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"Clean Cut" Pneumatic Guillotine


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Severs Bars or Cables in Milliseconds

Designed to sever the cable of a device in tow in the event of an emergency, Clean Cut Pneumatic Guillotine is the first pneumatic cutter to replace pyrotechnics in a military application.  Clean Cut Pneumatic Guillotine is also ideal for in-flight refueling hose and drogue applications.  Aircraft Qualified.

By using high-pressure compressed air, Clean Cut Pneumatic Guillotine eliminates costly pyrotechnics and their associated blast residue, improving safety, maintenance and logistics issues.  Designed with high reliability and long service life in mind, Clean Cut's anvil and blade are repariable, and the entire system is depot replaceable.

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Pneumatic Guillotine Features:
  • Millisecond Operation
  • Manual Actuator Override
  • Blade and Anvil Repairable
  • Qualified MIL-STD-810
  • Qualified MIL-STD-R-8573

Cable Cutter Assembly

A technically simple piston based design, with an actuator force of 8,900 lbs.  Equipped with a manual override which allows the cutter to be activated in the event of a loss of pressure.  Meets MIL-STD-810.

Solenoid Valve

3-way, 2-position solenoid valve (Model MV74) is a core product of Marotta for over 40 years and used with great success over a wide variety of aerospace applications.  Equipped with a manual override which allows the cutter to be activated in the event of a loss of power.

Pressure Vessel

Provides pressurized volume of gas sufficient to stroke the guillotine cutter.  Vessel meets requirements of MIL-STD-R-8573 including gunfire fragementation.

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 Applications
 
  • Pneumatic Cutting
  • Sever Bars
  • Sever Cables
  • In-flight Refueling
  • Hose and Drogue
  • Surveillance Tow