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April 30, 2024

University of Maine tops itself for world's largest 3D printer

  • The machine can print objects 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high.
    • By DAVID SHARP and JENNIFER McDERMOTT
    Associated Press

    ORONO, Maine — The world's largest 3D printer has created a house that can cut construction time and labor. An even larger printer unveiled last Tuesday may one day create entire neighborhoods.

    The machine revealed last week at the University of Maine is four times larger than the first one — commissioned less than five years ago — and capable of printing ever mightier objects. That includes scaling up its 3D-printed home technology using bio-based materials to eventually demonstrate how printed neighborhoods can offer an avenue to affordable housing to address homelessness in the region.


     
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