Ignition powders
A satisfactory ignition system requires the ignition powder to ignite the propellant at all operational temperatures and achieve optimum ignition transfer to the propellant.
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The ignition propellant must ignite the propellant in such a manner that
- the ignited propellant meets all interior ballistic requirements such as peak pressure, muzzle velocity, ignition time,
- a pressure-time curve of combustion in the cartridge case or chamber will not show any irregularities or high standard deviation in maximum pressure,
- round-to-round velocity deviation is kept to a minimum thanks to excellent lot-to-lot reproducibility at our production plant.
Product Overview
Product | Category | Description | Product Code | Possible Applications |
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Zenit 370 | Ignition powder | Porous nitrocellulose low burning & velocity | 2450 | General purpose |
Zündladung MIDI mod | Ignition powder | Porous nitrocellulose medium burning & velocity | 460 | General purpose |
Zündladung MAXI mod | Ignition powder | Porous nitrocellulose fast burning, high velocity | 461 | General purpose |
Benite Strands | Booster for large calibre flash tubes |
Mixture of black powder and nitrocellulose in stick shape |
55-68 | Tank, artillery, various calibres |
NC200 | Ignition pads for atillery charges | Porous nitrocellulose | 422 | 155 mm artillery |
Zündladung Bison | Ignition pads for artillery charges | Porous nitrocellulose | 54 | 155 mm artillery |
Beiladung NKP mod. (S5361) | Ignition powder | Mixture of black powder nad nitrocellulose – propellant grains, sulfur free | 443 | Various |
S5261 | Ignition powder | Mixture of black powder and nitrocellulose – propellant grains | 8414 | Various |
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