What Customers Say…
"Fewer drill holes required than when using black powder."
"Lower cost than using black powder."
"Easier to use than other methods."
"Lower noise emission than explosives."
"Horitzontal and vertical applications."
"Less waste."
"Virtually no dust."
"No magazine required."
"No stemming operation needed."
"Longer shelf life than other methods." 		Force Vector, Inc.

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Force Vector, Inc. Concrete Block BeforeForce Vector, the North American distributor, provides concrete and granite excavation using the Cardox CO2 System.

The Cardox System is used extensively to break rock, especially in sensitive areas, e.g. general rock excavations, tunnelling, shaftsinking, underwater rock excavation and concrete breaking.

The Cardox CO2 system is extensively used for breaking rock, concrete, and many other materials expeditiously and in complete safety. The Cardox CO2 System produces a powerful instantaneous heaving force, using carbon dioxide which cracks and breaks the material along natural and/or induced fracture plains whilst heaving it away from the mass of rock or concrete.

Cardox Tubes are refilled and reused continually for over 15 years. With the new tube recharging unit, Tubes are refilled with liquid CO2 in less than a minute.

To learn more about how the Cardox CO2 rod works, please follow this link.

VIEW REAL USES BELOW BY CLICKING ON EACH USE
Rock excavation1   Rock excavation2   Rock excavation3   Rock Excavation
Mass excavation of rock for foundations and footings
Landscape reclamation
Tunnelling & trenchingTunnelling

Underground headings, tunnels and shaft sinking
trenching.jpgTrenching
Reservoir construction
Work in city centers, residential and other sensitive areas, where conventional explosives are prohibited
Underwater excavationsUnderwater Excavation
Harbour deepening and widening
Excavations of seabed for cable/ pipeline installations
Breaking concrete overspills
Deepening of riverbeds
Concrete breakingConcrete Demolition
Controlled breaking of reinforced and mass concrete, masonry and brickwork
Controlled interior demolition
Bridge demolition
Trimming reinforced concrete piles and pile caps
Shafting1   Shafting2   Shafting3  
Shafting
In the center of the busy seaside town, Cardox is used to excavate a series of shafts for a sewage project only meters away from bustling shops, offices and pavements
Benefits of the Cardox CO2 System
  • Reduces employee exposure to hot gases and process material

  • Classified as a Non-Explosive

  • Safety in gaseous mines

  • Large, clean lump coal/ore produced

  • Dramatic reduction in fine coal/ore

  • No Special permits for storage, use, transportation

  • Continuous mining--no need to excavate mine, immediate return of work force

  • Virtually no dust

  • Cost effective

  • Usually fewer holes than conventional methods

  • Increased output

  • Indefinite shelf life

  • No shock waves or damaging vibration

  • Delay systems available

 Force Vector, Inc. Using Cardox System
Using Cardox System

Force Vector, Inc. Using Conventional Explosives
Using Conventional Explosives

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