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BADGER |
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Badger, an intermediate area preparation system, is a medium-class 13-ton excavator that can cut vegetation, dig and process contaminated soil, and prepare suspect area for demining operations using a suite of commercial excavator tools. The tools currently available include: soil sifter, brush cutters, grinding drums, grapples and digging buckets. Badger’s reach-in capability allows the machine to travel in cleared area and operate tools inside suspect area, while its armored cab protects the operator. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Mines Advisory Group - Cambodia,
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation - Guadalcanal
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STORM |
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The Severe Terrain Off-Road Menzi Muck, or STORM, is a commercial excavator designed to remove vegetation in rough and steep terrain. Its four spider-like legs allow the excavator to work on slopes of up to 70 degrees and maneuver around obstacles with ease. Dual hydraulic pumps enable it to use a wide variety of commercial attachments, including a unique cutting head that can cut trees up to 20 centimeters in diameter. Additionally, the system`s hydraulic lines are designed to shut off flow to the ruptured circuit in the event of a mine blast. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Cambodia 2009
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REX |
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Remote controlled excavators are sometimes required when it is too dangerous for manual operation. The Rex is a versatile, light weight (8 ton class) armored excavator designed to clear vegetation, obstacles, and mechanically remove and neutralize anti-personnel (AP) landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). The HD R&D Program developed and integrated two important modifications to the commercial Terex TC75 excavator to create the Rex. These are the addition of remote control capability, and armor protection for the operator when the system is manually operated. Small platform based system advantages are lightweight, versatile and fuel efficient.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Mines Advisory Group - Cambodia 2011-2012
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NEMESIS M3 |
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The U.S. Army Nemesis M3 is a mechanical clearance and area preparation tool from which humanitarian or force protection demining operations can be safely and efficiently conducted. Nemesis is comprised of modular hardware elements including the robotic vehicle, navigation and positioning subsystem, and clearance tools. A Modular Robotic Control System provides independent command and control of the demining payloads such as ordnance clearing or area preparation tools. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Naval Facilities & Engineering Command - Vieques, PR 2009
Mines Advisory Group - Cambodia
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PECO CUTTER |
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A commercially available brush cutter, the Peco Cutter has a 120 cm cutting width that can handle light to medium vegetation. With tracks for steering ability and traction, the Peco Cutter`s low weight and small size make it easy to transport and support. The Peco Cutter is controlled by a standardized remote control system. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Thailand Mine Action Center 2007
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WOLVERINE |
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The PECO Wolverine is a remote-controlled track-driven brush cutter capable of operating on varying terrains and side slopes. The operating weight of the Wolverine is 1800 lbs with a ground pressure of 3.07 PSI. Powered by a 25.5 HP diesel engine, this brush cutter is maneuverable, economical and can cut trees up to 4 inches in diameter.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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Long Handle Tools |
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Long handled power tools increase the manual deminers speed, efficiency, and safety. To date, operational field evaluations have taken place in Cambodia, Ecuador and Angola.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Cambodia 2009, Mines Advisory Group - Cambodia 2009, Ecuadorian Army - Ecuador 2009
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IMPROVED BACKHOE |
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The Improved Backhoe is a modified commercial backhoe that incorporates a variety of commercial off-the-shelf attachments used for vegetation reduction and soil sifting in mine suspect areas. The vehicle has been modified by armoring the cab and chassis, and adding blast proof SETCO tires capable of withstanding multiple anti-personnel mine detonations. Among the attachments, the Rotar sifting bucket can safely collect, sift, and separate mines and other debris from mine suspected soil. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Mines Advisory Group - Sri Lanka 2011
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ORBIT SCREEN |
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The Orbital Action Screening Plant Model 68 efficiently sifts through a variety of soils types for landmines of all sizes. Material is loaded into the 1.8 cubic-yard hopper and fed into a rotating and tilted screen of appropriate size that quickly separates large and/or light items from soil. The highly portable and user friendly Orbit Screen is highly resistant to plugging with plastic, paper, sticks, and vegetation.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Afghanistan 2007, Ecuador 2010, Mozambique 2011
