3D Printing Homes - Vulcan II

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The future of human shelter has arrived.
ICON creates printers, robotics, and advanced materials that are revolutionizing homebuilding.

Introducing the Vulcan II.
With the Vulcan II printer we’ve developed the 3D printing robotics, software, and advanced materials capable of 3D printing entire communities with up to 2,000 square foot homes. Using this technology, we can print a custom home, and we can do it quicker, with less waste, and at a lower cost than traditional homebuilding methods.

This is not science fiction, this is science fact.
This is the future we were promised.
Introducing the ICON platform—a tablet-operated robotic printer, integrated material delivery system, and groundbreaking cement-based material for building homes.

A vertically-integrated technology stack.
When we debuted the the first permitted 3D-printed home in America, we caused quite the stir. Since then, we’ve been hard at work developing new technologies in robotics, software, and advanced materials that push the boundaries of home building capabilities.
01. Robotics
Gantry system designed to precisely control the deposition on concrete over a large print area.
02. Software
Industrial control software and simple tablet based user interface designed to make it easy to select, design, and print structures.
03. Advanced Materials
Cement-based mix designed to be pumped and extruded without slumping, bonding between layers, and hardening quickly. Each mix can be programmed for specific attributes.

The Vulcan is ICON's next generation construction printer designed specifically to produce resilient single-story buildings faster, more affordably, and with more design freedom. It has expanded the footprint of our printing capability to approximately 2,000 square feet. It has an adjustable width (to accommodate different slab sizes) and is transported in our custom trailer with no assembly required.

The Vulcan features intuitive tablet-based controls, remote monitoring and support, onboard LED lighting for printing at night or during low-light conditions, and a custom software suite ensuring set-up, operations, and maintenance are as simple and straightforward as possible.

Vulcan Technical Specs.
The first digitally-native approach to building construction designed specifically to produce resilient single-story buildings faster, more affordably, and with more design freedom.

The first digitally-native approach to building construction.
Vulcan comes with an integrated tablet-based operating system for controlling every aspect of print operations via an intuitive, simple, and beautiful user interface.

ICON Studio.
ICON Studio is our powerful CAD and print planning platform. It can translate floor plans into Vulcan print jobs in a matter of minutes and provides pre-print visualization.
ICON Control.
ICON Control is our intuitive tablet-based control system. We've built the entire operating manual into this control app, eliminating the need for a phone-book-thick instruction guide.
Data-driven performance.
Our dynamic motion, environmental, and control sensors enable fast, reliable, and beautiful printing. We capture real-time data down to the millisecond, enabling machine learning and predictive analytics so our machines get smarter over time.

World's First 3D-Printed Community Unveiled
In partnership with New Story, ICON unveiled the first homes of the world's first 3D-printed community in Tabasco, Mexico. The homes will be granted to local families currently living in extreme poverty and makeshift, unsafe

Housing doesn’t have to be a crisis.
Homebuilding hasn’t significantly changed since the middle ages. These antiquated methods of building are inefficient, wasteful, and expensive. We founded ICON because we knew there was a better way. Through our technology, we are able to provide sustainable solutions to a number of our world’s most pressing issues including homelessness in the developing world and the exorbitant cost of housing.

Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is solving a plurality of problems in the contemporary building industry with their breakthrough technologies.

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