CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS PACKAGE DISPOSAL

RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGY and EQUIPMENT for CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS PACKAGE DISPOSAL

Package disposal implies fail-safe, ecologically-sound industrial recycling of all the components of conventional munitions into civilpurpose products and materials.

Disposal of the most hazardous elements of munitions comprises the following stages: • munitions disassembly; • propellant charge extraction; • explosives extraction; • disassembly and disposal of fuses, caps, primers, etc.; • disposal of non-explosive components.

Depending on the type of ammunition various techniques are used to extract explosives from casing: • extraction by applying hot water or steam externally; • bleeding by means of inert organic heat carrier (paraffin); • high pressure hydro-bleeding; • mechanical extraction, cementation or explosion of extremely hazardous elements in special chambers; • burning-off or explosion in chambers.

To dispose of conventional munitions, stationary industrial installations and modular containerised mobile systems have been designed to operate at storage facilities.

Disposal is ecologically friendly due to elimination of open-air burning and explosion procedures, as well as employment of airtight equipment, water purification systems, special filters and collectors during controlled burndown of some munitions or their elements.

Extracted materials are converted into explosives or various industrial blasting products.