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For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

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ARC FOAMING PROCESS ABSTRACT<br />

June 25, 2007<br />

Arc Foaming is a new method of foaming a variety of materials including: metal, glass,<br />

plastic, ceramic or any combination.<br />

In particular, this new process is an advance in <strong>the</strong> metal foaming industry, which, via<br />

known methods such as gas infusion <strong>and</strong> deposition, are only able to produce small,<br />

expensive objects. Conversely, Arc Foaming allows very large objects such as a car<br />

chassis, boat hull, building or virtually anything to be grown via stereolithography<br />

technology, such as a robotic arm or plotter mechanism. The larger <strong>the</strong> object, <strong>the</strong> greater<br />

<strong>the</strong> properties of metal foam can be exploited – to a point of course, but Arc Foaming is<br />

<strong>the</strong> only technology able to reach that point.<br />

The novelty of Arc Foaming is in <strong>the</strong> process itself <strong>and</strong> how it is formed. Arc Foaming is<br />

an example of “geomimicry,” that is, lightning striking wet s<strong>and</strong> has <strong>the</strong> same effect:

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