Limestone Quarry Using Recycled Propellant and Emulsion Blend |
The blaster must regulate the type and amount of explosives
ENERGY, the three dimensional placement of that energy within a geological
MASS and the detonator delay
TIME sequencing within the blast.
Charles Wade, the inventor of the detonator sensitive and many other emulsion and water gel explosives, together with
Tom Zukovich and
Bob Morhard, have formulated new propellant emulsion blends. ZMW has provided innovative technical solutions to explosives re-cycling and is experienced in UN Hazards Classification, hazards analysis, the design and construction of explosives production equipment and development of process controls for the safe and efficient emulsion propellant blending operations. |
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ZMW provided technical services to ATK Alliant TechSystems - Thiokol Technologies International, Inc. and the US Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to demilitarize the former Soviet SS-24 ICBM's in Pavlograd, Ukraine. The SS-24 propellant is being washed out from the rocket motor cases and combined with an emulsion matrix, packaged and recycled as industrial explosives in Ukraine. ZMW formulated a novel emulsion matrix compatible with the washed out SS-24 propellant, designed production equipment, and was a team member of the explosives safety and UN Hazards Classification program. ZMW presented technical information in support of a joint Ukrane-USA public information community meeting. |
Former Soviet SS-24 ICBM in Pavlograd, Ukraine |