deposition of clay structures

Abstract

A printing method comprising mixing a clay mixture with an alkaline agent to form a printable mixture; forming pellets from the printable mixture; jetting the pellets from a print head onto a printing surface; and curing the pellets.

Description

Background technique [0001] Three-dimensional printing, or additive manufacturing, forms three-dimensional objects from digital models. The object is formed by successively forming layers of the object, typically using a polymer. However, other materials such as metal, rubber, clay, cement, plaster and even paper can be used for additive manufacturing. When clay or cement is used in additive manufacturing, it is usually extruded in a line to form layers. [0002] In forming subsea (underwater) structures, different construction methods are generally used depending on the desired structure. In large-scale land reclamation operations, aggregates are dredged, transported to a new location, and then dumped or otherwise deposited to form new land. The volume, stability and erosion properties of this new land are limited by the size and density of the mass imposed to form the new land. The size of the reclaimed land is approximately equal to the mass imposed by the dredged agglo...

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Therefore, the stability and precision of the structure is high, although producing, transporting and arranging the large blocks can be difficult and costly

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