US Patent Issued to PROGRESS MASCHINEN & AUTOMATION on July 15 for "Plant for producing a concrete prefabricated component" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,181, issued on July 15, was assigned to PROGRESS MASCHINEN & AUTOMATION AG (Brixen, Italy).

"Plant for producing a concrete prefabricated component" was invented by Andreas Gallmetzer (Kaltern, Austria) and Karl Enderes (Brixen, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant for producing a concrete prefabricated component includes a plurality of stations, a transport system to transport the production pallet through the plant, and a 3D printing station having a layer depositing device for depositing a particulate aggregate on the production pallet and having a printing head for controlled delivery of a water-binder mixture. The plan...