EP3861278B1 - Method and device for removing an explosive substance from a large-size weapon - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for deploying an explosive from a large-scale warfare device in the form of a drop munition or the like, and a device for its implementation.

Within the scope of the present invention, the term "large-scale ordnance" is also used for missiles, ground mines or torpedoes in addition to dropped ammunition. All of these weapons are characterized by an elongated and usually longitudinally symmetrical shape, despite their large mass and high content of explosives. To a certain extent, all of the above-mentioned forms of ordnance can also be dropped in the course of combat operations, so that the terms "large-format ordnance" and "dropped munitions" are also used synonymously in the following.

Various approaches for releasing an explosive from a large-scale ordnance in the course of a dismantling for the complete disposal of the ordnance are known from the prior art. Due to the comparatively low melting points of approx. 60°C to approx. 85°C, known explosives are initially liquefied by heating the munitions in a water bath or by steam and then being discharged or poured out of a metallic casing of the opened munitions.

A method with a device to minimize the risk to people and material and to reduce costs is, for example, in DE 101 29 016 A1 disclosed. Here is a metallic casing of the ordnance on a largest cross-section of an explosive-filled interior of the casing separated. The pieces of the cut up munitions are then inductively heated in a temperature-controlled water bath or dry in an oven to such an extent that a block of explosive is at least partially melted in a contact area with the casing and the block of explosive is pulled out of the casing in the direction of the largest cross-section slip or be ejected under the influence of gravity. A contamination of auxiliaries, such as water or steam, could thus be avoided.

• * Bilden einer ausreichend großen Öffnung durch Auftrennen an einem Ende der metallischen Umhüllung des Kampfmittels, z.B. durch Entfernen eines Bodens;
• * Entlüften des gegenüberliegenden Endes der Umhüllung,
• * Aufhängen der Umhüllung an dem gegenüberliegenden Ende und
• * Erwärmen der Umhüllung durch Leiten eines hochfrequenten Wechselstroms durch eine die Umhüllung nach Art eines Ofens umgebende Induktionsspule,
• * wobei der Umhüllung Wärme zugeführt wird, um das explosive Material soweit zu erweichen, dass es unter der Wirkung der Schwerkraft aus der Umhüllung herausfällt.

From the WO 2014 054 007 A1 a method for emptying explosive material from an ammunition casing is known, comprising the steps:

• * creating a sufficiently large opening by severing at one end of the metallic casing of the ordnance, eg by removing a bottom;
• * venting the opposite end of the wrap,
• * Hanging the wrapper on the opposite end and
• * heating the envelope by passing a high frequency alternating current through an induction coil surrounding the envelope in the manner of a furnace,
• * wherein heat is applied to the casing to soften the explosive material sufficiently to allow it to fall out of the casing under the action of gravity.

Known approaches have apparently only been designed for ordnance in the form of grenades of smaller calibers. Compared to drop ammunition, grenades have a comparatively low weight with a smaller caliber and also contain significantly smaller amounts of explosive materials. For this reason alone, the approaches are not very suitable for application to large-scale ordnance, such as dropped ammunition in particular. For the disposal of large-format drop ammunition, mechanical sawing up of the more than 1 m long ordnance with about 12 to over 20 cuts is regularly provided after defusing, usually using a band saw. Disks filled with an explosive are thus obtained as sections of the casing, which can be thermally disposed of in individual portions in a high-temperature furnace while maintaining maximum dimensions and a maximum filling quantity. This process must be carried out in strict compliance with dangerous goods and environmental protection regulations. Such a process of disposal can take about two to three days just for cutting up. A well-known high-temperature furnace requires about 1 week for the subsequent combustion with after-treatment of the exhaust gases due to restrictive quantity restrictions of about 1 kg of explosive per combustion process. As an alternative to this, explosive ordnance is simply detonated after it has been defused, without being able to comply with special environmental protection regulations. According to the teaching of DE 41 40 001 C1 an opened envelope of a warfare agent is connected gas-tight to a collection container after the explosive contained has been liquefied by heating. When emptying, no parts of the explosive can escape.

