Top 5 Videos: 3D printing the first commercial apartment building

This week we found the top 5 videos about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is changing production. The technology has infiltrated many sectors, from medical to automotive: check our selection of the week to keep up with the innovations! If you enjoy these, you can view even more 3D printing videos on our Youtube channel. Hope you’ll enjoy and have a great Sunday!

Top 1: COBOD’s BOD2 printer is building world’s first commercial apartment

The Danish manufacturer COBOD presented a three-story residential building project with 3D printed walls in Wallhausen, Germany. With a surface area of 380 square meters, the structure is just starting to be erected with the BOD2 printer, which has a maximum speed of 100 cm/second, the equivalent of 10 tons of concrete per hour. It is unclear when the construction will be completed, but the building will be owned by Michael Rupp Bauunternehmung GmbH and will include 5 different apartments that will be rented out. This is not for research or demonstration purposes unlike previous projects. You can find more information in the video below!

Top 2: Cobra uses 3D printing technology to create commercial putter

Cobra Golf, in collaboration with Parmatech and HP Metal Jet, was able to prototype quickly and immediately transfer to production for the first 3D printed mass produced putter: the KING Supersport-35. The structure of the head, manufactured using HP’s Metal Jet technology, was designed with a structure that had never been used before. Additionally, moving from prototyping to mass production is not always easy with 3D printing technologies as it a harder process to scale than other traditional techniques like injection molding. Learn more below!