METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING SOLID PROPELLANT FROM ROCKET MOTOR CASES
Assignee
MORTON THIOKOL, INC., 110 NORTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606, A CORP OF DELAWARE
Filed
Dec 13, 1985
Granted
Dec 27, 1988
Location
NORTH OGDEN UT US
Abstract
A process and apparatus for removing solid propellant from a rocket motor case. Water is heated to a temperature of at least about 150 DEG Fahrenheit, pressurized to a pressure within the range of about 600 to 1200 psi, focused into a jet, and directed while moving relative to the propellant surface at an angle relative to the propellant surface which is in the range of about 15 to 45 degrees from a stand-off distance of up to about 20 inches.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
May 12, 1987
Rescinded
Jul 27, 1987
Duration
2 months
Inventor
- 1MELDON J. MC INTOSH
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4793866
- Application
- 06808791
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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