MOBILE DEFUSING CHAMBER

Abstract

A delaboration chamber has an outer housing that can be sealed by a removable cover. The delaboration chamber has an inner floor. A first chamber region is formed underneath the inner floor by the inner floor and the outer housing. The first chamber region is filled with a flowable or solid medium. The inner floor has a recess for receiving an explosive object. The cover is connected to the outer housing in a shockproof manner. The cover has a pressure relief that has at least one deflection for the detonation gases.

Claims

1.-16. (canceled)

17. A delaboration chamber comprising: an outer housing sealed by a removable cover; and an inner floor, wherein a first chamber region is formed underneath the inner floor by the inner floor and the outer housing, wherein the first chamber region is filled with a flowable or solid medium, wherein the inner floor has a recess for receiving an explosive object, wherein the cover is connected to the outer housing in a shockproof manner, wherein the cover has a pressure relief, wherein the pressure relief has at least one deflection for the detonation gases.

18. The delaboration chamber according to claim 17, wherein the delaboration chamber has at least one separating device comprising a cutting device.

19. The delaboration chamber according to claim 18, wherein the cutting device is a water-jet device, wherein the delaboration chamber has a water outlet, wherein the water outlet passes through the inner floor, the first chamber region and the outer housing.

20. The delaboration chamber according to claim 18, wherein the cutting device is a bandsaw.

21. The delaboration chamber according to claim 20 wherein the delaboration chamber has at least one first chamber lifting device.

22. The delaboration chamber according to claim 21 wherein the pressure relief is formed by a series of predetermined breaking points in the cover that are arranged offset one behind the other.

23. The delaboration chamber according to claim 22 wherein the inner floor has a planar depositing area, wherein the depositing area is arranged above the recess for receiving an explosive object.

24. The delaboration chamber according to claim 23 wherein the pressure relief is connected to a gas cleaning means.

25. A floatable delaboration platform comprising: at least one first lifting device, wherein the floatable delaboration platform has at least one first delaboration chamber according to claim 17, wherein the floatable delaboration platform has at least one destruction installation comprising a first incineration device.

26. The floatable delaboration platform according to claim 25 wherein the floatable delaboration platform has at least one first platform region and one second platform region, wherein the at least one first delaboration chamber is arranged in the first platform region, wherein the at least one first incineration device is arranged in the second platform region, wherein at least one first protective element is arranged between the first platform region and the second platform region, wherein the at least one first protective element has a surface, wherein the surface of the protective element has an angle of 120° to 150° in relation to the surface of the first platform region, wherein the surface of the protective element has an angle of 30° to 60° in relation to the surface of the second platform region.

27. The floatable delaboration platform according to claim 26 wherein the floatable delaboration platform has a transporting device for transporting pieces of munition from the at least one first delaboration chamber to the at least one first incineration device.

28. A method for destroying underwater ordnance with a floatable delaboration platform according to claim 27, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) lifting an ordnance out of the water by means of the at least one first lifting device, b) pivoting the ordnance over the at least one first delaboration chamber, c) lowering the ordnance into the at least one first delaboration chamber, into the recess in the inner floor, d) sealing the at least one first delaboration chamber, e) breaking up the ordnance within the delaboration chamber, wherein a piece of munition is detached, f) repeating step e) until the ordnance is dismantled, g) opening the at least one first delaboration chamber, h) lifting out the pieces of munition from the at least one first delaboration chamber, i) transporting the pieces of munition to the at least one first incineration device, and j) incinerating the pieces of munition in the at least one first incineration device.

29. The method according to claim 28 wherein in step e), after breaking up the ordnance, the piece of munition is brought onto a planar area of the inner floor.

30. The method according to claim 29 wherein between step c) and step d) a transillumination device is placed onto the opened delaboration chamber, the ordnance is transilluminated and the transillumination device is removed again.

31. The method according to claim 30 wherein the ordnance is lifted out of the water in a transporting container in step a) and is introduced into the delaboration chamber in the transporting container in step c) and is broken up in the transporting container or with the transporting container in step e).

32. The method according to claim 31 wherein the pieces of munition are deposited into flammable boxes comprising cardboard boxes, in step e), are transported in the flammable boxes, in particular in the cardboard boxes, in steps h) and i) and are incinerated with the flammable boxes, in particular with the cardboard boxes, in step j).

Description

[0077] The delaboration chamber according to the invention and the floatable delaboration platform are explained in more detail below on the basis of an exemplary embodiment represented in the drawings.

