Force Vector, Inc.
PO Box 2519
Bridgeview, IL 60455

708-974-2586 Phone
708-974-9429 Fax


Blockage Prevention & Bin Clearing Service
For questions about the Blockage Prevention System using the Air-Slide and the Bin Clearing Service:
Phone: 708-974-9422
service@forcevectorinc.com

Concrete/ Granite Excavation and Blockage Clearing
For questions regarding Concrete/ Granite Excavation or Blockage Clearing Systems using the Cardox CO2 system:
Phone: 708-974-2586
service@forcevectorinc.com
Force Vector and Deca Vibrator are family owned businesses. We believe in continual performance improvement and immediate response to customer needs. The Force Vector team continues to search for tools, equipment and solutions that will keep your work moving forward.

We appreciate your interest in what we do and we look forward to working with you in the future!

Force Vector, Inc.
PO Box 2519
Bridgeview, IL 60455

708-974-2586 Phone
708-974-9429 Fax


 

Mining & Quarrying
Originally developed for safe use in fiery coal seams, the Cardox System is used extensively in opencast and underground coal & ore mining, boulder breaking, and dimensional stone extraction.

Dimensional Stone Quarrying
With Cardox, you get all the benefits of explosives with none of the headaches: fewer drill holes, lower noise emission, less waste, and virtually no dust. Plus no magazine is required and no stemming operation is needed.Use Cardox for horizontal or vertical applications.

Opencast Mining

Work safely in areas adjacent to existing buildings, gas lines, water mains and petrochemical plants.

With Cardox, you get all the benefits of explosives with none of the headaches: fewer drill holes, lower noise emission, less waste, and virtually no dust. Plus no magazine is required and no stemming operation is needed.

Underground Coal Mining
Increase the value of your coal or mined ore by using Cardox to dramatically reduce fine coal/ore and produce more large, clean lump coal/ore.

Fast and efficient, Cardox usually requires fewer holes than conventional methods and produces less dust. With no need to evacuate the mine, continuous mining is now a possibility.


Cardox instantaneously produces a powerful heaving force, using carbon dioxide which cracks and breaks the material along natural and/or induced fracture plains.

By selecting the thickness of the rupture disc, the power of the Tube can be regulated to suit all conditions.



How Cardox Works

One or more holes are drilled in the material to be broken and the Cardox Tube(s) are inserted.

A connection is then made from the Tube(s) to a low tension activator, and on passing an impulse from this to the charged Tube(s), the low tension electric fuse initiates a rapid reaction in the energizer causing the liquid carbon dioxide in the Tube to change into gas, increasing its volume by 600 time in the process.

This instantaneous build-up in pressure reaches the yielding pressure of the rupture (shear) disc which bursts releasing a heaving mass of carbon dioxide which breaks the surrounding material.

The whole process takes less than one second.

By selecting the thickness of the rupture disc, the power of the Tube can be regulated to suit all conditions.

After recovery the Tube, the heater and rupture disc are replaced, the liquid carbon dioxide recharged and the Tube is ready to be used again.

Types of Cardox Tube and Suitability Guide
By selecting the thickness of the rupture disc, the power of the Tube can be regulated to suit all conditions.

View Cardox Tube & Suitability Chart