IP Library Granted Patent US 8,409,378
Granted Patent B2
US 8,409,378 · App. 12/301,887 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Ignition charge

Inventors: Ulrich Bley (Fürth, DE); Rainer Hagel (Erlangen, DE); Aleksej Hoschenko (Fürth, DE); Peter Simon Lechner (Oberasbach, DE); Frank Mönius (Cadolzburg, DE)
Assignee: Ruag Ammotec GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,409,378
App. No.
12/301,887
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a lead- and barium-free ignition charge which does not contain any oxidant, and its use.

Claims (32)

1. A lead-free and barium-free ignition charge, comprising a boron component, one or more initial explosive substances, one or more sensitisers, an auxiliary substance, one or more friction agents, and a binder, and

the ignition charge being free from oxidising agents,

wherein the boron component is at least one selected from the group consisting of boron and boron nitride, and the proportion of the boron component in the ignition charge is 0.01 to 5 wt. %,

wherein the one or more initial explosive substances is at least one selected from the group consisting of diazodinitrophenol, potassium dinitrobenzofuroxanate, and 1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-5-(1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-1H-tetrazole, and the proportion of the one or more initial explosive substances in the final ignition charge is 30 to 70 wt. %,

wherein the one or more sensitisers is at least one selected from the group consisting of tetrazene and diazodinitrophenol, and the proportion of the one or more sensitisers in the final ignition charge is 1 to 12 wt. %,

wherein the auxiliary substance includes nitrocellulose ball powder, and the proportion of the auxiliary substance in the final ignition charge is 2 to 45 wt. %,

wherein the one or more friction agents is at least one selected from the group consisting of glass beads and glass powder, and the proportion of the friction agent in the final ignition charge is 10 to 40 wt. %, and

wherein the binder includes adhesin, and the proportion of the binder in the final ignition charge is 0.2% to 5%.

2. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 ,

wherein the proportion of the boron component in the ignition charge is 0.1 to 2.5 wt. %.

3. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the one or more initial explosive substances in the final ignition charge is 35 to 65 wt. %.

4. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the one or more initial explosive substances in the final ignition charge is 38 to 58 wt. %.

5. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein a sensitiser of the one or more sensitizers is tetrazene.

6. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the one or more sensitizers in the final ignition charge is 2 to 10 wt. %.

7. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein a friction agent of the one or more friction agents is glass powder.

8. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the friction agent in the final ignition charge is 20 to 35 wt. %.

9. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the boron component is boron nitride.

10. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the boron component is contained in a stoichiometric amount with respect to the formation of alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal borates in the combustion residues.

11. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more additives including one or more reducing agents, one or more secondary explosives and/or one or more smell-improving substances, or mixtures of two or more of these substances.

12. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a reducing agent containing aluminium, titanium, titanium hydride, zirconium, zirconium hydride, silicon, graphite, activated charcoal, carbon black or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the reducing agent in the final ignition charge is 0 to 20 wt. %.

13. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a reducing agent containing aluminium, titanium, titanium hydride, zirconium, zirconium hydride, silicon, graphite, activated charcoal, carbon black or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the reducing agent in the final ignition charge is 1 to 19 wt. %.

14. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the auxiliary substance in the final ignition charge is 5 to 40 wt. %.

15. The lead-free and barium-free ignition according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of binder in the final ignition charge is 0.5 to 3 wt. %.

16. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a secondary explosive containing hexogen, octogen, nitropenta or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the secondary explosive in the final ignition charge is 0 to 20 wt. %.

17. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a secondary explosive containing hexogen, octogen, nitropenta or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the secondary explosive in the final ignition charge is 1 to 19 wt. %.

18. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising vanillin as a smell-improving substance, and the proportion of vanillin in the final ignition charge is 0 to 10 wt. %.

19. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising vanillin as a smell-improving substance, and the proportion of vanillin in the final ignition charge is 0.1 to 9 wt. %.

20. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the friction agent in the final ignition charge is 20 to 32 wt. %.

21. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a reducing agent containing aluminium, titanium, titanium hydride, zirconium, zirconium hydride, silicon, graphite, activated charcoal, carbon black or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the reducing agent in the final ignition charge is 5 to 15 wt. %.

22. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , wherein the proportion of the auxiliary substance in the final ignition charge is 9 to 36 wt. %.

23. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising a secondary explosive containing hexogen, octogen, nitropenta or mixtures of two or more of these substances, and the proportion of the secondary explosive in the final ignition charge is 5 to 15 wt. %.

24. The lead-free and barium-free ignition charge according to claim 1 , further comprising vanillin as a smell-improving substance, and the proportion of vanillin in the final ignition charge is 1 to 5 wt. %.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
To: RWS GMBH
Reel/Frame 067223/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2012
From: BLEY, ULRICH; HAGEL, RAINER; HOSCHENKO, ALEKSEJ; LECHNER, PETER SIMON; MONIUS, FRANK
To: RUAG AMMOTEC GMBH
Reel/Frame 029486/0430 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 024 511 · May 23, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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