Patents Assigned to Alflex Limited
  • Explosive cutting means
    Patent number: 4408535
    Abstract: Explosive cutting means comprising explosive material, preferably in flat strip form, which can be arranged in contact with a surface of a target on either side of an intended line of cut and means for so detonating the explosive material that shock waves will be produced in the target material simultaneously on either side of the intended line of cut, which shock waves will travel towards and will coincide substantially at the intended line of cut. The invention also discloses a method of explosive cutting using said means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Alflex Limited
    Inventor: Sidney C. Alford