Australian 3D printing building and construction company, Luyten, has launched the world's largest mobile 3D smart AI-powered concrete printer for the building and construction industry. Aptly titled, the Platypus X12, to reflect its Australian design and tech heritage, the printer is already being hailed a global success story as construction firms across the world place orders to accelerate build schedules and revolutionise delivery capabilities.
The newly launched printer is the first of its kind in Australia, the southern hemisphere, and the largest worldwide. The Luyten Platypus series is the world’s leading range of 3D concrete printers and the ultimate field and factory-ready printing system for high-quality finished products and architectural designs that demand something more.
According to Ahmed Mahil, Co-Founder and CEO of Luyten, the all-new Luyten Platypus X12 is built with high mobility and accuracy in mind and is big enough to build large-scale structures in one go.
“It is the most sophisticated mobile 3D concrete printer in the world. In designing the printer, we focused on cutting-edge tech and useability to ensure the printer delivered the most elaborate and precise results possible while also providing the most user-friendly experience possible,” Mahil said.
“The Platypus X12 includes a proprietary Luyten Tursiops extruder with an optional 3D-compliant contour nozzle. It also includes optional off-rail operations mode using sensor fusion technology coupled with robust AI algorithms for expeditionary use cases.
“Flexible in scale, the printer can transform in size to a 12 x 6 mobile crane in 20 minutes, expanding its capability to print large-scale structures. It literally extends to 12 metres in width, and 6 metres in height and thanks to its robotic nature only take a few minutes to unfold to complete size.
“Despite its size and robotic ability to extend to any size, it is also very light, yet robust and mobile. The printer is unmatched internationally thanks to its capacity to incorporate acoustic and optical-based artificial intelligence for data-driven concrete printing. It also has a patented anti-clogging printer head, which means that the technology can produce state-of-the-art results time after time.”
Since launching, Luyten’s mission has been to make construction easier and more sustainable across a broad range of industries by reducing the time and cost to build, the amount of construction waste generated, and the impact of building activities on the surrounding environment. Luyten’s cutting-edge 3D printing and additive technologies have become a worldwide success story as companies across the globe scramble to purchase its printers.
“Luyten transforms construction projects that traditionally take months or years to complete and finishes them within a number of days. The 3D concrete printing revolutionary technology reduces 60 percent of construction waste, 70 percent of production time, and 80 percent of labour costs when comparing hands-on construction projects,” Mahil explained.
“In addition, the technology is proven to increase construction site efficiency with 60 percent guaranteed cost savings, 300 to 500 times shorter execution times, and an 80 percent total reduction in monetary expenses without formwork in concrete construction. The world has never seen capabilities like this before. Our unmatched technology employs up to 40 percent less carbon dioxide emissions through propriety mixes that reduce the use of cement, and the robotic systems reduce construction site and logistics carbon dioxide footprints by 50 to 70 percent.”
