Device and method for the non-destructive determination of the hardening state of concrete, wherein a) in a first step, the
time course of the concrete hardening of at least one concrete mix is determined by a series of compression tests and simultaneously an analysis of the light reflected from the concrete surface, wherein the analysis of the light reflected from the concrete surface is carried out by
spectral analysis, wherein the
spectral analysis is carried out for the time of each
compression test, so that a concrete mix-specific, time-dependent
compressive strength curve with the associated time-dependent spectral profile is determined and stored in a
database (8); wherein b) in a second step, a
spectral analysis of the light reflected from the surface of a freshly cast concrete component (20) is carried out;wherein c) in a third step the analyzed spectral profile is compared with the spectral profile stored in the
database (8) from at least one
test series; wherein d) in a fourth step the hardening state of the freshly cast concrete component (20) is determined from the comparison. Method for 3D printing of concrete, wherein a concrete filament (32) is applied to a building surface or a concrete structure (30) and subsequently the hardening state of the concrete is determined according to a method for non-destructive determination of the hardening state.;