New Control Instrumentation for Manufacture of Energetic Materials.

Abstract

Prototype process controls with fast detection, measurement, and feedback control capability have been developed by Picatinny Arsenal, Radford AAP, and selected contractors. These prototypes on-stream process analyzers will perform the function now being performed by various laboratory tests. The basic difference is in the method used for sampling, detection, measurement, and feedback. Sampling will be done on-stream wherever possible. Under these conditions, no sample retrieval is necessary. By utilizing the latest technological advances in physicochemical sensors and instrumentation, detection and measurement of the process control parameters can be accomplished in real time in most cases. Outputs from the detection and measuring instruments can be used to provide corrective action by means of automatic feedback. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA038284

Entities

People

  • Cleophus Mcintosh
  • Michael Halik

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Nitric Acid
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Spectrometers
  • Standards

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