Robert W Voigt

US Patent:

20110108232, May 12, 2011

Filed:

Oct 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/899511

Inventors:

Frederick Scott Cannon - State Park PA, US
John T. Fox - Sellersville PA, US
He Huang - Ambler PA, US
Robert C. Voigt - State College PA, US
James C. Furness - Versailles KY, US
Paul D. Paulsen - Lexington KY, US
Gregory Sanders - Canton MI, US
Matthew Robert Lumadue - Hollidaysburg PA, US
Allura Marie Jiles - State College PA, US
Paul Jonathan Munson - State College PA, US
Sridhar Komarneni - Port Matilda PA, US
Nicole Robitaille Brown - Port Matilda PA, US

Assignee:

The Penn State Research Foundation - University Park PA

International Classification:

B22C 9/10

US Classification:

164526, 164369, 106 384

Abstract:

A binder material for binding a plurality of particles together to form a conglomerate such as a carbon-containing briquette, a sand casting core and the like is provided. The binder material can include a collagen and/or lignin and a plurality of inorganic particles. In some instances, the binder material can be used to make a composite material. The composite material can include a plurality of particles and the binder material that contains the collagen and/or lignin. The binder material affords for the plurality of particles to be bound together into a desired shape, the desired shape having desirable properties.