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LafargeHolcim designs concrete mixes for 3-D concrete printing
MARKETS
Caterpillar Ventures , the venture arm of Caterpillar Inc ., has made a strategic investment in drone technology start-up Airware , highlighting its commitment in leading the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ). The investment will allow Airware to accelerate programmes that enable dealers to offer solutions and services within the construction , mining , and quarrying industries . Airware acquired drone analytics pioneer Redbird in September 2016 , enabling the company to bring to market the most powerful commercial drone solution for mining and aggregates . Caterpillar dealers will be able to offer their customers drone services and analytics , including a core set of photogrammetry , mapping , and volumetrics tools , as well as a suite of advanced analysis and reporting modules .
IROCK Crushers has redesigned its TS-522 TD track portable screening plant to include a rinser . The unit gives mines and quarries the convenience to screen and wash materials simultaneously for end-use applications . The rinser box has two additional spray bars at the top of the unit to pre-soak material for faster and easier removal of tough mud and clay . The machine sorts and washes up to one oversized and three sized products simultaneously . The rinser box has discharge pipes for sorting two different sizes of sand products from the bottom deck . The unit processes 200 – 300 tonnes per hour , and features three decks with nine spray bars along the top deck and eight each on the middle and bottom decks .
IROCK Crushers
IROCK Crushers ’ redesigned TS-522 TD track portable screening plant includes a rinser .

LafargeHolcim designs concrete mixes for 3-D concrete printing

LafargeHolcim has partnered
construction of affordable homes ,
• A 4m-high load-bearing
project bringing together
with French start-up XtreeE ,
and robotic construction of
post printed by XtreeE
XtreeE , Dassault Systèmes ,
which specialises in the
prefabricated building elements .
and assembled by Fehr
ABB , and LafargeHolcim .
development of large-scale 3-D
In its R & D centre in L ’ Isle d ’ Abeau
Architectural , being used to
“ Innovation is part of our DNA in
printing systems , to market a
near Lyon , France — the world ’ s
support the playground roof
order to respond to the trends in
concrete structural element created
largest within the construction
of a middle school in Aix-en-
tomorrow ’ s construction market ,”
using a 3-D printer .
materials sector — LafargeHolcim
Provence , France . This is the
explains Gérard Kuperfarb , group
3-D printing allows complex
teams have used their scientific and
first 3-D printed structural
head of Growth & Innovation
geometric structures to be
technological expertise to design
element to be marketed in
at LafargeHolcim . “ We are ,
created at a reasonable cost and
a range of experimental concrete
Europe .
therefore , proud to be positioned
with shorter production times
mixes suitable for 3-D printing . To
• A pavilion created on
as a pioneer in 3-D printing
than traditional techniques .
date , the company has developed
behalf of the Île-de-France
— a revolutionary technique
LafargeHolcim has identified three
and provided materials designed
regional authority using
that brings greater accuracy
potential markets : high value-
specifically for the creation of two
a revolutionary design —
while considerably reducing
added architecture , individual
different 3-D printed structures :
the fruit of a collaborative
construction times .”
LafargeHolcim
Structural pillar ‘ Krypton ’ in Aix-en-Provence , France ( 2016 ) — load-bearing post , the first of its kind to be marketed in Europe .
LafargeHolcim
‘ Le Pavillon ’ in Vélizy , France ( 2016 ) — pavilion created for the Île-de-France regional authority .
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