Table 7

ARs technical classification through their AM technology

No.ARsAM process3D printer equipmentDimension
L × W × H (m3)
Weight (kg)Reference
(a)Hope 3DFFFRobo 3D r1+0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 (un)
1 × 1 × 2 (as)
100–150 (as)Suchin (2019, 2018)
(b)MARSFFFDesktop FFF0.4 × 0.4 × 0.6 (un)
1.8 × 1.7 × 1.7 (as)
40 (un)
2,000 (as)
Reef Design Lab (2019) 
(c)Living SeawallsFFFMakerbot0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 (un)23–30Reef Design Lab (2018) 
(d)Wave BreakFFFBigRep One2 × 2 × 1 (un)300–400Goad (2022) 
(e)Snapper Reef UnitBJD-shape1 × 1 × 1 (un)500Reef Arabia (2012) 
(f)Boskalis ReefBJD-shape2 × 2 × 1 (un)2,500Boskalis (2017) 
(g)Hanging Fish HouseBJZprinter 310 plus0.1 × 0.1 × 0.5 (un)3 (un)
9 (as)
Schofield (2020a)
(h)3D ReefVivalBJD-shape0.5 × 0.5 × 1.2 (un)1,000Kardinaal et al. (2020) 
(i)X-ReefPDMABB1.1 × 0.9 × 1.1 (un)900XtreeE (2017) 
(j)Biomimetic ReefPDMABB0.9 × 1.6 × 1.3 (un)550XtreeE (2019) 
(k)X-CoralPDMLDM-Wasp 3L Clay Tank1 × 1 × 3 (as)20 (un)Berman et al. (2023) 
(l)3DPAREPDMWasp 3MT1 × 1 × 1 (un)1,000Yoris-Nobile et al. (2023) 
(m)Recif’Lab L1PDMABB0.9 × 0. 9 mx 1 (un)1,000Seaboost Ecological Engineering (2021) 
(n)3D Printed Reef TilesPDMABB 67000.6 × 0.6 × 0.4 (un)10Lange et al. (2020) 
(o)InnovaReefPDMWasp1.5 × 1 × 0.7 (un)700Chulalongkorn (2020) 
(p)Recif’Lab L2PDMABB CyBe RC6 × 8 × 6.5105000Seaboost Ecological Engineering (2022) 
Notes:

fused filament fabrication (FFF), binder jetting (BJ) or material extrusion process through paste deposition modelling (PDM); 3D printer equipment; dimension and weight considered for a single unit (un) and/or the assembly reef (as)

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