Use of All-Metal Dies in Isostatic Pressing.

Abstract

An investigation involving isostatic pressing of large-diameter plastic-bonded explosive billets was completed at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California. This unique method eliminates time-consuming machining of each billet as required when using the bag method. By including a taper-bored chamber, the all-metal die serves both as a means of forming and ejecting the pressed billet. This method may have possible applications in fabrication of high-quality, large-diameter warheads. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0912941

Entities

People

  • Wallace E. Silver

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Diameters
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Isostatic Pressing
  • Machining
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives

Readers

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