Patent ID: 6114648
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B09B

Abstract:
An apparatus for demolishing an oil-containing compressor, said apparatus comprising:a turntable for supporting thereon an oil-containing compressor;a sealed enclosure mounted above the turntable for gas-tightly enclosing the compressor, said enclosure having an inert gas supply port;a fluid pumping device for sucking a fluid medium out from the sealed enclosure; anda plasma arc torch fitted inside the sealed enclosure for radiating the oil-containing compressor with a plasma; anda vertically movable fluid supply tube extending through the sealed enclosure and being connected to the plasma arc torch,wherein after the fluid medium within the sealed enclosure has been sucked out by the fluid pumping means, an inert gas is supplied into the sealed enclosure through the inert gas supply port, and the oil-containing compressor is irradiated by a plasma from the plasma arc torch while being rotated together with the turntable, to thereby cut the oil-containing compressor horizontally.