Providing a surface treatment agent for a wax pattern containing solvent; boron nitride; and a surface-active agent.

Providing a surface treatment agent for a wax pattern containing solvent; boron nitride; and a surface-active agent.

A system and method for manufacturing building materials made of volcanic material includes gathering of molten volcanic material that is collected by catching the molten volcanic material after the molten volcanic material flows off an edge of land, cooling the volcanic material by immersing the mold containing the volcanic material into a body of ocean water, and shaping the volcanic material into shapes that may be used in construction.

A system and method for manufacturing building materials made of volcanic material includes gathering of molten volcanic material that is collected by catching the molten volcanic material after the molten volcanic material flows off an edge of land, cooling the volcanic material by immersing the mold containing the volcanic material into a body of ocean water, and shaping the volcanic material into shapes that may be used in construction.

A fibrous texture includes a stack of at least first, second, third and fourth unidirectional plies. The first, second, third and fourth plies each respectively include a first plurality of rovings aligned in a first direction, a second plurality of rovings aligned in a second direction different from the first direction, a third plurality of rovings aligned in a third direction different from the second direction and a fourth plurality of rovings aligned in a fourth direction different from the third direction. The rovings of the first plurality of rovings being spaced apart from each other by a given distance in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The rovings of the second plurality of rovings are spaced apart from each other by a given distance in a direction perpendicular to the second direction.

A fibrous texture includes a stack of at least first, second, third and fourth unidirectional plies. The first, second, third and fourth plies each respectively include a first plurality of rovings aligned in a first direction, a second plurality of rovings aligned in a second direction different from the first direction, a third plurality of rovings aligned in a third direction different from the second direction and a fourth plurality of rovings aligned in a fourth direction different from the third direction. The rovings of the first plurality of rovings being spaced apart from each other by a given distance in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The rovings of the second plurality of rovings are spaced apart from each other by a given distance in a direction perpendicular to the second direction.

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.

Method for creating a brake pad with a block of friction material, in which sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate are dissolved in water, the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate is mixed with commercial metakaolin until a wet paste is obtained, the wet paste is formed and dried until a dried geopolymeric aggregate is obtained, the aggregate is ground to a powder, the dried ground aggregate is used as an exclusive or almost-exclusive inorganic geopolymeric binder in a friction material compound and the raw compound is hot-molded under a pressure greater than a water saturation pressure at the molding temperature.

Method for creating a brake pad with a block of friction material, in which sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate are dissolved in water, the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate is mixed with commercial metakaolin until a wet paste is obtained, the wet paste is formed and dried until a dried geopolymeric aggregate is obtained, the aggregate is ground to a powder, the dried ground aggregate is used as an exclusive or almost-exclusive inorganic geopolymeric binder in a friction material compound and the raw compound is hot-molded under a pressure greater than a water saturation pressure at the molding temperature.

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for manufacturing building materials made of volcanic material. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to the gathering of molten volcanic material, cooling the volcanic material, and shaping the volcanic material into shapes that may be used in construction.

As used herein, the term lava refers to any molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust. Lava shall also refer to lava flow and molten volcanic material as used herein. Lava flow is a moving outpouring of lava created during a non-explosive effusive eruption. While this application generally refers to lava, a person having ordinary skill in the art would understand that similar systems and methods may be applied with respect to volcanic material or molten rock that is collected from within the Earth's core and that has not erupted to the surface in a naturally occurring manner.