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Cutting in Hazardous Environments
NEWS from DIAJET
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Diajet in Service with the UK Military
In partnership with AB Precision (Poole) Limited, DIAJET has been supplying numerous palletised ACE bomb-disposal units to the British army, air force and navy. The contract is for several dozen machines together with full spares and in-service support.
DIAJET cutting munitions
The ACE machines come on a special pallet with environmental protection and can be airlifted or driven to wherever they are required. The component parts are man-portable and meet all NATO EMC, handling and environmental standards.
All of the ACE modules have passed accelerated life time testing together with tough proving trials, and of course, the highly prized NATO number has been awarded. We believe that ACE is the most sophisticated and versatile man-portable Explosive Ordnance Disposal equipment in the world.
Contact Trevor Fewell for more information
Our Partners
and our parent company
Off-shore
Decommissioning Diajet
reaches its 10th birthday!
We knew that Diajet technology was tough and reliable but it was a pleasant
surprise to discover that a Diajet unit supplied for contract cutting
was still being shipped around the world to contracts after 10 years!
If you know of an even older Diajet that is still working - let us know!
Water Jetting
- Art through Science
Artist and designer in glass, Vanessa Cutler creates traditional and contemporary
sculptural designs using abrasive waterjet cutting techniques. From a
University Chancellor's steel & glass throne to Angel's wings for a church
to modern lights and jewellery, Vanessa, currently based at the University
of Sunderland, combines artistry and this revolutionary cutting technology.
Email: glass@vanessacutler.co.uk
News from the Diajet archives
In 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk sank with the loss of all lives. It is well-known that the main section was raised by Smit-Mammoet. What is less well-known is that a DIAJET unit was purchased to cut up the dangerous sections. With its ability to cut underwater, by remote control, in hazardous conditions, DIAJET is ideal for such applications. Sorry folks - no pictures!
Did you know....
Some DIAJET models offer double abrasive vessels to maintain near-continuous cutting?
Or the same model can feed two cutting jets simultaneously for really fast work?
Editorial Musings
To the man in the street, a pallet is a few
bits of wood knocked together, on which bricks are delivered. To
the British army, it was a flexible 2m square platform, made to aircraft
industry standards, transportable anywhere in the world by land, ship or air, with the
contents able to be unloaded by hand quickly and brought into action
within minutes. It also had to
provide the environmental protection required (the ACE system can take
whatever the weather throws at it, but personnel like some protection!)
Not surprisingly, it cost just a little more than the brickies' pallet!
The DIAJET pallet on a lorry
Cambodian Bomb Buster
Cuts Live Munitions
The
jungles of Cambodia will soon be safer following the installation of a
Diajet explosives decommissioning unit. The legacy of the country's troubled
past is a huge number of all kinds of bombs, mines and other devices.
Under contract to the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation, Diajet built
a manipulator and cutting system based on its rugged OSPREY unit and shipped
to Cambodia. The system was successfully commissioned within 4 hours of
being unpacked! More about: OSPREY or munitions
decommissioning with Diajet.