Inventors:
Clark C. de Nevers - Salt Lake City UT
Jeffrey L. Nelson - Kearns UT
Steven T. Newsome - Magna UT
Patrick R. Oyler - Sandy UT
Robert A. Patterson - West Jordan UT
Assignee:
Global Environmental Solutions, Inc. - Hopkins MN
Hercules Incorporated - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
F42B 3300, B26D 700, C06B 2100
Abstract:
Energetic material can be rapidly cut or machined at high speed in the substantial absence of liquid coolant with a cutting tool having a rotating cutting surface by maintaining a portion of the cutting surface out of contact with the energetic material and continuously removing the resulting reduced energetic material from the area of the cutting tool.