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Is it possible to print anything, including clothes and food, and how 3D printers helped save lives during a pandemic, we understand the new episode of the RBC Trends podcast “What has changed? »
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Guests of the issue:
Sergei Nefedov, technical director and founder of Arfin. Sergey explained how 3D printers print entire houses and why such construction has not yet taken root in Russia.
Alexander Kornveits, founder and CEO of Tsvetnoy Mir. Alexander told how modern medicine uses 3D printing and when it will be possible to transplant printed organs.
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Conversation timeline
1:34 — How 3D printing works
6:58 — Is it possible to print an organ: bioprinting
8:14 — Why don't we print clothes?
17:30 — How and from what do they print at home?
21:54 — Should the state regulate 3D printing technologies
25:27 — The future of additive technologies
How 3D printers work
The basic principle of a 3D printer is layer-by-layer application of material.
At the same time, you can print anything: concrete, living cells, plastic, chocolate. 3D printing is simply the principle of creating an object, along with any other method of production. nine0003
The main use of 3D printing in life is prototyping and creating unique objects. When prototyping, you can print several versions of a product and choose the one that turned out better than the rest. There are industrial enterprises that print plastic items, but it is too early to talk about the widespread use of 3D technology. She has two problems: slow production speed and not high enough quality. Indeed, you can print anything you want, but now it is not economically feasible to launch such mass production, Alexander Kornveits explains. nine0003
On the other hand, 3D printing can be used to create unique, design elements, sculptures, monuments. For example, in Moscow you can see printed sculptures like “Girl with an oar”. Often, such sculptures are additionally processed to give the appearance of a monument we are used to, made of marble or plaster.
Prospects for 3D printing for medicine
In the medical industry, the most active use of 3D printing is in dentistry. If you go to the dentist now, you will be faced with a 3D scan; or you will be offered 3D printed aligners. This is no longer prototyping, but the creation of final products or blanks for final products. nine0003
Bioprinting - organ printing - is currently under development. First, a cell of a damaged organ is taken from a person - skin, liver, kidney. After that, the cell multiplies in a special solution, and then, using a special bio-3D printer, the organ that needs to be replaced is produced. In this case, layer-by-layer stacking of living cells on top of each other also occurs, resulting in living tissue. The ability of such an organ to take root is much higher than that of a donor organ. According to the guests, this technology will be able to be used to treat specific patients in 5-10 years. nine0003
Printing a house: 3D printers in construction
Building 3D printing developments are very popular because there is a shortage of housing in the world.
In Russia, this area is also developing, but many construction companies work abroad, since there is a higher demand for 3D technologies, Sergey Nefedov explains. For example, the founders of the California startup Mighty Buildings are from Russia. The essence of 3D printing is that it is effective where labor resources are expensive. For example, Australia and New Zealand have a norm that allows construction to be done only for 6 hours a day. This is based on the loads that a person can withstand. The cost of housing in these regions is very high, so it is advisable to replace a person with a robot. nine0003
The problem with 3D construction is that automation and robotization of this industry has not yet occurred, in contrast to the automotive industry, where production is divided into separate operations. 3D building at the moment is a layered construction of walls, which is not difficult to handle. The portal system allows you to print the entire house: first, a portal is built that is larger than the house in size, and the building is printed inside it.
But at the stage of finishing and engineering, problems begin. If a company can streamline all this R&D and replace people with machines, then it might work. nine0003
3D printing eliminates the human factor: for example, building mix will always have the right consistency thanks to the settings. But in Russia, all cities are growing skyward, and 3D printing technologies are more applicable to low-rise construction. Unlike the markets in the US and the Netherlands, our market is still unfavorable for 3D construction.
The future of 3D printing: orthopedic insoles and space colonization
The main advantage of 3D printing is customization, the ability to create a unique product, says Kornweitz. For example, the creation of orthopedic insoles will soon be actively developed. Another example is the frames and lenses of glasses, which take into account all personal characteristics. That is, the entire development of 3D technology will take place in areas where a personalized product is created for each individual person.
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The second promising direction is to use 3D printing where there is a gain in time and a shortage of something. For example, if there is a shortage of housing in the country, and classical technology does not allow it to be repaid, Sergey Nefedov adds. During the pandemic, a similar situation occurred with a shortage of valves for ventilation. 3D printer owners around the world have teamed up and started printing ventilator parts and sending them to hospitals. The same thing happened with the seal of PPE for doctors.
Finally, 3D printing is essential for colonizing other planets. It is impossible to predict what may be needed during a space mission, but if there are materials and apparatus, then at any time you can print what you need. nine0003
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- First fully artificial heart transplanted in the USA
- Is it safe to 3D print aircraft engines
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Breakthrough innovation, but not sure: how and who will make money on 3D printers
Andrey Stetsovsky.
Photo: Alexander Glebov, probusiness.io 3D printers are called a revolutionary solution. But the businesses that work with them do not always think so. Andrey Stetsovsky, Business Development Director of PassivDom (3D printing of ready-to-live-in houses) says: the principle of automation has been used in construction for a long time, in this case, the new technology did not offer any breakthrough improvements.
What needs to happen for 3D printing to become a breakthrough? Under what conditions can the same technology be both an innovation and just a useful solution? How to see opportunities and make money on promising ideas? Andrey shared his thoughts at the HI-TECH NATION forum. nine0080
The Forum was organized by Pro Business. General partner - Alfa-Bank (Belarus) .
