Built Different
Episode 117: U of Maine's 3D Bio-Home Factory Goes Large
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The University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center is nearing completion on a nearly $82 million, 50,000-sq-ft mass timber facility in Orono — the most integrated large-scale 3D manufacturing test bed for biobased construction in the U.S. With a printer system running at 500 lbs/hour and a nine-home pilot already funded, the facility is attempting to close the distance between…