Rapid prototyping material systems
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1. A rapid prototyping material system, which comprises:
- a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said basic component remains in a dry powder form prior to an application of said aqueous binder.
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Abstract
A rapid prototyping system preferably includes a basic component in powder form selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses; an acidic component (polymeric, oligomeric or polymerizable low molecular weight acid or hydrolyzable acidic metal salt); and an aqueous binder capable of stimulating a crosslinking reaction between the basic component and the acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object.
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1. A rapid prototyping material system, which comprises:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said basic component remains in a dry powder form prior to an application of said aqueous binder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A rapid prototyping material system which comprises:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous hinder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said basic component is one or more varieties of said aluminosilicate glass, and said acidic component is at least one component selected from the group consisting of orthophosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid.
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11. A rapid prototyping system comprising:
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basic component including one or more varieties of aluminosilicate glass;
an acidic component selected from the group consisting of an organic polyacid and contains one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of —
COOH, —
SO3H, and —
PO3H2; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A rapid prototyping system comprising:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said acidic and said basic component are mixed together in a dry powder form prior to the addition of said aqueous binder, said acidic component being an organic polyacid of an average molecular weight ranging from about 500 to about 1,000,000. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A rapid prototyping system comprising:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said basic component is in a powder form, and said acidic component is stored separately in a liquid form, and mixed with said aqueous binder.
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17. A rapid prototyping system comprising:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said acidic and said basic component are combined together in a dry powder form prior to the addition of said aqueous binder, and said aqueous binder is separately mixed with additional amounts of said acidic component. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A rapid prototyping system comprising:
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a basic component selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object;
wherein said acidic component further includes unsaturated covalently polymerizable unsaturated acidic moieties of a monomeric or oligomeric nature, and/or salts or other acid derivative groups of said moieties; and
said system further includes a polymerization initiator.
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20. A composition for rapid prototyping, which comprises:
a basic component and an acidic component mixed together in a dry powder form, wherein said basic component is selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses, and said acidic component is one or more acidic components selected from the group consisting of an organic polyacid, a monomer acid, a monomer having anions capable of forming hydrogel salts that are cross-linkable with metal ions from said basic metal oxide, and a hydrolyzable metal salt capable of forming an oxysalt polymer matrix with said basic metal oxide. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A composition for rapid prototyping, which comprises:
an acidic component mixed with an aqueous binder capable of stimulating a crosslinking reaction between a basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object, the basic component being selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses in powder form prior to an application of said aqueous binder, and the acid component being one or more acidic components selected from the group consisting of an organic polyacid, a monomer acid, a monomer having anions capable of forming hydrogel salts that are cross-linkable with metal ions from said basic metal oxide, and a hydrolyzable metal salt capable of forming an oxysalt polymer matrix with said basic metal oxide. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method for printing a three-dimensional object, which comprises:
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iteratively infiltrating individual layers of powder including a basic component with an aqueous binder solution capable of stimulating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and an acidic component, the infiltrated powder layers being formed adjacent to one another to form said three-dimensional printed object, wherein said basic component is selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, and one or more aluminosilicate glasses, and said acid component is mixed with said powder and/or said aqueous binder solution. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A rapid prototyping material system, which comprises:
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a basic component including one or more aluminosilicate glasses;
an acidic component; and
an aqueous binder capable of initiating a crosslinking reaction between said basic component and said acidic component to form a three-dimensional printed object. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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