-Explosives Technology Consulting-

• Acquisition candidate evaluation and valuation analysis
• Market analysis and development
• Capture planning and proposals
• Process and equipment engineering
• Plant layout and design
• Hazard analysis
• Accident/incident investigations
• System safety analysis
• Regulatory compliance
• Energetics system design:

  • Detonator and pyrotechnic delay fuze manufacturing
  • Detonating cord manufacturing - wet and dry processes
  • Cast boosters and other TNT-based melt pour operations
  • Emulsion and ammonium nitrate based explosives.
  • Shock tube extrusion
  • Nitration reactions - continuous and batch processes including PETN, RDX/HMX, Nitroglycerine, Liquid Nitrate Esters, NTO, TNC and Glycidyl Azide Polymer processing
  • Explosive recrystallization - continuous and batch processes including superfine and ultrafine grades
  • Single, double and triple base propellant manufacturing by solvent and solventless processes.
  • Mix cast propellants and explosives
  • Plastic bonded explosives manufacturing
  • Composite propellant formulation and characterization
  • Interior ballistic analysis
  • Rocket motor hardware design
  • Structural analysis
  • Nozzle design
  • Insulation design and heat transfer analysis
  • Test stand design and data collection
  • Test plans and testing support
  • Linear shaped charges, confined detonating fuse
  • Jet milled explosives
  • Explosive actuation and separation
  • Lead azide, DDNP, and DXN-1 manufacturing
  • Explosive lacquers and pastes
  • Boosters and fuzes
  • Explosive pressing and machining
  • Conical and linear shaped charges, EFPs and blast/frag warheads
  • Explosives demil, equipment decontamination, equipment disassembly, building incineration
  • Explosives coating and phlegmatizing
  • Explosive reactive armor
  • Oil well completion explosives
  • Rocket Load Assemble Pack
  • Explosive process equipment design
  • Design of structures to resist blast effects
  • Explosive plant design and construction management
  • Solvent recovery
  • Spent acid recovery
  • Treatment and permitting of explosives waste waters
  • Air permitting
  • Site remediation
  • Solid and Hazardous waste management
  • US Department of Transportation hazard classification and packaging design
  • EMI and ESD hazard assessment
  • Explosive signature analysis and forensic work
  • Testing
  • Process safety hazard analysis and Kaizen events
  • Regulatory compliance, including RCRA, state air and water regulations, US State Department ITAR regulations, US DOD Security Classification regulations, US DOT, DCMA compliance and others

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