(June 26, 2015) In a
collaborative project worth SEK 35 million, researchers and external partners
are together developing a technology to make full-scale 3D prints of cellulose
based material. It is not a matter of small prints – the objective is to make
houses.
The impact of digitalisation on the manufacturing and
construction industry is merely in its infancy. However, a large innovation
project with its base at Sliperiet at Umeå Arts Campus, a part of Umeå
University, is now setting the pace in the region’s journey to the forefront of
this field.
“The idea of the project is to develop a technology that can
be used in reinforcing the manufacturing industry in the region. For Sliperiet
the project, entitled the +Project, is a part in the strategy of forming
collaboration in an open and interdisciplinary innovative environment. Here,
meetings and collaborations are created between various scientific areas and
together with companies in the region,” says Marlene Johansson, director of
Sliperiet.