摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for enclosing, controlling, and suppressing the detonation of explosives in an explosion chamber is disclosed. The device comprises an elongate double-walled (1, 3) steel explosion chamber anchored to a concrete foundation (5), and having a double-walled access door (6) for charging new workpieces, and a double-walled vent door (7) for discharging the products of the explosion. The double walls (1, 3) of the chamber, the access door (6), and the vent door (7) are filled with granular shock damping material (4) such as silica sand, and the floor of the chamber is covered with granular shock-damping bed (8) such as pea gravel. A linear array of vent pipes (14) penetrates the double walls of the chamber, with each pipe terminating in a hardened steel orifice (17) through which the explosion combustion products pass. Within the chamber, plastic polymer film bags (24) containing water are suspended from steel wires (25) over the explosive material, and at each end of the chamber to serve as energy absorption modules during the explosion.</p> |