Earth911 Podcast: Forust Co-founder Ronald Rael on 3D-Printed Wood

Earth911 Podcast: Forust Co-founder Ronald Rael on 3D-Printed Wood

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Ronald Rael, co-founder of 3D-printed wooden maker Forust and chair of the Architecture division on the University of California Berkeley College of Environmental Design, joins Mitch Ratcliffe. Ronald co-invented Forust’s methodology for printing wooden with reasonable grain utilizing sawdust and lignin, the pure adhesive in wooden.

Forust co-founder and UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design chair Ronald Rael
Forust co-founder and UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design chair Ronald Rael is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear. Photo: Peg Skorpinski

Forust’s 3D-printing system can mimic the pure grains and colours of various species — together with uncommon rosewood, mahogany, and ebony — which are the reason for widespread deforestation. Because it’s printed, Forust wooden will be formed to be used in furnishings or and printed to function a structural assist in constructing — it opens an entire spectrum of novel applications of wood in development. Learn in regards to the potential makes use of of Forust’s “digitally rematerialized wood.”