INSTALLATION FOR HYDROCAVITATIONAL STRIPPING OF AMMUNITION Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC F42B33/06 

FIELD: hydrocavitational stripping and salvaging of artillery shells.

SUBSTANCE: the installation has a closed circuit of working water circulation with wash-out tools for destruction of the explosive charges in shells by cavitation jets, connected to the line of explosive regeneration to the end product, and a conveyer line for delivery of magazines with stripped shells to the box with the horizontal wash-out assembly of fine magazine fit for provision of colinearity of the shell axes with the wash-out tools. The magazine has means for shell rotation. The mass removal vessel are fastened an the wash-out assembly, have detachable means of communication with the shell cavities and means for producing and maintenance of reduced pressure as compared with the atmospheric one in all cavities. The wash-unit assembly has drives of reciprocating motion of the wash-out tools to the shell cavity and receiving hoppers of mass removal from the shells being shipped.

EFFECT: provided destruction of the explosive charges directly in the shell body and extraction of the explosive charges in the form of and aqueous suspension with a subsequent processing to the end product.

7 cl, 2 dwg