🏗️ 3D Printing a Concrete Spiral Staircase with AdaOne
This video showcases a new application developed within the PrintCrete project: the robotic 3D printing of a concrete spiral staircase.
Before printing the concrete staircase, a polymer support tool was first manufactured to serve as the base structure for the process.
Using AdaOne, both the polymer tool and the staircase were sliced, simulated, and prepared for robotic production. The project demonstrates how robotic additive manufacturing can be applied to prefabricated concrete elements with complex geometries while maintaining a controlled and repeatable process.
The PrintCrete project focuses on advancing 3D printing for sustainable prefabricated concrete elements by combining material development, robotic manufacturing, and industrial workflows. The initiative brings together industry, academia, and research organizations to support the adoption of concrete additive manufacturing in construction.
PrintCrete Consortium: ABB, ADAXIS, Benders, FOJAB, Heidelberg Materials, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lund University, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sika Sverige, UBAB, Volvo Cars.
Funded by FORMAS – Smart Built Environment.
Setting up the same path planning configuration again… and again?
With Recipes in #AdaOne, you can save your entire path planning setup — slicing strategy, parameters, and tool path modifications — and reuse it across multiple parts in just a few clicks.
Define it once. Apply it anywhere.
✔ Save slicing strategies and parameters
✔ Include tool path editor modifications
✔ Reuse across multiple parts and projects
✔ Ensure consistency in your process
From one panel to a full assembly, your workflow becomes faster, repeatable, and standardized.
Introducing @helio_additive thermal intelligence, now natively integrated in AdaOne.
In large-format pellet extrusion, thermal behavior is one of the main drivers of print failures — warping, delamination, and inconsistent bonding often appear too late, after hours of machine time and material have already been spent.
With the Helio plugin inside AdaOne, we bring physics-based thermal simulation and tool path optimization directly into the robotic AM workflow.
No file exports. No external tools. One continuous process.
Within AdaOne, users can now:
→ Simulate thermal behavior directly on tool paths to identify risk zones before printing
→ Optimize tool path speeds based on thermal constraints (speed up safe zones, slow down critical areas)
→ Reduce thermal defects while improving cycle time and dimensional stability
→ Move from manual tuning to repeatable, physics-based process parameters
The result is a more controlled and predictable LFAM process — reducing trial-and-error and improving efficiency from the first iteration.
And everything stays inside a single environment: from tool path generation, to simulation, optimization, and export.
#AdditiveManufacturing #HybridManufacturing #3DPrinting #ThermalSimulation #Composites #AdaOne
A WAAM rocket nozzle, built for real-world applications—and on display at RAPID + TCT 2026.
Produced by @ctcenterforadvancedtech this part highlights how advanced WAAM workflows can be precisely controlled using AdaOne. With the latest update, the sequencer now supports defining different positioner rotations per tool path—bringing greater flexibility and control to complex builds.
🔍 See the nozzle up close at the CCAT booth — #2435.
👋 Our Application Engineer Aslinur will be there, running live AdaOne demos and available to discuss your applications.
Stop by to explore the workflow behind the part and connect with the team.
#WAAM #AdditiveManufacturing #HybridManufacturing #RoboticAM #3DPrinting #AdaOne #RAPIDTCT
Driving WAAM applications forward with the right mix of process expertise and software.
@airgas plays a key role in enabling industrial additive manufacturing, combining material know-how with robotic integration. In this example, a pentagon-to-circle transition is produced using WAAM, demonstrating how AdaOne helps define and control the process from tool path to simulation.
📍 Join us at RAPID + TCT 2026 to see it in action.
You can find @airgas at Booth #2615, where AdaOne will also be featured as part of their WAAM setup.
👋 Our Application Engineer, Aslinur, will be on-site:
• Tuesday (April 14) at the CCAT booth — #2435
• Wednesday (April 15) at the Rapid Fusion booth — #2021
Feel free to stop by to connect and learn more about hybrid workflows with AdaOne.
#WAAM #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #hybridmanufacturing #AdaOne
Cone moulds don’t look complex — until you have to program them.
With NANOO, a highly automated factory producing large-scale, non-standard tooling and composite parts, the goal is always the same: make custom manufacturing reliable.
