HP worksite printing robot is here
Innovative machine makes light work of complex construction site layoutsPrinting solutions company, HP, has made its unique worksite printing tool, the SitePrint, available in Australia.
HP SitePrint is a robotic solution that prints complex construction site layouts with pinpoint accuracy, giving construction pros up to ten times the productivity of traditional chalk-line layout, HP claimed.
Before its Australian launch, HP SitePrint has been used by contractors and geospatial service providers on over a hundred projects, across five regions – including North America, UK and Ireland, the DACH region, Benelux, Nordics and Iberia.
“We’re thrilled to be making our innovative HP SitePrint solution available to customers in Australia and New Zealand,” said HP’s Global Head of Sales and Go to Market for SitePrint, Jaume Homs.
“We’ve successfully demonstrated in North America and Europe the ability to radically improve productivity when it comes to the layout process. Now, customers from the ANZ region will also be able to test SitePrint’s efficiency.
“By digitising what has long been a manual and time-consuming task, SitePrint makes it faster and easier for construction professionals to bring an idea to life on-site, while also providing layout accuracy and reducing costs.”
HP said the SitePrint aims to provide a solution to the ongoing labour shortage challenge in the construction sector, by doing a job that traditionally requires plenty of manual labour and hours with accuracy and efficiency, eliminating human error.
Some key features of the HP SitePrint include:
- Autonomous obstacle avoidance - sensors for obstacle detection to increase SitePrint’s autonomy when operating onsite, further allowing layout professionals to focus on other tasks while the robot is at work
- Comprehensive range of inks – a range of eight easily interchangeable inks designed for a variety of surfaces – including, tarmac, rough concrete, plywood, or formwork, amongst others – and different durability requirements from permanent to erasable to improve the versatility of the solution, including three colours (cyan, magenta, black), different compositions that work both on porous and water-proof surfaces, as well as the choice of either permanent or semi-permanent durability. Inks are now delivered via easy to swap in/out cartridges
- Robotic Total Stations to achieve precise layouts – As of February 1st, 2024, HP SitePrint is compatible with leading Robotic Total Stations (RTS) in the industry; including the Leica TS16, Leica iCR80, Leica iCR70, Trimble RTS573, and the Topcon LN-150.
- Simple layout management with cloud-based tools, allowing users to manage layout workflow from virtually anywhere.
US-based drywall installation expert, L5 Drywall Inc, said the HP SitePrint has exceeded their expectations.
“On our first day with the device we did a competition between SitePrint and a manual layout team of four people. The HP solution laid out seven or eight rooms in the time it took the manual team to do two or three,” said L5 Drywall Inc COO, Gerardo Rivera.
“Now we can free up resources to start laying out track much earlier, helping move the project forward faster. The accuracy also impressed us. Make a couple of errors during the layout phase and you end up ripping out walls later in the project – eating away at your margin. With HP SitePrint you can help eliminate mistakes and move weeks ahead in your schedule.”
HP SitePrint is now commercially available in Australia. Find out more at HP Australia's website.
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