Development of Equipment for Explosive Drilling.

Abstract

A development program was conducted to provide special equipment for use in a planned rapid drilling, lightweight, high capacity, explosive drilling system. Development services were provided for a unique multi-jet, all plastic, shaped charge capsule used as the drilling tool, and an automatic feeder mechanism to feed the capsules to the borehole. This feeder equipment was adapted to a small commercial drilling unit to create an explosive drilling capability. Safety, capsule producibility, and explosive loading of the capsule were prime considerations during design and development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026529

Entities

People

  • Walter L. Black

Organizations

  • AAI Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Boreholes
  • Compressed Air
  • Compressors
  • Diameters
  • Drilling
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Firing Pins
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Shaped Charges

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.