The object of the present invention is to further develop a known device in order to create a corresponding method while opening up further cost and efficiency potentials with increased safety and simplified handling of large-scale ordnance.

• Schneiden des Kampfmittels an einem Übergang in einen zylindrischen Abschnitt;
• Fixieren des sich so ergebenden Abschnitts senkrecht mit einer nach unten hin orientierten Öffnung bzw. Schnittfläche in einer eine Ausnehmung aufweisenden Einrichtung über einem Aufnahmeraum;
• Überfahren einer Induktionsspule zum überwachten thermischen Erweichen des in Kontakt mit der metallischen Umhüllung stehenden Explosivstoffs durch induktive Erwärmung soweit, dass es zum Ausbringen des Explosivstoffs aus der Umhüllung ausreichend ist und
• ein mittels eines in einem Ausgangszustand in der Ausnehmung angeordneten Absenktellers definiertes und daher erschütterungsfreies Verbringen des Explosivstoffs durch die Ausnehmung hindurch in den Aufnahmeraum unter Einwirkung der Schwerkraft.

This object is achieved according to the invention by the steps of the method of claim 1 and by the features of the device of claim 11. The invention relates to a method for deploying an explosive or a mixture of several explosives from an envelope of a large-format ordnance, in particular a dropped ammunition, with the envelope being separated in an area of a maximum diameter, the ordnance being cut into a cylindrical section at a transition and the resulting opening of the section being held in a facility above a receiving space, which has a recess, wherein the casing of the section is run over by an induction coil and inductive heating is monitored in order to sufficiently thermally soften the explosive for release from the metallic casing and to bring it into the receiving space in a defined manner through the recess. A method according to the invention therefore comprises the following steps in addition to dividing the munitions in an area with a maximum diameter:

• cutting the ordnance at a transition into a cylindrical section;
• fixing the resultant section perpendicularly with a downwardly oriented opening or cut surface in a recessed device over a receiving space;
• Passing over an induction coil for the monitored thermal softening of the explosive in contact with the metal casing by inductive heating to such an extent that it is sufficient to release the explosive from the casing and
• a defined and therefore vibration-free movement of the explosive through the recess into the receiving space under the influence of gravity by means of a lowering plate arranged in the recess in an initial state.

According to the invention, a large-format warfare device that can hardly be safely handled due to its size and mass of explosive is thus cut into at least two parts. These parts are still comparatively large compared to grenades and are controlled by an induction coil on the metal casing insofar as it is heated by induced currents in a targeted manner and by control based on monitoring the induction process, so that an adjacent explosive is softened to such an extent that the explosive can be brought out of the casing through an opening and into a receiving space in a defined manner. By softening, the method thus aims to ensure that only a thin layer of the explosive is put into a slippery state in order to be able to separate or detach the explosive from an inner wall of the casing under the influence of gravity.

A new type of heating is achieved by inductively induced heating of a boundary layer of the explosive in a point, line or limited to a smaller area of the casing with the aim of sufficient thermal softening of the explosive in contact with the casing via this boundary layer suggested. Due to the generally good thermal conductivity of the munitions casing, which is usually made of iron material, a clear and quite homogeneous heating of the casing can be achieved after just one cycle with a more or less complete overrun of the casing by an inductor described below with reference to exemplary embodiments thermal softening of the explosive adjacent to the casing. If a phlegmatizer, e.g. paraffin, creatine or similar, has been used in the boundary layer between the casing and the explosive, it will also soften sufficiently in the temperature range mentioned.

In addition, the at least softened explosive is no longer allowed to slip out of the open envelope or fall down in an uncontrolled manner, but in particular to avoid impact effects or vibrations defined in spent a recording room. Within the scope of this invention, a defined movement is understood to mean, in particular, transport that is as largely free of vibrations as possible. An impact on the explosive is thus excluded according to the invention. It has been recognized as important, particularly in the case of dropping ammunition, to take measures against as far as possible any type of mechanical stress on the explosive, since, for example, signs of aging and/or chemical changes may have caused mechanical and/or chemical instability of the explosive. A conversion of the explosive could be caused by indefinable mechanical stresses.

