TY - GEN
T1 - Drilling into hard non-conductive materials by localized microwave radiation
AU - Jerby, E.
AU - Dikhtyar, V.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The paper describes a novel method of drilling into hard non-conductive materials by localized microwave energy (US patent 6,114,676). The Microwave Drill implementation may utilize a conventional 2.45 GHz magnetron, to form a portable and relatively simple drilling tool. The drilling head consists of a coaxial guide and a near-field concentrator. The latter focuses the microwave radiation into a small volume under the drilled material surface. The concentrator itself penetrates into the hot spot created in a fast thermal runaway process. The microwave drill has been tested on concrete, silicon, ceramics (in both slab and coating forms), rocks, glass, plastic, and wood. The paper describes the method and its experimental implementations, and presents a theoretical model for the microwave drill operation. The applicability of the method for industrial processes is discussed.
AB - The paper describes a novel method of drilling into hard non-conductive materials by localized microwave energy (US patent 6,114,676). The Microwave Drill implementation may utilize a conventional 2.45 GHz magnetron, to form a portable and relatively simple drilling tool. The drilling head consists of a coaxial guide and a near-field concentrator. The latter focuses the microwave radiation into a small volume under the drilled material surface. The concentrator itself penetrates into the hot spot created in a fast thermal runaway process. The microwave drill has been tested on concrete, silicon, ceramics (in both slab and coating forms), rocks, glass, plastic, and wood. The paper describes the method and its experimental implementations, and presents a theoretical model for the microwave drill operation. The applicability of the method for industrial processes is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-32944-2_75
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-32944-2_75
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AN - SCOPUS:84898440367
SN - 3540432523
SN - 9783540432524
T3 - Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing - Report from the 8th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating
SP - 687
EP - 694
BT - Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing - Report from the 8th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 2001 8th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating
Y2 - 3 September 2001 through 7 September 2001
ER -