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Additive designs on glass plates

Glass 3D printing can be used to reinforce glass panels or provide them with customised designs. 

Large-format glass panels as façade elements, braced using additive manufacturing.
The visualisation shows large-format glass panels that serve as facade elements for a high-rise building. They were stiffened using additive manufacturing.
bracing designs similar to the one shown here can save up to 70% on materia
According to a case study, bracing designs similar to the one shown here can save up to 70% on material in comparison with the use of conventional glass panels.
At glass technology live, 3D glass structures printed on ornamental glass panels made of soda-lime silicate glass will be on display.
At glass technology live, 3D glass structures printed on ornamental glass panels made of soda-lime silicate glass will be on display.

Glass 3D printing reaches a new level: In cooperation with Maple Glass Printing and its latest glass 3D printer, the Glass Competence Centre (GCC) at TU Darmstadt will be presenting 3D-printed glass structures applied to flat glass sheets made of soda-lime silicate glass for the first time at glass technology live. The Maple 4 printer was used for manufacturing, applying the desired structures to the glass plate using FDM technology (Fused Deposition Modelling).

New dimension for structural glass design

Flat glass used in facade applications can be stiffened, which, according to a case study by the Glass Competence Center (GCC) at TU Darmstadt, can lead to material savings of up to 70% in comparison with the use of conventional glass (DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00026956). Insulating glass with a 3D glass structure in the interlayer can also be produced, as well as 3D lettering/patterns or, for example, shelves and door handles. The range of colours and design opportunities is (almost) unlimited and offers not only aesthetic benefits but also economic and ecological advantages.

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Exhibitor contact

Glass Competence Center (GCC)
TU Darmstadt, Germany
https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/glass-cc/

Project partner

Maple Glass Printing
Northcote, Australia
www.mapleglassprinting.com