Accordingly, a device for deploying explosives from a casing of a large-format weapon, in particular a dropping ammunition, is a solution to the above-mentioned object, the device comprising a device which is provided with a recess and is arranged in a receiving space adapted to the explosive, and which Device for fixing recording a section of a munition is formed, and a robotic arm with an induction coil, which is designed for contactless driving over a surface of the section and defined transfer of the removed explosives in a receiving space. The device described does without a closed induction furnace and thus has a very compact design with increased efficiency and operational reliability.

A core of such a device is the concentration on an essentially linear or small-area inductive heating zone on the cover, which is moved superficially over the cover of the relevant section by the positioning unit formed by the robot arm. Such an induction device weighs less overall than an inductive heating furnace enclosing the ordnance, which as a rule has to be manufactured and made available to suit any type of large-scale ordnance. By using a robot arm, a solution according to the invention also has the advantage of a simple device that can basically be flexibly adapted to any design of large-format munitions of comparatively small dimensions and reduced weight. In one embodiment of the invention, various designs of inductors with diameters that differ from one another are provided, which can be quickly exchanged on the robot arm. Such a device can be designed as a transportable unit and can be moved to almost any location with little effort.

A further core of the device according to the invention lies in the fact that specific means are provided here for the defined transfer of the explosive, since a lowering plate arranged in the recess in an initial state is used for the defined transfer of the explosive into the receiving space. The explosive is thus in a starting position with a cut surface that is essentially perpendicular to the lowering plate. This safety means advantageously fits seamlessly into a holding device for a section of a weapon without being able to disrupt a heating process. In addition to reaching a minimum temperature of the casing and thus also of adjacent areas of the explosive through heat conduction for sufficient softening of the same or a boundary layer, in one embodiment of the invention, for example, an increase in a weight force acting on the lowering plate, which is caused by detachment of the explosive from the radial fixed casing is caused as a control variable for the defined careful lowering of the lowering plate into the receiving space be used. Vibrations caused by the explosive even falling and the associated dangers of any impact are thus effectively avoided. This significantly increases the operational reliability of a device. Advantageous developments are the subject of the dependent claims. Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the opening of the section resulting from the cutting plane is held with its symmetry or center axis parallel to the direction of gravity above the recess in the device and above the receiving space, i.e. plumb or perpendicular. This means that the explosive can be released vertically from the casing due to its weight purely under the effect of gravity.

Advantageously, a transition of the casing into a cylindrical section with maximum diameter is selected as the separating plane, so that larger undercuts in an interior of the casing are avoided, which could impede or delay an early slipping out of the explosive contained therein. Preferably, two parting planes are used to form three sections of a munition. As a result, a munition regularly has a cylindrical section and two frustoconical sections of the end regions of significantly reduced weight, which are treated in an adapted manner to remove the explosive contained in each case.

In one embodiment of the invention, an induction coil adapted to a particular type of munitions and type of section is used. This is an optimal adaptation to a particular shape of a section of the casing with minimizing a distance of a particular induction coil to a surface of the casing for intensification and optimization of the effect of magnetic induction. Such an adjustment can also be realized from an electrical point of view by means of these exchangeable induction coils.

In an essential development of the invention, an induction coil is used to be introduced linearly into a receptacle for a detonator. This method step achieves targeted inductive heating of the receptacles, which otherwise could only be heated insufficiently in the course of the above-described use of an induction coil adapted to a metallic shell. This could prevent the contained explosive from being removed.

In another embodiment of the invention, the at least one induction coil is positioned using a robotic arm. Any point on an outer contour of the respective casing can be reached quickly, contact-free and precisely using a robot arm with two or three axes. Such robot arms are already widely available on the market today in the described requirements of adapted size and mechanical strength with corresponding control and regulation devices. Guidance of the induction coil is preferably monitored and regulated via a camera. As a result, the induction coil can be moved over the casing in a non-contact manner and at the smallest possible distance, following a respective outer contour. In this way, inductive heating and also the use of electrical energy can be optimized. This regulation also makes it possible, in the event of a deformation of the casing, to intensify or increase inductive heating to such an extent that the explosive is prevented from becoming jammed in the casing of the section of the munitions.