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RAPTOR |
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The Raptor, a commercial reverse station Fendt farm chassis, has been armored for use as a mine clearance tractor. A suite of commercial and specialized attachments, including cutter, grapnel bucket, chisel plow, cultivator, power harrow, magnet, rotary mine comb, roller, and rock bucket, provide a "tool box" approach to area reduction and preparation.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Afghanistan2010
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ROTARY MINE COMB |
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The Rotary Mine Comb is an innovative tool capable of gently extricating buried objects from the soil and pushing them to the side of the host vehicle`s path. The comb`s two rotors each contain four soil-engaging tines that intermesh and counter-rotate as the vehicle travels forward. The tines lift and continuously nudge large objects, including anti-tank mines, from the path of the vehicle to the outside edge for neutralization without creating a large berm.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Angola 2008
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Terrapin |
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The Terrapin is a small, versatile remote controlled excavator-based system designed to perform area preparation and clearance tasks in anti-personnel (AP) contaminated minefields. The Terrapins small platform based system makes it fuel efficient as well as light weight. The six ton Terrapin features several attachments which give it the capability to clear vegetation and obstacles so demining teams can access the mine suspect areas, and mechanically remove and neutralize mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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MANTIS |
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Mantis is a modified John Deere farm tractor capable of operating a number of specialized attachments used in mine action. The attachments include anti-personnel mine roller, vegetation cutter, magnet, plow, rake, sifter, and standard front loader attachments. The tractor`s cab and engine compartment are armored to provide protection for the operator. Mantis has been fitted with antipersonnel mine survivable SETCO tires and an innovative wheel hub that allows the wheel to separate from the axle in the event of an anti-tank mine detonation. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Afghanistan 2008
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MINI MINEWOLF |
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The Mini MineWolf (MMW) is a remote controlled earth tilling designed to clear landmines. The tiller`s teeth engage the ground to a depth of 25 centimeters, physically destroying anti-personnel (AP) and anti-tank (AT) landmines, and mulching vegetation up to 15 centimeters in diameter. The MMW can survive AT and AP mine. Clearance rates of 5,000 - 12,000 square meters per day can be expected depending on soil and vegetation type. Operation is by remote control with video monitoring.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Tajikistan Army - 2010-2011
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MULTI-TOOLED EXCAVATOR/ATTACHMENTS |
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Providing reach-in capability for safe operations with manned equipment, Multi-Tooled Excavators offer highly flexible platforms from which operators can conduct ground preparation and specialized mine clearing processes. The combination of tools for sifting, shredding, and combined function excavation and sifting, is tailored to suit local conditions and demining requirements. The attachments can be fitted to the demining organization`s own armored excavator.
Aprproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: The HALO Trust - Afghanistan, Mines Advisory Group - Iraq 2007, Cambodia Mine Action Center 2007, Chilean National Demining Commission 2008
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Rock Crushing Technologies |
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Until recently, clearance technology was lacking in extremely rocky environments containing mines and unexploded ordnance. The Humanitarian Demining Program developed the concept of utilizing commercial rock crushers to destroy anti-personnel mines mixed with large rocks and debris. Crushing technologies are particularly efficient at sites in which a significant fraction of the soil is composed of mine-sized objects (rocks) making sifting difficult or dense metallic clutter where mines are otherwise undetectable. Three different sized units are currently being evaluated.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Organization of American States - Ecuador
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Multi-tool Attachments for Demining |
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The Humanitarian Demining Research and Development (HD R&D) Program has developed a wide variety of excavator and loader based tools for mechanical mine clearance. These attachments give deminers the capability to perform area preparation, technical survey and mine clearance from a safe area. Tools that have proven useful include vegetation cutters, grapples, tillers, and buckets for sifting, grinding, and crushing. The HD R&D Program has modified several small, medium and large class excavators with armor protection and the interfaces needed to use these tools in various demining environments. Operational Field Evaluations (OFE) can be performed with HD R&D Program developed excavators or loaders, or with just the tools mounted to the demining organization`s own host equipment.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: MAG, The HALO Trust
