ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION OF ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:US20240058986A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18109823

    申请日:2023-02-14

    CPC classification number: B28B1/001 B28C7/02 B28C5/0893 B33Y30/00

    Abstract: Techniques for additive construction of structures and production of additive construction materials are described, including a 3D printing assembly including a container configured to store a material, a mixer configured to mix the material to provide an extrudable mix including cementitious material, and a dispenser configured to receive the flowable mix from the mixer and to provide the flowable mix under one or more controlled parameters to form a structure, and a controller configured to receive a value associated with a material property parameter of the material, to generate a mixture by inputting the value into a machine learning algorithm, the mixture being generated using, by the controller, another value associated with a control parameter configured to control operation of the 3D printing assembly, and using the 3D printing assembly to print a structure using the mixture.

    UTILIZING UNPROCESSED CLAY IN THE THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE PRINTING OF MORTAR ONTO A BUILDING STRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20220194850A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17533831

    申请日:2021-11-23

    Abstract: A 3D printable clay-based mortar cementitious ink includes a blend of commercially available Type I/II Portland cement, and a fine and coarse silica sand. The ratio of Portland cement to fine sand or fine clay, may be approximately 1.02. The ratio of water-to-binder (Portland cement and SCM) may be approximately 0.55, and the ratio of water-to-powder (binder plus fine clay smaller than 75 microns) can be approximately 0.416. Included with the water and binder/powder mix is an admixture. According to one embodiment, the admixture can include a water reducing admixture, or plasticizer. The fine clay within the aggregate material is unprocessed, and the binder material is approximately 84 to 90 percent cement and 10 to 16 percent SCM. The unprocessed clay, or fine sand, does not undergo any heating, any chemical modification or sifting before being added to the aggregate material.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTABLE MATERIAL FROM IGNEOUS ANORTHOSITE ROCK

    公开(公告)号:US20220242794A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17556865

    申请日:2021-12-20

    Abstract: Systems and methods for preparing a three-dimensional printing material derived from aluminosilicate material are provided. The method includes the steps of heating an amount of aluminosilicate powder to a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. to form a molten aluminosilicate material; maintaining the molten aluminosilicate material at a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. between about one minute and approximately 45 minutes; extruding molten aluminosilicate material through a nozzle to form an elongated bead of molten aluminosilicate material; and cooling the molten aluminosilicate material to form a hardened aluminosilicate material. Once hardened, the aluminosilicate material includes between about 50% and 90% feldspar and demonstrates a strength of between about 5,000 psi and 30,000 psi. The systems and methods enable the construction of structures using raw, in-situ natural resources without the need for additives to adjust or modify the viscosity of the molten material prior to extrusion or printing.

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