1.8_CLAY_3D_PRINTING
//date_ december 2020
//location_ rdm innovation dock, rotterdam
//tools_ processing-python
//fabrication_technique_ robotic 3d-printing
>...Clay-3D-Printing provides an insight into the potentials of joint use of robotic fabrication and additive manufacturing techniques as a generative constituent of the design process of clay vases. The research investigates the structural and formal impact of the manipulation of manufacturing parameters within the realm of clay-3d-printing.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d7ab59e93aa5c44cbd09dede78c6ef2b48ce084302625eb3218e3077689080e/clay_3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1cbf84380bd6543f56f407491a5971c9ad0c507f9fb35f27d0e8af0cd03018b/clay_2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3b9a19f0d63baa37f411bb4a68db25559d3f5817451ba19734b3bf1e4b100d5/clay_1.jpg)
>... Design and G-Code are generated in a Slicing-application, devoloped in the processing-python framwork. By pressing the “Slice - button” .csv, .dat and .src - files are being generated and can be directly transferred to the KUKA controller.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dba08fd40bba1c46e5ba4dab4dcd351f2bf728cc91b58a8045df4e0a847cd3b/vas5.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f77d7ec944d864666be64c29bb1248d9cd8157a8a508af911effdc6db1e9a846/vas4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f300161e3508fc544ed74faa92bcfb11bce693fd1a8f450611b0236449899cc6/vas3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d303fb47180628321f0c6587960e9f633c24707f02908667b8e0e27abc3f057/vas1_neuu.jpg)
Through the implementation of interior support structure the vase gains stability and stiffness. As a result overhangs up to 35 degree are feasible.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0907e9db7a5431b9e4bac336e22038504dde13a51fcf36b09e49238894e8e175/vase_bild.jpg)
The targeted manipulation of the printing path allows the generation of surface pattern. In combination with attractor points as a driver for the pattern amplitude smooth texture transitions are visible.
//Stage_4: Glazing ︎︎︎