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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2021
Icon Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Kunal Kupwade-Patil, Austin, TX (US);
Michael McDaniel, Austin, TX (US);
Thao Hien Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Theodore Cera, Austin, TX (US);
Alexander Le Roux, Austin, TX (US);
Jason Ballard, Austin, TX (US);
ICON Technology, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
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.