Abstract: A process for synthesizing 1,5-Dinosyl-3,3,7,7-tetrakis(difluoramino) octahydro-1,5-diazocine (DNTDFD) by reacting tetrahydro-1,5-bis(4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl)-1,5-diazocine-3,7-(2H, 6H) dione with HNF2/oleum initially approximately between ?5 and 0 degrees C., and allowing the temperature to rise to between 10 degrees C. and ambient temperature during said reaction to initiate difluoramination producing product DNTDFD. A 2:1 mixture of FREON® 11 refrigerant and pentane or cyclopentane, or pentane alone is used as a diluent and absorbent for the reagent difluoramine. The present invention reduces the time required to produce DNTDFD from about two weeks to one to three days and reduces the need to use relatively large quantities of FREON® 11, a compound which is damaging to the environment.

Abstract: A vibration absorber jack including a tripod type base, a jack, an absorber positioning mechanism, and a vibration absorber holder. The jack is attached to the base, the absorber positioning mechanism disposed on top of the jack; and, the vibration absorber holder attached to the absorber positioning mechanism such that the vibration absorber holder can be positioned and moved by the absorber positioning mechanism.

Abstract: A polyphase transformer design is presented in which transformer output pors are accurately constructed in both voltage magnitude and relative phase angle. The design incorporates both main and auxiliary transformers that are used in unison to produce the accurately constructed phasors. The main transformer permits rough phasor adjustment to be made with the auxiliary transform permitting phasor fine tuning. Such a design is particularly suitable in transformer approaches that require output phases that are of a number not evenly divisible by three.