India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated India's first 3-D Printed house which is situated within IIT Madras, said the Institute. Constructed by Tvasta Manufacturing solutions, this 600 sq. ft, single-story home has a functional space comprising of a single bedroom, hall, and kitchen, all of which have been designed and developed by the firm's indigenous 3-D printing technology. Tvasta's 'Concrete 3D Printing' is an automated manufacturing method, where their 3-D printer accepts a computerized three-dimensional design file and fabricates a 3D structure in a layer-by-layer manner by extruding a custom-made variant of concrete. This technology enables building a 3D printed house in 5 days.

Source: dna April 27, 2021 16:30 UTC