ENERGY BLEED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A DETONATION GUN

摘要

An energy bleed apparatus and method for a detonation gun (2) apparatus utilizing bleed to remove reflected energy from interfering with the detonation wave front (100). The energy bleed system is positioned in the downstream portion of the combustion chamber (12) of a detonation gun. The bleed apertures of the present invention extract energy from the combustion chamber (12) that would otherwise be reflected off the combustion chamber walls and collide with the detonation wave front. The bleeding off of this energy allows the detonation wave front to progress into a barrel (13) of a detonation relatively undisturbed and permits a maximum amount of energy to be transferred directly to the coating powder. The increase in energy available to be transferred from the detonation wave front (100) to the coating powder translates into better quality coatings and an associated increase in productivity of the overall coating process.