CPC B29C 64/147 (2017.08) [B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29C 64/165 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2025/06 (2013.01); B29K 2033/12 (2013.01); B29K 2071/00 (2013.01); B29K 2079/085 (2013.01); B29K 2081/04 (2013.01); B29K 2101/10 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0097 (2013.01); B29K 2707/04 (2013.01); B29K 2713/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0094 (2013.01); B32B 2260/023 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2264/10 (2013.01); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12)] | 19 Claims |
1. A three-dimensional article of manufacture comprising a plurality of substrate layers that are infiltrated or coated by, and bound together by, a hardened material, such that the hardened material has a material composition that is different from the material composition of any of the plurality of substrate layers, wherein all of the plurality of substrate layers have a substantially identical material composition and each substrate layer is a sheet-like structure that has a material composition comprising fibers held together by binder consisting only of sodium silicate.
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