{"id":313,"date":"2018-07-19T02:38:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T02:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2018-07-19T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:13:21","slug":"the-golden-west-non-explosive-ordnance-disposal-system-neds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/the-golden-west-non-explosive-ordnance-disposal-system-neds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden West Non-Explosive Ordnance Disposal System (NEDS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In contrast to the two robotics projects, which are focusing on robot design, this project is working to help develop the Golden West\u00a0Non-Explosive Disposal System\u00a0(NEDS)<\/strong>, a tool to destroy ordnance. In the simplest terms, the NEDS is a modified commercial Oxylance Sure-Cut \u00a9 which is a\u00a0hand-held exothermic\u00a0torch that\u00a0once ignited reaches temperatures nearly twice as high as Thermite.\u00a0Focused on a point of\u00a0only 3\/8th<\/sup>\u00a0inch diameter, it\u00a0quickly\u00a0burns through the shell of the explosive device.\u00a0 Once through the shell and depending on the placement of the system, the explosive material will either burn (low-order detonation) or explode (high-order detonation).\u00a0 Either way, the ordnance becomes inert.<\/p>\n

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The NEDS set up for a burn test.<\/p>\n

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Sparks fly as the NEDS burns through an ordnance casing in seconds!<\/p>\n

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In under 5 seconds, the NEDS has burnt a hole clean
\nthrough the ordnance casing.<\/p>\n

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Drone images taken during a live test on the
\nUSSR PTAB 2.5M cluster munition.<\/p>\n

Currently, the most common method for disposing of ordnance is to use a smaller explosive charge to detonate the larger ordnance.\u00a0 While this method is effective and quick, there are areas of the world where it is difficult to obtain these smaller charges.\u00a0 Political and economic factors make importing these charges very difficult and expensive.\u00a0 The NEDS is a fast, inexpensive, and readily available option for the disposal of explosives.\u00a0 While the small charges are difficult to import or obtain in country, the NEDS simply requires steel piping and a tank of oxygen, materials that can be easily obtained nearly anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

In the last few weeks, team member Preston Whiteman (Villanova University, Graduate Student), along with Roger Hess (Golden West Chief Technical Officer), John Wright (Golden West Chief Design Engineer) and Matthew (Intern from Singapore University of Technology and Design), have traveled to the province of Kampong Chhnang (K.C.) to the testing facility shared by Golden West and Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) to test the ignition reliability of the NEDS.\u00a0 In the realm of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), technology must work every single time, and there is no better place to \u201ctorture test\u201d equipment than K.C.\u00a0 As John says, \u201celectrons seem to flow backwards in K.C.\u201d.\u00a0 Additionally, Preston designed and 3D-printed an orifice flow meter to find the flow rate of oxygen through the pipe.\u00a0 The next step is to convert the entire system to a wireless digital control.\u00a0 While this project is not expected to be completed this summer, there are plans for Golden West to continue work and take the NEDS to market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In contrast to the two robotics projects, which are focusing on robot design, this project is working to help develop the Golden West\u00a0Non-Explosive Disposal System\u00a0(NEDS), a tool to destroy ordnance. In the simplest terms, the NEDS is a modified commercial Oxylance Sure-Cut \u00a9 which is a\u00a0hand-held exothermic\u00a0torch that\u00a0once ignited reaches temperatures nearly twice as high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fieldwork"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa1pJF-53","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/irescambodia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/BurnPic.png?fit=636%2C615","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/irescambodia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}