective means of replacing temporary barracks that are past their intended lifespan with more efficient permanent structures.
ICON’s construction 3D printing technology has also been leveraged by theUS Defense Innovation Unit(DIU) to3D print vehicle hide structuresthat could support the US Army’s military operations around the world.
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特色图片显示the Indian Army’s Military Engineering Services’ 3D printed houses. Photo via Asian News International.
