A year ago the company W of Massa Lombarda, in the province of Ravenna, presented its BigDelta 3D printer at the innovation fair (Maker Fair) in Rome high 4,5 meters. It was the spearhead of the R&D (research and development) area and for many an oddity, a curiosity that attracted the attention of passers-by.
During the year, the first orders also arrived. One of these innovation jewels has come up in Thailand in a company that has 50.000 employees. There is one in too Sardinia, in the area of sulcisat a regional research institution.
Only a year has passed since the presentation of the BigDelta 4,5 experiment that a dream called is already ready Big Delta 12. That number corresponds, as in the previous case, to the height of the printer. With these dimensions you can literally print a house.
WASP has realized his dream, the one he had in mind since the day the company was founded. This dream will be presented as a world premiere during a three-day gathering entitled, precisely, "The reality of the dream”. The meeting will take place at Massa Lombarda (Ravenna) where WASP is based, on 18, 19 and 20 September and will include conferences, workshops, concerts and shows. To present the initiative, WASP is organizing a press conference which will take place on Monday 14 September at 11 in the Municipal Library of Massa Lombarda, in viale Zaganelli, 2.
WASP's goal is to build houses at km 0, therefore using materials available in the area. Such a project requires that the machine be transportable and low energy consumption, since in vast areas of the planet electricity is totally absent. It is therefore necessary to be able to use renewable energies such as sun, wind and water. The BigDelta 6, for example, can be assembled in about an hour by three people and can be powered by a few meters of solar panels.
Inspired by the technique of potter wasp (hence the name "WASP"), symbol of the group, research is directed towards the construction of a 3D printer to produce clay houses. The earth is available everywhere in the world, inexpensive and easily workable. Combined with other 0 km materials, clay makes it possible to create stamped buildings capable of lasting over time, which adapt to the territory and which do not leave ruins once abandoned.
The possibility of a home for everyone is an essential element in the creation of a horizon of equality and meritocracy, of shared well-being, the horizon towards which WASP's projects converge.