That’s where things get interesting on the programming side.
AdaOne’s Advanced Tooling Design workflow turns what could be a limiting geometry into something fully controllable:
→ Import your tool
→ Guide your supports with surfaces
→ Define your slicing strategy
→ Set how each element behaves
→ Preview and adjust
No black box. Just control over how the part is built.
#tooling #AdaOne #composites #3dprinting #hybridmanufacturing #additivemanufacturing
Built for non-standard. Programmed for control.
NANOO operates as a highly automated factory, producing large-scale, custom parts through hybrid manufacturing — from tooling and formworks to thermoplastic composite components. Their focus: making low-volume, non-standard production reliable and cost-effective.
On the programming side, AdaOne brings the flexibility needed for these geometries.
The Advanced Tooling Design workflow gives full control over how support structures are defined and how material is deposited — enabling tailored tool paths for complex moulds and composite tooling applications.
A concrete example of how advanced workflows and robotic manufacturing come together to produce custom tooling with precision.
#AdditiveManufacturing #HybridManufacturing #Robotics #Tooling #Composites #LargeScale3DPrinting #AdaOne
Automated Fiber Placement is key to producing high-performance composite structures.
With the Winding strategy in AdaOne, fiber paths can be generated and simulated to explore AFP-style manufacturing workflows using robotic systems.
From defining winding paths to visualizing the full simulation, AdaOne enables advanced composite manufacturing strategies within a single environment.
Interested in discussing AFP and robotic composite manufacturing?
Come meet Emil and Henri during JEC World at the @ceadgroup booth — Hall 6, Booth Q58.
#AdaOne #AFP #Composites #TapeWinding #HybridManufacturing
Simplifying mold and tooling production with AdaOne tooling workflows.
@belotti_spa demonstrates how digital preparation, streamlined tooling setup, and optimized printing paths make complex tooling easier, faster, and more precise.
Discover more at JEC World 2026, Hall 6, Booth G61, March 10–12.
#JEC #JECWorld #additivemanufacturing #tooling #composites #AdaOne
JEC World 2026 is here!
We are in Paris with @ceadgroup and @airtech_official showcasing a hybrid robotic manufacturing application combining 3D printing, scanning-based alignment, and multi-axis finishing in AdaOne — all brought together as an application-ready solution.
📍 Come see the result at CEAD’s booth — Hall 5, Booth Q58 during JEC World 2026.
Thermal control is a critical challenge in large-format extrusion additive manufacturing, particularly when processing high-temperature thermoplastics where interlayer diffusion and bonding are strongly dependent on the local thermal history.
The DEMEX system developed by LEAM Technologies provides localized, controlled energy input at the deposition zone, enabling better management of the thermal field during extrusion. This improves interlayer bonding, stabilizes deposition conditions and supports the processing of high-performance thermoplastics at large scale.
Such thermal control is especially valuable in large-format applications, including the manufacturing of large aerospace tooling, deposition on existing structures, and repair or refurbishment operations where bonding to previously consolidated material is required.
Within AdaOne, the complete manufacturing setup, including the DEMEX thermal control system, can be visualized and simulated directly along the toolpath, enabling a more accurate representation of the process environment and more predictive process planning.
This work builds on an R&D case led by NLR – Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, exploring Directed Energy Material Extrusion for large-scale aerospace moulds, in collaboration with Airtech Advanced Materials Group and LEAM Technologies GmbH, with support from NXTGEN Hightech.
📍 Meet LEAM Technologies GmbH at JEC World 2026 — Hall 6, Booth H04-08.
#JEC #JECWorld2026 #AdditiveManufacturing #RoboticAM #3DPrinting #Composites
JEC World 2026 is right around the corner.
Next week, we’ll be in Paris together with @ceadgroup to showcase a hybrid robotic manufacturing application combining 3D printing, scanning-based alignment, and multi-axis finishing in AdaOne.
The tool featured here will be on display at the CEAD booth, highlighting how integrated hardware, software, and materials can come together in an application-ready production environment.
If you’re attending the show, come see it up close and meet the teams.
📍 Hall 5 — Booth Q58
See you in Paris!
#JECWorld #HybridManufacturing #RoboticAM #AdditiveManufacturing #Composites
