World's Advanced Saving Project

World's Advanced Saving Project (WASP) is an Italian company that designs and manufactures professional 3D printers, with all production carried out in Italy. The company is best known for its Material Extrusion systems that use a delta robotic arm instead of the conventional linear gantry for moving the print head, and for extending that technology into large-scale construction printing. Its product families include the Delta WASP line, the POWER WASP series, the WASP 3MT and 60100 HDP pellet printers, the WASP 40100 LDM and 2040 Clay ceramic printers, the WASP CUBO HDP, and the Crane WASP modular construction system. WASP also produces extruders for robotic arms together with an integration system called CEREBRO. The company positions itself as a leader in 3D printing and organises its offering around three main application areas: architecture and construction, large-scale pellet printing from technical and recycled plastics, and clay/ceramic digital craft. In construction it markets the Crane WASP as a stand-alone and modular system, and it has been involved in high-profile printed-building projects such as the Gaia earth-printed house and the TECLA house developed with Mario Cucinella Architects. In ceramics, WASP's extrusion technology has been used by partners such as the WASP Hub LAMÁQUINA for a modular 3D printed ceramic installation at the London Natural History Museum. WASP frames its business around a stated vision of using 3D printing for sustainable, eco-friendly production, describing itself as "dreamers" and "makers" who "start from 3D printing to save the world." According to the company, revenue from the sale of its printers is reinvested in research and development of integrated projects aimed at a production revolution. Its history runs from the early PowerWASP multi-material printer, through the Delta WASP range and the LDM ceramic extruder, to the 12-metre BigDelta printer built in 2015, the 2016 Maker Economy Starter Kit, and the 2018 Crane WASP collaborative construction printing system. WASP is a private Italian company headquartered in Massa Lombarda, in the province of Ravenna, and sells internationally through its official site and a network of hubs and partners. It is a manufacturer of 3D printers rather than a printing service, though it collaborates closely with architects, designers and research partners on demonstration projects.

WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) is an Italian manufacturer of 3D printers based in Massa Lombarda, in the province of Ravenna. The company builds printers using the Material Extrusion process but with a delta robotic arm instead of the conventional linear system for moving the print head, a design choice that runs through its product line. The first step in the group's production history, as described by the company, was the development of PowerWASP: a fast, economical and versatile 3D printer that can also mill wood and aluminium. Equipped with a syringe, PowerWASP can also print ceramic mixtures. The company then created the Delta WASP range of delta printers, designed to cover 3D printing needs from small to large formats, described as fast and highly precise and able to execute a wide range of products. With the addition of an extruder for printing ceramic materials, the LDM WASP Extruder, the DeltaWASP became a tool for digital craft with minimum energy consumption. In 2015 WASP realised the BigDelta, a 12-metre-high giant printer intended to build homes, following a complex research effort. In 2016 the company released the Maker Economy Starter Kit, described as a giant construction system at architectural scale enclosed in a single container, giving shape to a large, mobile technology park dedicated to 3D printing. In 2018 WASP released Crane WASP, described as the infinite 3D printer, a collaborative 3D printing system able to print houses. In 2019 WASP, in association with Mario Cucinella Architects, announced the construction of a house called TECLA, made only of recyclable materials through 3D printing in Ravenna, Italy. The project used the company's delta construction 3D printer, the Crane Wasp. WASP has also been associated with the Gaia project, described as the first 3D printed house with earth. Beyond construction, WASP has developed a line of pellet 3D printers for large-scale printing, marketed as the first line of pellet 3D printers on the market, with applications ranging from technical plastics to recycled plastic pellets. Its clay 3D printing extrusion technology has been used by partners: the WASP Hub LAMÁQUINA created a modular 3D printed ceramic installation for the exhibition Fixing Our Broken Planet at the London Natural History Museum, producing 1,686 modular clay components in three months using a robotic arm with WASP extruder and the WASP 40100 Production system, with 40% recycled material. The company states that revenue from the sale of its printers is invested in research and development of integrated projects aiming at a production revolution, and describes its research as advancing together with eco-friendly, sustainable and functional materials and innovative systems. Its stated team motto is: "We're dreamers we're makers: we start from 3D printing to save the world."

• 2025

  WASP Hub LAMÁQUINA creates a modular 3D printed ceramic installation for the London Natural History Museum exhibition Fixing Our Broken Planet.

• 2019

  WASP and Mario Cucinella Architects announce TECLA, a house made only of recyclable materials via 3D printing in Ravenna, Italy, using the Crane Wasp.

• 2018

  Release of Crane WASP, described as the infinite 3D printer, a collaborative 3D printing system able to print houses.

• 2016

  Release of the Maker Economy Starter Kit, a giant construction system at architectural scale enclosed in a single container.

• 2015

  Realisation of BigDelta, a 12-metre-high giant printer to build homes.

• 2012

  WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) is founded in Italy.

• Development of PowerWASP, a fast, economical and versatile 3D printer that can also mill wood and aluminium and print ceramic mixtures with a syringe.

• Creation of the Delta WASP range of delta 3D printers covering small to large formats.

• Introduction of the LDM WASP Extruder for printing ceramic materials, turning DeltaWASP into a digital craft tool.

Italian-made professional 3D printers positioned around sustainability, digital craft and large-scale construction printing.

• PowerWASP

  Fast, economical and versatile 3D printer that also mills wood and aluminium; with a syringe it can print ceramic mixtures.

• Delta WASP range

  Delta 3D printers covering small to large formats, fast and highly precise.

• LDM WASP Extruder

  Extruder for printing ceramic materials, enabling digital craft with minimum energy consumption.

• BigDelta

  A 12-metre-high giant printer realised in 2015 to build homes.

• Maker Economy Starter Kit

  A giant construction system at architectural scale enclosed in a single container, released in 2016.

• Crane WASP

  Released in 2018, described as the infinite 3D printer, a collaborative 3D printing system able to print houses; also available as Crane WASP Stand-Alone.

• WASP 3MT LDM / HDP

  Large-scale printer offered in concrete (LDM) and pellet (HDP) configurations.

• WASP 60100 HDP

  Large-scale pellet 3D printer.

• WASP 4070 HDP

  Pellet 3D printer in the HDP line.

• WASP CUBO HDP

  Pellet 3D printer in the HDP line.

• WASP 40100 LDM / Production

  Clay 3D printer; the Production system enables 24/7 printing thanks to its automatic idle roller.

• Delta WASP 2040 Clay

  Clay 3D printer in the Delta WASP line.

• POWER WASP 45 HDP

  Pellet 3D printer in the POWER WASP line.

• WASP Robotic Arm and CEREBRO

  Extruders for robotic arms together with the CEREBRO integration system.

1. 1Professional 3D Printers Made in Italy | WASP Official Site3dwasp.com
2. 23D Printed Ceramic Installation for the London Natural History Museum3dwasp.com
3. 3WASP | Sale and production of 3D Printers made in Italy3dwasp.com
4. 4World's Advanced Saving Projectwikidata.org
5. 5World's Advanced Saving Projectfr.wikipedia.org