In one embodiment of the invention, a respective surface temperature is recorded using thermal or thermal imaging sensors. This means that a temperature can be measured quickly and without contact from a safe distance. Driving over in particular insufficiently heated regions can thus be repeated until a target value of the section is reached. A sensor system is advantageously provided which reliably prevents a critical temperature from being reached or even exceeded by switching off the inductive heating in good time. Overheating with the risk of the explosive being converted is thus reliably prevented.

To implement the method according to the invention, the device according to the invention for deploying an explosive from a casing of a large-sized ordnance, such as dropping ammunition, has a robot arm with an induction coil and means for the defined transfer of the explosive from the casing into the receiving space. The means for the defined placement of the explosive are designed as a lowering plate which corresponds to the recess in the device and which can be lowered into the receiving space.

The device preferably has radially displaceable clamping jaws for fixing a respective section of the ordnance. The clamping jaws release an opening through which the explosive can slide out of the casing under defined guidance into a collecting chamber, also purely under the effect of gravity. The explosive is thus released from the casing and, standing on the lowering plate, is lowered in a defined, slow and vibration-free manner in the direction of gravity into the receiving space. It is particularly preferred that the receiving space is lined with a packaging material for enclosing the explosive. Direct packaging of the explosive in the receiving space reduces, among other things, the risk that solid or liquefied components of the explosive can escape into the environment.

Figur 1:

eine Schnittdarstellung eines Kampfmittels unter Andeutung zweier Schnittebenen;

Figur 2:

eine dreidimensionale Darstellung eines Verfahrens anhand des Kampfmittels von Figur 1

Figur 3:

eine Schnittdarstellung in einer Ebene III-III von Figur 2 und

Figur 4:

eine Schnittdarstellung analog der Darstellung von Figur 2 mit Details zu Mitteln zum definierten Verbringen des Explosivstoffs aus einer Umhüllung in einen Aufnahmeraum.

Further features and advantages of embodiments according to the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to exemplary embodiments using the drawing. It shows in a schematic representation:

Figure 1:

a sectional view of a weapon indicating two cutting planes;

Figure 2:

a three-dimensional representation of a method based on the ordnance of figure 1

Figure 3:

a sectional view in a plane III-III of figure 2 and

Figure 4:

a sectional view analogous to the representation of figure 2 with details on means for the defined transfer of the explosive from a casing into a receiving space.

The same reference symbols are always used for the same elements or method steps throughout the various figures. Without restricting the invention, only one use based on a large-format drop ammunition in the form of a thin-walled 1000 lb bomb of British design, shown only schematically, is shown and described below. However, it is obvious to the person skilled in the art that an adaptation to other designs of large-scale ordnance, such as bombs, grenades, rockets or torpedoes, which are all one in their casings, is possible in the same way Have transition into a longitudinally symmetrical or even cylindrical section with a maximum diameter.

figure 1 shows a sectional view of a weapon 1, which is designed to be rotationally symmetrical about a central axis M. A tail assembly L, which is fixed to a metallic casing 2 by fastening screws, with support plates, a wind turbine and other mechanical components have already been dismantled here, as indicated by the dashed lines. Also, suspension eyes A are previously removed from the casing 2 of the ordnance 1. The detonators D and, for example, transfer charges filled with the initiating explosive Tetryl have also already been removed from the remaining ordnance 1, so that an explosive 3 made of a TNT mixture in a casing 2 still has holders for a detonator and sockets for a transfer charge from the environment is separated.

