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Process for the removal of a solid rocket propellant from a rocket motor case

US5552093A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1989
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 5, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC06B21/0091
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of reclaiming a solid rocket motor which allows the motor case to be reused. The method comprises cooling the propellant to a temperature below the Tg range of the binder, shattering the cooled propellant and removing the shattered propellant from the rocket motor case.

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