MES Constructs Houses Using 3D Printing Technology
Recently, Indian Army’s Military Engineering Services (MES) constructed two houses using 3D Rapid Construction Technology in South-Western Air Command in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Need
- The Indian Army wants to utilise 3D printing to make houses, bunkers and parking facilities for military personnel and vehicles in border areas, where traditional construction is challenging due to harsh weather conditions and labour crunch due to the threat from hostile neighbours.
- The technology can quickly cater to the growing housing demands of the defence forces.
3D Printing
- 3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. ....
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