3D printing is an innovative technology, but it's not exactly
- We work in one of the most conservative industries, in my opinion.
If we compare it with other areas, then in the entire history of mankind they have stepped forward very much. For example, transportation: we started with horses, and today there are cars on the market that are controlled by artificial intelligence. Innovations in medicine have made it possible to increase life expectancy by almost 2 times. nine0003
What happens in the construction site? Just like hundreds of years ago, we stacked stones one on top of the other, and so we continue to stack. Yes, now it’s a little different: they added glass and plastic. But they are still stones.
Let's put all this in the context of 3D printing technologies. Any search on Google will return a roughly similar definition of what it is: "the process of recreating a real object from a 3D model." Those. the digital model is transferred as a file for printing - to a 3D printer. In the field of construction, such a model, for example, drawings, a three-dimensional model of a house, is transferred to a construction company.
And she creates a real object layer by layer using a 3D printer. nine0003 Photo from Andrey Stetskovsky's presentation
But can all this be called an innovation? I do not know. The maximum is automation. But process automation has been used in construction for many hundreds of years. Watch this video. Here is an example of a machine that lays out a brick.
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The difference between traditional construction technologies and construction using 3D printers is only in who creates the layering process: either a robot, or people, or machinery. If a crane has already been invented and exists, you can hang a concrete mixer on it - and this will not differ in any way from the result that a 3D printer gives. nine0003
In addition, in working with 3D printers, the question arises of how to “print” a large building.
As we have seen, a wall is a very complex three-dimensional object, consisting of materials that are drastically different from each other. It is practically impossible today to make a printer that will print walls for skyscrapers: the cost of the machine will be very high.
I don't know of any major company that uses 3D printing technology in mass production. This approach was recently announced by General Electric, which is going to print blades for aircraft engines. When they come out with such a product, we'll see - perhaps there will be a first breakthrough. nine0003
How to see the possibilities in new technologies
Our company really wanted to use 3D printing technology. We understand that it is just beginning to develop, but this is the future. Here are the opportunities we saw:
1. The population of the earth is increasing, the need for housing is growing at a rapid pace. The US construction market has doubled since the end of the 2008 crisis.
Screenshot from Andrey Stetsovsky's presentation Approximately the same situation in Europe.
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2. In addition to stacking stones, humanity has another “hobby”: burning natural resources. That is, we are constantly burning something to provide ourselves with warmth, comfort, energy, etc. It is customary to say that environmental pollution is associated with industry. I would say this is not entirely true. The construction industry, together with the housing infrastructure, generates 30% of all harmful emissions into the atmosphere. Something had to be done about this. Europe, America began to develop regulations that would change the situation. Buildings must stop burning energy, emitting CO 2 should be reduced to a minimum.
What does this have to do with 3D construction? All these initiatives gave impetus to the so-called modular building (prefabricated house).
The point is to create an object using 3D printing not on the construction site, but in the production cycle: to make a roof, walls with already built-in pipes, communications.
Then the elements are brought to the construction site and assembled like Lego.
Modular construction is quite a promising piece of the market, now it is developing very well in Europe and America. One of the most advanced is Germany, it is called a country that will "consist" of only modular houses. nine0003
After studying the entire market, looking at who does what, where everything goes, we came up with our product: an autonomous, completely 3D-printed, disconnected from all networks modular home. We used:
Polymer composites. In our opinion, they are the future. With their help, you can create any shape of any object, which will be very light, very strong. Traditional materials are not well suited for 3D printing.
Screenshot from Andrei Stetsovsky's presentation Thanks to the use of polymer composites, we use 3D printing to create a ceiling, roof, walls. And we get the structure from which the house is assembled. It has high strength, high energy efficiency, low heat loss.
If, for example, it is -20º outside, and there are 6 people inside the house, it is not necessary to heat it. The temperature will even rise a little.
The materials we use are very durable. They are not afraid of water, they are not afraid of the sun, wind, nothing. We believe that our home is practically eternal. nine0003
Energy management . We use only solar energy to provide the house with all the necessary energy. It has a serious drawback: the sun does not shine all the time. We were puzzled by this issue and solved it as follows: there are about 24 engineering systems in the house that are fully computerized.
Screenshot from Andrey Stetsovsky's presentation Of course, all this requires competencies in the field of hi-tech. We have a team of programmers who develop artificial intelligence: they analyze the behavioral model of residents, the energy consumption of certain systems, even in conjunction with the weather forecast, make decisions on how to spend this energy.
The CEO of our company has a PhD in solid state physics, and he has a lot of experience in construction. The team also has an engineer who has been in construction for ten years. nine0003
Conclusion: what to do with 3D printing in the future
We are not a company that is engaged in chemical processes, the invention of materials. There is a lot of construction in our background. That is, we did not invent anything new - but we figured out how to use the opportunities and the trend for 3D printing.
Photo: Alexander Glebov, probusiness.ioIf we talk about the development of this area in general, its potential is huge. But on the condition that a serious issue with the materials is resolved. Following the path of automation, trying to mechanize processes, we stop paying attention to them. And in the materials that are used today, there is just a "trap": they are not suitable for 3D printers. nine0003
Therefore, the main problem, in my opinion, is the problem of materials in 3D printing.
