{"id":174591,"date":"2022-03-16T20:14:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=174591"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:14:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:44:17","slug":"indian-armed-forces-turn-to-3d-printing-for-military-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-armed-forces-turn-to-3d-printing-for-military-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Armed Forces turn to 3D Printing for military construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Army&#8217;s Military Engineering Services(MES) has constructed two houses using 3D Rapid Construction Technology. The houses have been constructed in South-Western Air Command in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>How are houses constructed using 3D Printing?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/3d-printing\/#:~:text=What%20is%203D%20Printing%3F,objects%20from%20a%20digital%20file.\">3D printing<\/a> is a process where three-dimensional objects are created from a digital representation by putting layer after layer of printing material.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically, the material used in 3D printing is made of plastic or metal. A special type of concrete is used for housing projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages of 3D Printed houses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Potentially reduces overall construction cost significantly,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Less construction time,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Brings down the related carbon footprint,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Increases productivity of labour involved,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Offers raw material flexibility\/utilization of eco-friendly materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Why has the Indian Army turned to 3D Printing for military construction?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Army has turned to 3D Printing to make bunkers and parking facilities for military vehicles in border areas, where traditional construction is challenging due to harsh weather conditions and a short supply of labour due to the threat from hostile neighbours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article <b>\u201cIndian Armed Forces turn to 3D Printing for military construction\u201d<\/b> published in <b>Livemint <\/b>on <b>16th Mar 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Indian Army&#8217;s Military Engineering Services(MES) has constructed two houses using 3D Rapid Construction Technology. The houses have been constructed in South-Western Air Command in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. How are houses constructed using 3D Printing? 3D printing is a process where three-dimensional objects are created from a digital representation by putting layer after&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-armed-forces-turn-to-3d-printing-for-military-construction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indian Armed Forces turn to 3D Printing for military construction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10501],"class_list":["post-174591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-live-mint","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}