公开(公告)号：US11858852B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17556865

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: Icon Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kunal Kupwade-Patil ,  Michael McDaniel ,  Thao Hien Nguyen ,  Theodore Cera ,  Alexander Le Roux ,  Jason Ballard

IPC: C04B35/195 ,  C04B35/653 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B33Y40/00

CPC classification number: C04B35/195 ,  B28B1/001 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  C04B35/653 ,  C04B2235/3481 ,  C04B2235/442 ,  C04B2235/6021 ,  C04B2235/6026

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220242794A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17556865

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: Icon Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Kunal Kupwade-Patil ,  Michael McDaniel ,  Thao Hien Nguyen ,  Theodore Cera ,  Alexander Le Roux ,  Jason Ballard

IPC: C04B35/195 ,  C04B35/653 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B28B1/00

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.