[0078] FIG. 1 delaboration chamber

[0079] FIG. 2 floatable delaboration platform

[0080] In FIG. 1, a delaboration chamber 10 is shown. The delaboration chamber 10 has an outer housing 20 and can be sealed with a removable cover 30. For example, the cover 30 is horizontally slidable, in order to open the delaboration chamber 10. In the example shown, the outer housing 20 and the cover 30 are formed to conform to protection class G9 according to NATO standard STANAG 2920 in order to be able to effectively withstand shrapnel of up to 67 kJ. Similarly, the connection between the outer housing 20 and the cover 30 is formed in such a way that the cover 30 is not detached from the outer housing 20 in the event of a detonation.

[0081] Arranged inside the delaboration chamber 10 is an inner floor 40, which has a recess 110 for receiving an ordnance 90. Formed between the outer housing 20 and the inner floor is a first chamber region 50, which in the example shown is filled with sand. Alternatively, the first chamber region 50 could be filled with concrete.

[0082] The cover 30 has a pressure relief 60, which in the example shown is of a labyrinthine form, in order that no splinters can get out through the pressure relief 60 if opening occurs in the event of an explosion.

[0083] In the example shown, the recess 110 is made of such a size that the ordnance 90 can be introduced in a transporting container 120 and broken up in it. For this purpose, a cutting device 70 and a chamber lifting device 80 are likewise arranged in the recess. The chamber lifting device 80 may in particular bring pieces of munition detached by the cutting device 70 into a cardboard box 130, which is arranged on a depositing area 100 above the recess 110.

[0084] FIG. 2 shows a floatable delaboration platform 200. This has a floatable platform 210, for example a pontoon. In the example shown, two delaboration chambers 10, 11 are arranged in a first platform region 250. For practical reasons, they would tend to be arranged perpendicularly to the plane of the image. However, here they are shown as they are for better representation. For example and advantageously, there may also be more delaboration chambers 10, 11, for example four delaboration chambers 10, 11. The first platform region 250 is separated from the second platform region 260 by a protective element 270. The protective element is designed in such a way that a surface is arranged at a 45° angle in relation to the surface of the second platform region 260 and at a 135° angle in relation to the surface of the first platform region 250. If there is a detonation in one delaboration chamber 10, 11 and the pressure wave of the detonation is not only directed upwardly by the inner floor 40, the first chamber region 50 and the pressure relief 60, a pressure wave proceeding horizontally towards the second platform region 260 is diverted upwards by the protective element and thus protects the devices arranged in the second platform region 260.

[0085] An incineration device 230 is arranged in the second platform region 260. It is preferably designed for safely incinerating pieces of munition for example of a size of 10 kg each. The incineration device 230 is adjoined in the example shown by a gas cleaning means 240, in order to clean the incineration exhaust gases, in particular in order to filter out or convert chemical warfare agents and their combustion products. In this way, ordnance 90 with chemical warfare agents can also be destroyed reliably and safely. In order to transport the pieces of munition from the delaboration chambers 10, 11 to the incineration device 230, the floatable delaboration platform 200 has a transporting device 280, for example a conveyor belt. Furthermore, a lifting device 220, with which ordnance 90 can be lifted out of the water and introduced directly into the delaboration chambers 10, 11, is preferably arranged in the second platform region 260. By the positioning of the lifting device 220 in the second platform region 260, the base of the lifting device 220 is likewise protected by the protective element 270, and so in the event of a detonation, especially when inserting the ordnance 90 into a delaboration chamber 10, 11, where the risk is greatest, only a small, easily repairable part of the lifting device 220 has to be repaired or replaced.

[0086] Furthermore, the floatable delaboration platform 200 may have a third platform region, which is arranged behind the second platform region 260 and is separated from it by a further protective element 270. As a result, this region is the best-protected region, and so, for example, quarters 290 for the crew can be arranged here. Other system-relevant components (drive, communication, radar, possibly sonar for tracing the ordnance under water) may also be preferably arranged in this region.

DESIGNATIONS

[0087] 10, 11 delaboration chamber [0088] 20 outer housing [0089] cover [0090] 40 inner floor [0091] 50 first chamber region [0092] 60 pressure relief [0093] 70 cutting device [0094] 80 chamber lifting device [0095] 90 ordnance [0096] 100 depositing area [0097] 110 recess [0098] 120 transporting container [0099] 130 cardboard box [0100] 200 floatable delaboration platform [0101] 210 floatable platform [0102] 220 lifting device [0103] 230 incineration device [0104] 240 gas cleaning means [0105] 250 first platform region [0106] 260 second platform region [0107] 270 protective element [0108] 280 transporting device [0109] 290 quarters