3D Technologies applied to cultural heritage conservation (3D-inHerit)
PID2023-147803OB-I00 financed by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by FEDER, EU
The MAIN OBJECTIVE of the project is the optimization of the strategies employed for the realization of reproductions with heritage value by the use of digitization technologies and 3D techniques more economical.
The SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES of the project are the following:
IP1: Laura Castañón
PhD. Industrial Engineering.
Assistant Professor at University of Cantabria.
Responsible of the Area of Manufacturing Processes and researcher at GITECO.
IP2: Elena Blanco
PhD. Civil Engineering.
Associate Professor at University of Cantabria.
Responsible of the 3D printing research line in GITECO research group.
Miguel Ángel Aramburu-Zabala
PhD. Degree in Geography and History (specialized in Art History).
Full Professor at University of Cantabria.
Head of the Art and Heritage Research Group at UC.
Celestina Losada
PhD. Degree in Geography and History (specialized in Art History).
Academic manager of CIESE-Fundación Comillas.
Researcher of the Art and Heritage Research Group at UC.
Ignacio Lombillo
PhD. Civil Engineering.
Associate Professor at University of Cantabria.
Director of the Building Technology Research Group (GTED-UC).
Expert on building pathology, diagnosis and rehabilitation.
Mariella de Fino
PhD. Degree in Civil Engineering.
Professor at Politecnico di Bari (Italy).
Expert on historical building pathology diagnosis and 3D scanning.
Bárbara Rangel
PhD. Degree in Architecture.
Professor at Universidade do Porto (Portugal).
Expert on 3D printing and sustainable materials applied to the built environment.
Juan Antonio García-Esparza
PhD. Degree in Architecture.
Full Professor at Universitat Jaume I.
Expert on historical centers and vernacular architecture.
Roberto Ontañón
PhD. Degree in Geography and History.
Director of MUPAC (Prehistory and Arqueology Museum in Cantabria).
Director of Cantabria Prehistorical Caves (UNESCO World Heritage).
Lydia Quevedo
PhD. Degree in Fine Arts.
Director of Santa María de Toraya Fundation.
CEO of GRAP, S.L.
Conservator-restorer with more than 20 years of experience.
Ana Cagigas
PhD. Degree in Art History.
Technician of CH in Medio Cudeyo Municipality.
Expert on ‘Indianos’ and ‘Cantabrian stonemasons’.
3D scanning tasks have been performed on the piece Cantabrian Neptune, which is exhibited in the Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria. This is a pre-Roman bronze statue, found in Castro Urdiales (Cantabria) in the mid Twentieth Century, with a height of 12.6cms and which is dated between the I and III Centuries.
The scanning was performed with a scanner E 3D Shining EinScan Pro HD, achieving a tridimensional digital representation of the Cantabrian Neptune.
The first pieces printed in metal have been fabricated, actually in bronze, by means of the process MEAM HP (Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing High-Filled Polymer).
This method uses a filament composed by a polymeric matrix and a high load of metal particles. The material is extruded in a 3D printer and deposited layer by layer to form the piece, which afterwards goes to the stages of deagglomerating and sintering, where the polymer is removed and the metal particles are merged, obtaining a dense and 100% metal component. This technology helps to fabricate complex metal pieces with higher efficiency.
The first model fabricated is a bronze chess bishop of height 30mm.
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