The casing 2 comprises a cylindrical section 4 with a maximum diameter of 38 cm to approx. At transition points of the cylindrical section 4 in the truncated cone-shaped end areas 5 are in figure 1 two cutting planes S indicated. Since the explosive 3 is separated from the environment by the holder for the detonators D and the subsequent sockets 2a for transfer charges, a cut alone is generally not sufficient to allow the explosive 3 to slip out of the casing 2 after it has softened sufficiently. An additional ventilation opening might be necessary for this. However, this additional ventilation opening can be formed, for example, by removing a bushing 2a lying opposite the sectional plane S. It is preferred, however, in the in figure 2 indicated way in a second To cut plane S, so that three sections of the ordnance 1 are now formed with two cutting planes S at transition points of the cylindrical section 4 into the frustoconical end regions 5, which are separated from each other according to the method described below from the explosive 3 respectively contained therein.

figure 2 represents steps of an embodiment of a method in a three-dimensional representation based on the weapon 1 from figure 1 in an embodiment of a device V. After cutting off one or both frustoconical end areas 5, the cylindrical section 4 is placed perpendicularly on a device 6 and fixed in such a way that the central and symmetrical axis of this section 4 is in the center of the device 6. For this purpose, 3 to 4 radially displaceable clamping jaws 7 are provided on the device 6, which is designed as a plate. These clamping jaws 7 are designed in such a way that the opening of the cylindrical section 4 lying in the sectional plane S can be fixed in a centered manner in the device 6 .

The device V also includes a robot arm 8 with an induction coil 9. The robot arm 8 is designed to travel over a surface of the section 5 without contact. In particular, a control of the robot arm 8 always regulates a sufficient distance of the induction coil 9 to a surface of the respective casing 2 and also compensates for any out-of-roundness or an axis offset, i.e. an offset of the central axis M in relation to a central axis of the device 6 or an angular deviation by a Slightly tilted insertion of the section to be treated in the Device 6. For this purpose, the robot arm 8 in the present exemplary embodiment has at least three axes, with today's standard robots generally being designed as 6-axis robots. However, robot arms 8 of other designs adapted to a particular application can be provided, such as a 2-axis robot arm 8 with a linear sliding bearing, or a robot arm 8 with a curved instead of linearly displaceable partial arm. As a result, weight and installation space can be saved, which can be important, for example, when designing a device V as a mobile system that can be used, for example, at different locations.

In any case, the induction coil 9 fed with a high-frequency current HF is guided by the robot arm 8 at the smallest possible distance d over the surface of the metallic casing 2 of section 4 under surveillance by a camera device not shown in detail. A current of approx. 60 A flows through the induction coil 9 at a voltage of approx. 100 V and a frequency of approx is adjustable. Heating of the induction coil 9 itself, which is designed as a copper tube with a closed rectangular cross-section, is sufficiently counteracted by water cooling in a manner that is not shown in more detail, without heating of the casing 3 being noticeably impaired as a result.

A uniform displacement of the induction coil 9 thus generates an in figure 2 indicated path over the surface of the envelope 2. The surface of the envelope 2 can be run through several times completely or only in sections in order to ensure sufficient heating at every point. A corresponding activation of the robot arm 8 takes place in that a respective surface temperature is recorded via thermal imaging sensors (not shown in detail) and driving over in particular insufficiently heated regions is repeated until a target value is reached, for example with corresponding rotation of section 4 by the induction coil 9 on the robot arm 8 . This method is independent of the size and external shape of a respective section of a weapon and can be carried out in a correspondingly easily and flexibly adaptable manner. The aim of this method is to achieve the most uniform possible heating of the metallic casing 2 of section 4, which has the effect of softening the explosive 3 or phlegmatizer adjoining the casing 2 and thus releasing the explosive 3 from the casing 2 of gravity. For this purpose, induction coils 9 adapted to a respective type of munitions 1 and type of section 4, 5 are used. A high-frequency current HF is also adjusted accordingly by the induction coil 9 .

