Systems and methods for producing a three-dimensional printable material from igneous anorthosite rock

A method for constructing a building structure, the method comprising:

• grinding in situ igneous anorthosite rock, the igneous anorthosite rock being predominantly plagioclase feldspar, into an amount of aluminosilicate powder;
• heating the amount of aluminosilicate material to a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C.;
• maintaining the aluminosilicate powder at a temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. for approximately 45 minutes to form a molten aluminosilicate material;
• moving a nozzle using a rock processing system along three orthogonal axes and in angles therebetween and extruding the molten aluminosilicate material through the nozzle onto a foundation or a previous layer to form a bead of molten aluminosilicate material;
• cooling the molten aluminosilicate material to form a hardened aluminosilicate material to the hardened state at a rate of about 300° C. per minute for about two minutes;
• and
• extruding additional molten aluminosilicate material through the nozzle to form additional beads of molten aluminosilicate material stacked vertically upward atop one another to form the building structure.

A method for preparing a three-dimensional printing material to build a structure comprising:

• providing a system including:
• a hopper;
• a tubular member;
• an auger powered by an auger motor;
• and
• an electric reactor assembly;
• wherein the system is mounted within a robotic motion platform;
• grinding in situ igneous anorthosite rock, the igneous anorthosite rock being predominantly Labradorite, into an amount of aluminosilicate powder;
• placing the amount of aluminosilicate powder into the hopper;
• directing the aluminosilicate powder through the tubular member and into the electric reactor assembly via the auger;
• heating the aluminosilicate powder in the electric reactor assembly 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 the temperature between approximately 1,100° C. and approximately 1,750° C. for a minimum of 45 minutes;
• extruding the molten aluminosilicate material from the system through a nozzle mounted on the robotic motion platform;
• cooling the molten aluminosilicate material to form a hardened aluminosilicate material to the hardened state at a rate of about 300° C. per minute for about two minutes;
• and
• extruding additional molten aluminosilicate material through the nozzle to form additional beads of molten aluminosilicate material stacked atop one another to form the building structure.