Material composition
AssigneeDelta of Sweden AB
InventorsJonas Modell, Staffan Thuresson
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Abstract
A material composition comprises, on the one hand, a particulate material and, on the other hand, a binder which is provided as a coating on the material particles. The binder has at least two solid phases (13, 14), of which one harder phase (14) is configurationally stable and a softer phase (13) is plastic and readily deformable at temperatures below the melting point of the binder. A method for producing the above material comprises the steps that at least two components included in the binder are melted and mixed, whereafter kneading takes place during cooling. The material composition is usable, for example, as a play material, educational material, for sculptures or prototypes or as landscape architectonic material.
Claims20
A material composition comprising, a particulate material and, a binder which is provided as a coating on the particles of the material, wherein the binder has at least two solid phases of which one harder phase is configurationally stable and a softer phase is plastic and readily deformable at temperatures below a melting point of the binder.
A method of producing a material composition comprising a particulate material and a binder with at least two included components which are solid at room temperature, comprising heating components included in the binder to above their respective melting points and mixing the components, and kneading the binder composition during cooling to obtain one solid, soft phase which is plastic and readily deformable from the binder composition.
A binder for a material composition, the composition comprising at least two components, wherein the binder has at least two solid phases of which one harder phase is configurationally stable and a softer phase is plastic and readily deformable at temperatures below a melting point of the binder.
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