The cylindrical section 4 is fixed in the device 6 in such a way that it is arranged vertically above a recess 10 . When a sufficient temperature range is reached over the entire surface of the casing 2, the explosive 3 adjoining the casing 2 is softened to such an extent that the explosive 3 is already under the action of gravity out of the casing 2 and through the recess 10 into an area only indicated here Receiving space 11 slides into it in order to be brought into the receiving space 11 in a defined and, in particular, vibration-free manner. Further processing then takes place there, in particular packaging for safe onward transport, as will be described below with reference to the drawing.

figure 3 shows a sectional view in a plane III-III of FIG figure 2 , to indicate possible configurations of the induction coil 9. As already in figure 2 indicated, an induction coil 9 in this embodiment does not necessarily form a closed loop around a cut surface of the ordnance 1 with a slightly larger diameter to ensure a minimum distance for an air gap between the induction coil 9 and the metal casing 2 of the ordnance 1. The alternating magnetic field B of this induction coil 9 is essentially perpendicular to the outer surface of the metallic casing 2 over the distance d between the casing 2 and the induction coil 9. For this purpose, the induction coil 9 encloses only one arc of a narrow circle segment, as shown by an angle α in figure 3 implied. This angle α is between about 30° and 360°, preferably 180°. Smaller angles α are better suited for using an induction coil 9 over other areas of the maximum diameter DM of sections 4, 5.

figure 4 shows as a sectional representation analogous to the representation of figure 2 Details of a means for the defined transfer of the explosive substance 3 from a casing 2 into the receiving space 11 provided under the device 6. Accordingly, this means is designed as a lowering plate 12 that corresponds to the recess 10 of the device 6 and can be moved into the receiving space 11.

one inside figure 4 The detonator receptacle in the form of a bushing 2a, shown as an example on a section of a truncated cone-shaped end region 5, regularly creates a defect for the above-described inductive heating of the metallic casing 2 of the munitions 1. The metallic material can not be sufficiently heated here by the induced eddy currents, which leads to a disability in terms the desired sliding out of the explosive 3 from the casing 2 can result. Therefore in figure 4 a separate induction coil 9a is indicated, which is provided specifically for heating the receptacle or bushing 2a. Depending on the application, this separate induction coil 9a is positioned and guided together with the actual induction coil 9 by the robot arm 8, or this induction coil 9a must be inserted into the relevant socket 2a in a separate process step for inductive heating. This separate process step can precede or follow an inductive heating of the rest of the casing 2, especially since there is an additional expenditure of time due to the small dimensions of one or more bushings 2a compared to the rest of the casing 2, with all the positioning effort and switching to the induction coil 9a of a total process time is hardly significant.

When the explosive 3 is sufficiently thermally softened in contact with the casing 2, the explosive 3 falls out of the fixed casing 2 onto the lowering plate 12. A weight force acting on the lowering plate 12 increases, which in this exemplary embodiment represents a signal for control slowly lower the lowering plate 12 into the receiving space 11 . In this case, a packaging material 13 is provided beyond the receiving space 11 and the lowering plate 12 , in which the explosive 3 is automatically wrapped in the course of lowering into the receiving space 11 . This packaging material 13 can be closed in a simple manner from the moment when the explosive 3 has been completely removed from the casing 2 . The environment is thus protected by the packaging material 13 here in the form of a plastic film from the influence of the explosive 3 in the sense that no solid or liquefied parts thereof are lost or can contaminate the environment in any other way.

Once the explosive 3 has been removed from the casing 2, there are usually only small residual amounts of the explosive 3 in the form of thin layers of adhesions on the metal parts of the casing 2. Thermal methods, among other things, are known for removing them. Further treatment of the parts of the casing 2 as contaminated metallic scrap is significantly less critical with regard to environmental safety due to the comparatively small adhering amounts of explosive substance 2 and can therefore be carried out in larger quantities and in a shorter time than thermal conversion of large ones Explosive amounts, as they are still made according to the prior art.

The device V described above is characterized in relation to the large-format ordnance 1 that can be treated in this way by a significantly lower weight compared to the prior art, lower energy consumption and a more efficient and safer handling of the explosive 3 to be removed from a respective casing 2 due to the shorter process time up into the receiving space 11 .

