Fieldable Platform for Large-Scale Deposition of Concrete Structures

Chesser, Phillip; Post, Brian; Roschli, Alex; Lind, Randy; Boulger, Alex; Love, Lonnie; Gaul, Katherine

Title: Fieldable Platform for Large-Scale Deposition of Concrete Structures

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility is developing a novel, large-scale additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, system. The Sky Big Area Additive Manufacturing (SkyBAAM) system will ultimately be a fieldable concrete deposition machine with pick and place abilities that will allow for full-scale, automated construction of buildings. The system will be implemented with existing construction equipment meaning conventional cranes will be used to suspend the printhead. SkyBAAM will be cable-driven by four base stations and suspended from a single crane. The elimination of a gantry system, found commonly in large-scale additive manufacturing systems, will enable SkyBAAM to be quickly set up with minimal site preparation. The medium-scale version of SkyBAAM is currently in development. The system design, cable stiffness analysis, and tactics for freezing rotational degrees-of-freedom (DOF), detailed in this paper, will provide a basis for the final, large-scale version of the SkyBAAM system.

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Publication Date:: 2018-08-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1471897

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 29th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium - Austin, Texas, United States of America - 8/13/2018 4:00:00 AM-8/15/2018 4:00:00 AM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Chesser, Phillip, Post, Brian, Roschli, Alex, Lind, Randy, Boulger, Alex, Love, Lonnie, and Gaul, Katherine. Fieldable Platform for Large-Scale Deposition of Concrete Structures.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Chesser, Phillip, Post, Brian, Roschli, Alex, Lind, Randy, Boulger, Alex, Love, Lonnie, & Gaul, Katherine. Fieldable Platform for Large-Scale Deposition of Concrete Structures.  United States.

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                    Chesser, Phillip, Post, Brian, Roschli, Alex, Lind, Randy, Boulger, Alex, Love, Lonnie, and Gaul, Katherine. 2018.  
        "Fieldable Platform for Large-Scale Deposition of Concrete Structures".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1471897.

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  abstractNote = {Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility is developing a novel, large-scale additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, system. The Sky Big Area Additive Manufacturing (SkyBAAM) system will ultimately be a fieldable concrete deposition machine with pick and place abilities that will allow for full-scale, automated construction of buildings. The system will be implemented with existing construction equipment meaning conventional cranes will be used to suspend the printhead. SkyBAAM will be cable-driven by four base stations and suspended from a single crane. The elimination of a gantry system, found commonly in large-scale additive manufacturing systems, will enable SkyBAAM to be quickly set up with minimal site preparation. The medium-scale version of SkyBAAM is currently in development. The system design, cable stiffness analysis, and tactics for freezing rotational degrees-of-freedom (DOF), detailed in this paper, will provide a basis for the final, large-scale version of the SkyBAAM system.},

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