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BEAVER |
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The Beaver is a small, remote controlled vegetation clearance system. It consists of a diesel-powered, tracked vehicle with several attachments and an operator`s control vehicle that protects the operator. Attachments include vegetation cutter, electro-magnet, excavating bucket, debris blower, and pneumatic excavator. The Beaver`s tracked chassis is designed to operate in difficult terrain and is armored for protection against anti-personnel mine detonations. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Thailand Mine Action Center 2006
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TEMPEST |
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The Tempest is an affordable, remote-controlled, multi-purpose mechanical system capable of clearing medium vegetation, reducing metal debris, eliminating tripwires, and engaging the ground to initiate landmines in anti-personnel minefields. It uses an interchangeable cutting flail and slasher to clear vegetation, and a ground engagement flail to prepare the land for manual demining. Integrated and independent magnet arrays are added to remove metallic debris from the soil`s surface, reducing the false alarms of follow-on detection technologies. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Mines Advisory Group - Cambodia, Thailand Mine Action Center 2000
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SURVIVABLE DEMINING TRACTOR |
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The Survivable Demining Tractor is one of the first success stories of the Humanitarian Demining R&D Program. The modified commercial tractor, fitted with armor plating and optional steel wheels, uses specialized implements to clear heavily vegetated areas and to support demining operations ranging from area preparation to quality assurance. The tools include heavy vegetation cutters, cultivators, rear-mounted slasher, front loader with rake, roller, magnet, and tree extractor capable of pulling trees 20 centimeters in diameter from the soil.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited
PARTNERS: Thailand Mine Action Center 2000
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UNI-DISK |
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The Uni-Disk is a commercial excavator, modified with armor and various attachments used to clear heavily vegetated, wooded, and hard-to-reach areas such as those along bridges, roadsides, and embankments. The attachments include a vegetation clearing Shinn cutter, a commercial off-the-shelf Rotar sifting bucket, and a standard bucket for use in general construction activities. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Thailand Mine Action Center 2002
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AIR-SPADE |
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The Air-Spade uses compressed air at supersonic velocities to rapidly excavate soil, providing a safer alternative to manual mine and UXO excavation. The Air-Spade exerts less than 2 pounds of force on smooth objects such as UXO and mines. The Air-Spade`s air-jet, water-jet, vacuum, and vegetation tools ease excavation in difficult soil conditions and provide operators with additional safety by increasing the standoff distance. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
PARTNERS: Chilean National Demining Commission, Thailand Mine Action Center, The HALO Trust - Angola
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ARMTRAC |
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The ARMTRAC is a proven manually operated earth tilling system capable of clearing anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines to a depth of 25cm. It also has the capability to remove most vegetation in its path.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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Loader-Based Demining (LBD) |
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Loader-Based Demining uses commercial loaders with sifting and screening attachments for mine clearance and technical survey. The protected cab shields the operator from risk of unintended mine blast during clearance operations. The system also performs significant excavation and tilling tasks for mine recovery and area preparation, as well as service tasks related to transporting mine contaminated soils and loading of mine contaminated soils into secondary processing equipment. The Humanitarian Demining R&D Program is evaluating this technology for its more efficient application over excavator based reach-in tools.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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MINE CLEARING SIFTER (MCS) |
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Mine Clearing Sifter (MCS) is a dozer mounted anti-personnel mine sifter capable of lifting and sifting mines , UXO’s and minefield clutter buried to a depth of 15 cm . The system is hydraulically driven and incorporates Standen Star technology as the sifting medium. The sifter weighs approximately 5700 kg and will clear a path 280 cm wide. The mines are side cast by a cross conveyor for subsequent disposal. A Rockland Rough Service Rake has been integrated with a quick hitch mechanism for scarifying the soil prior to mine clearance operations. This action breaks up the sod and fractures the soil thus improving the sifting process.
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited
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