Cold
Cutting in Hazardous Environments
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With Portable OSPREY you can cut literally anywhere you can drive to! The machines are supplied packed as one easy to transport module, and remote operation at up to 500m means that only the lightweight cutting head and manipulator need to be close to the target.
Five complete portable OSPREY systems
High pressure abrasive water jetting represents a major advance in the decommissioning of structures, process plant, offshore and sub-sea equipment in difficult-to-access and hazardous environment locations, providing a compact portable solution to such difficult and dangerous tasks.
Osprey Portable systems can be fitted with standard flame-cutting or welding manipulators, or specialist manipulators can be devised for particular situations, providing a comprehensive, flexible and safe capability for single hose "cold" cutting in hazardous zones
Applications
DIAJET's intrinsic safety and portability make it ideal for a variety of hazardous and difficult applications:
- High precision cutting
- Pipeline and sewer cutting
- Fuel tanker tapping
- Nuclear and chemical plant decommissioning
- Marine decommissioning - on ship and sub-sea
- Explosive ordnance decommissioning
Benefits
- Acces: truly portable on a small 4-wheel drive vehicle or fork lift truck for terrain or locations that large vehicles cannot reach
- Compact: compact cutting head and manipulator for use in confined spaces
- Reduced operator risk: the hydraulic manipulator gives a single approach to set-up, no contact with target and remote operation
- Reduced damage risk: minimal vibration, maximum cooling and no heat affected zone
- Flexibility - Ability to cut any material and virtually any shape with an appropriate manipulator
- Ease of Use - Simple manual control
- Environment Friendly - Uses no hazardous liquids and creates no noxious gases or dust
- Quality controlled - DIAJET's manufacturing operation is QA EN BS9001:2000 certified.
Specialist hazardous industrial applications have included marine flange-cutters and nuclear decommissioning. Other applications vary from pipe cleaning to plant decommissioning.
Specification
The system comprises two units
plus the cutting head and manipulator selected.
| Power Module | |
| Pump | 5 1itres/min, 690 bar 3 cylinder axial swash plate |
| Engine | 7kW petrol or diesel engine with electric hand start |
| Water Filtration | optional filter module to filter mains, sea, river or hydrant water |
| Slurry Module | |
| Valve operation | Manual |
| Storage vessel | 12 litres |
| Discharge Time: | 20-30 mins depending on material |
| Manual recharge: | 5 minutes |
| Cutting Head and Manipulator Module | |
| Cutting Head: | 0.5 mm tungsten carbide nozzle system |
| Nozzle change over time: | 1 minute |
| Manipulator Options | |
Hydraulically or manually controlled
manipulator
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| Cutting Table - 2d or 3d | |
Osprey can also be used with standard chain, track, or robot operated vehicle manipulators designed for flame-cutting or welding.
And specialist manipulators can be devised for awkward jobs such as marine flange cutting.