EOD and Demilitarization

Disarming unexploded ordnance for civil and military security tasks

The environmental conditions that unexploded ordnance is exposed to over time have chemical as well as physical effects and often result in a critical unexploded ordnance (UXO) situation on site. Conventional Render Safe Procedures (RSP) are often not feasible without touching or moving the unexploded ordnance. Blasting unexploded ordnance has been the last RSP to be used and sometimes causes high collateral damage. Additionally, underwater blasting leaves severe environmental damage by damaging or killing marine life. That’s where ANT AG presents its waterjet cutting technology as an EOD solution in order to cut UXO in the safest way possible.

MACE: The EOD solution

MACE systems are successfully deployed around the globe and have become the state of the art for RSP: For the safe, remote disposal of all types of explosive devices, ANT offers customised solutions to cut UXO with sophisticated components.

Fields of application

Fuses which cannot be manually removed or deactivated
Ammunition with chemically dangerous mutated explosive content
Opening of containments or objects, without using explosives as opening method for deflagration

Key Features

Suitable for EOD and Demilitarization
700 bar
Portable
Up to 500 m distance from UXO
Cutting time approx. 20 min with one filling of abrasive
Also available as XL version (cutting time approx. 45 min with one filling of abrasive)

System configuration

EOD solutions: MACE system

MACE Cutting Examples for EOD

Cutting out a bottom plate

Cutting off the back of a bomb

Opening a bomb

No 17 fuse from a GP 500 LB MK V

References EOD/IEDD

MACE & Components

The core components of the MACE system are the Abrasive Mixing Unit (AMU) and the High Pressure Pump (HPP):

MACE

ANT provides a hydraulic power unit with an intuitive operator panel which ensures effective control of the cutting devices.

MACE Hydraulic System

All cutting devices for MACE are hydraulically driven. For EOD there are three specially developed cutting devices:

Useful accessories are also provided:

Laura-Christin Krebs Product Manager

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