Reference List

1

ordnance

2

metallic casing

2a

Detonator mount in the form of a metal sleeve

3

explosive

4

cylindrical section with maximum diameter DM

5

Section of a frustoconical end region

6

means for supporting and holding the section (4) or end portion (5)

7

Clamping jaw that can be moved radially on the device (6) for clamping the section (4) or end area (5) in place

8th

robotic arm

9

induction coil

9a

smaller induction coil for heating a receptacle or socket (2a) of a detonator (D)

10

Recess in center of facility (6)

11

Recording room under facility (6)

12

lowering plate

13

packing material

a

Angle of the induction coil (11) as a circle segment

A

Hanging loop on the metallic casing (2)

B

magnetic field

i.e

Distance between casing (2) and induction coil (11)

D

detonator

DM

maximum diameter

HF

high-frequency current flowing through the induction coil (11).

L

entire empennage of the ordnance (1)

M

Central axis / line of symmetry

S

Cutting plane / parting plane

V

contraption

Claims (15)

1. Method for removing an explosive (3) from an casing (2) of a large-sized explosive ordnance (1), in particular of a drop munition,

   with severing of the metallic casing (2) in a region of maximum diameter (DM),

   the casing (2) being heated by induction to soften the adjacent explosive (3),

   characterized in that

   the ordnance (1) is cut at a transition into a cylindrical section (4) as a parting plane (S) and

   a resulting opening of the section (4, 5) is held above a receiving space (11) in a device (6) which has a recess (10), wherein

   the casing (2) of the section (4, 5) is passed over by an induction coil (9) and the heating is monitored,

   in order to soften the explosive (3) sufficiently thermally for removal from the casing (2) in such a way that the explosive (3) is subsequently brought through the recess (10) into the receiving space (11) without shaking, in that a lowering plate (12) arranged in an initial state in the recess (10) of the device (6) is used in order to bring or transfer the explosive (3) vertically in a defined manner in the direction of action of the force of gravity into the receiving space (11). transfer.
2. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the resulting opening of the section (4, 5) with an axis of symmetry (M) parallel to the direction of action of gravity is held above the receiving space (11) at the recess (10) in the device (6).
3. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a transition into a cylindrical section (4) with maximum diameter (DM) is selected as a parting plane (S).
4. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that two separation planes (S) are formed to form three sections (4, 5) of an ordnance (1).
5. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an induction coil (9) adapted to a respective type of ordnance (1) and type of a section (4, 5) is used.
6. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an induction coil (9a) shaped to fit a receptacle (2a) for a detonator (D) is used.
7. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that this induction coil (9a) is introduced into the receptacle (2a) for targeted inductive heating.
8. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the induction coil (9, 9a) is positioned using a robot arm (8), wherein guidance of the induction coil (9, 9a) on the robot arm (8) is carried out in a controlled manner and monitored via sensors, preferably using a camera.
9. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a respective surface temperature of the metallic casing (2) is detected via thermal image sensors and a passing over of insufficiently heated regions is repeated until a target value is reached.
10. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the explosive (3) is automatically wrapped in a packaging material (13) in the course of lowering into the receiving space (11).
11. Device (V) for removing an explosive (3) from an casing (2) of a large-format ordnance (1), in particular of a drop munition, for implementing a method according to one of the preceding claims,

    characterized in that

    the device (V) comprises a device (6)

    which is provided with a recess (10) and is arranged above a receiving space (11) adapted to the explosive, the device (6) being designed to fixably receive a portion (4, 5) of the ordnance (1) in an orientation parallel to the action of gravity, and

    a robot arm (8) with an induction coil (9),

    which is designed to traverse a surface of the section (4, 5) without contact, and

    a lowering plate (12) corresponding to the recess (10) in the device (6) is provided as means for the vibration-free transfer of the explosive (3) from the casing (2) into the receiving space (11) arranged vertically below the recess (10) of the device (6), which lowering plate (12) can be lowered into the receiving space (11) in the upright position.
12. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the device (6) is designed as a plate with radially displaceable clamping jaws (7) with release of the opening or recess (10) in the center of the device (6).
13. Device according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving space (11) is lined with a packaging material (13) for enclosing the explosive (3) .
14. Device according to one of the three preceding claims, characterized in that an induction coil (9a) shaped to fit a receptacle (2a) for a detonator (D) is provided for selective inductive heating of the receptacle (2a).
15. Device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the induction coil (9a) is shaped and formed adapted for insertion into a receptacle (2a) for a detonator (D).

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