Apparatus and process for employing synergistic destructive powe

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1993-02-24

1994-10-18

Watts, Douglas D.

Solid material comminution or disintegration

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21912162, B02C 1918

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053560817

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a novel apparatus for excavating a mass, such as a rock. The present invention directs a high velocity fluid stream onto a mass and simultaneously directs a pulsing laser beam onto the same mass. The laser beam vaporizes material and the fluid confines the vaporized material causing shock waves to enter the rock. The confined shock waves impart greater force than non-confined shock waves and this greater force fractures the mass. The fluid stream also washes loose particles from the mass to provide a new excavation surface.

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