GB864238A - Shaped explosive charge - Google Patents

Shaped explosive charge

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Publication number
GB864238A
GB864238A GB1369/60A GB136960A GB864238A GB 864238 A GB864238 A GB 864238A GB 1369/60 A GB1369/60 A GB 1369/60A GB 136960 A GB136960 A GB 136960A GB 864238 A GB864238 A GB 864238A
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Prior art keywords
barrier
rdx
booster
explosive
charge
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Expired
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GB1369/60A
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Borg Warner Corp
Welex Inc
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Borg Warner Corp
Welex Inc
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Publication of GB864238A publication Critical patent/GB864238A/en
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42BEXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B1/00Explosive charges characterised by form or shape but not dependent on shape of container
    • F42B1/02Shaped or hollow charges
    • F42B1/024Shaped or hollow charges provided with embedded bodies of inert material
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C06EXPLOSIVES; MATCHES
    • C06BEXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES
    • C06B23/00Compositions characterised by non-explosive or non-thermic constituents
    • C06B23/001Fillers, gelling and thickening agents (e.g. fibres), absorbents for nitroglycerine
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/11Perforators; Permeators
    • E21B43/116Gun or shaped-charge perforators
    • E21B43/117Shaped-charge perforators
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S102/00Ammunition and explosives
    • Y10S102/701Charge wave forming

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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Pressure Welding/Diffusion-Bonding (AREA)
  • Drilling And Exploitation, And Mining Machines And Methods (AREA)
  • Disintegrating Or Milling (AREA)

Abstract

864,238. Blasting charges. BORG-WARNER CORPORATION, and WELEX Inc. Jan. 14, 1960 [Jan. 14, 1959], No. 1369/60. Class 9(1). In the shaped charge described and claimed in Specification 785,155 the barrier of inert material is replaced by a barrier 47 of explosive material having a low detonation velocity. The explosive may be finely divided RDX, cyclonite, TNT or PETN mixed with an inert diluent such as plaster of Paris, salt, powdered glass or synthetic resin. The shaped charge is housed in a case 30 having an integral boss 32 at the rear in which is an ignition fuze cord 34 and a booster. The booster charge 38 may be compressed cyclonite. The cavity housing the booster flares outwardly to form a frusto-conical chamber housing high explosive behind the barrier 47. The explosive also fills an annulus around the barrier and a cup-shaped chamber 41. A liner 46, e.g. of copper, closes the recess in the charge 45, which is RDX containing 9% wax. The barrier 47 is a mixture of 10% RDX and 90% plaster of Paris and is bounded by a flat rear face and a concave forward face. To assemble the charge, RDX is compressed in the case 30 by a punch with the configuration of the liner 46. A hole is then drilled through the centre of the RDX, to remove the explosive from the booster cavity and make room for the barrier 47. A booster is then inserted in the cavity 35 before inserting a sandwich of RDX containing the barrier 47, the sandwich being formed in a separate die. In a modification, the barrier has a frusto-conical peripheral wall.
GB1369/60A 1959-01-14 1960-01-14 Shaped explosive charge Expired GB864238A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US786888A US3100445A (en) 1959-01-14 1959-01-14 Shaped charge and method of firing the same

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GB864238A true GB864238A (en) 1961-03-29

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GB31756/55A Expired GB785155A (en) 1959-01-14 1955-11-07 Improvements in or relating to explosive charges
GB1369/60A Expired GB864238A (en) 1959-01-14 1960-01-14 Shaped explosive charge

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GB31756/55A Expired GB785155A (en) 1959-01-14 1955-11-07 Improvements in or relating to explosive charges

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DE (1) DE1148926B (en)
FR (1) FR1145210A (en)
GB (2) GB785155A (en)

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US3439611A (en) * 1967-09-13 1969-04-22 Du Pont Explosive primer
US3948181A (en) * 1973-05-14 1976-04-06 Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation Shaped charge
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FR1145210A (en) 1957-10-23
DE1148926B (en) 1963-05-16
GB785155A (en) 1957-10-23

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