An Innovative Construction Process-Contour Crafting (CC) (2005-11)¶
Hwang Dooil,
Contribution - Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
Abstract
This paper describes an innovative construction automation approach using a new Layered Manufacturing (LM) process called Contour Crafting (CC), which has been developed at the University of Southern California. In the CC construction process, a precise amount of mortar mixture is delivered to make a concrete mold using robotic techniques. Mortar mixture is added in a layer by layer fashion; then a volume of commercially available concrete is poured with a certain time delay between batches. The CC construction process has great potential in construction automation due to its relative simplicity, low cost, and capability of being easily integrated with currently available automation technologies. This is demonstrated by CC’s unique capabilities and experimental results in fabricating a full-scale concrete wall structure using ordinary construction materials.
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{hwan_khos.2005.AICPCCC,
author = "Dooil Hwang and Behrokh Khoshnevis",
title = "An Innovative Construction Process-Contour Crafting (CC)",
doi = "10.22260/isarc2005/0004",
year = "2005",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction",
editor = "International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction",
}
Formatted Citation
D. Hwang and B. Khoshnevis, “An Innovative Construction Process-Contour Crafting (CC)”, in Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2005. doi: 10.22260/isarc2005/0004.
Hwang, Dooil, and Behrokh Khoshnevis. “An Innovative Construction Process-Contour Crafting (CC)”. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, edited by International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction, 2005. https://doi.org/10.22260/isarc2005/0004.