detonation chambers
Industrial detonation chambers are automated remote-controlled machinery designed to withstand repeated detonations (up to 16 kg TNT equivalent) as part of a manufacturing process. Their massive structural steel parts are capable to absorb and dissipate detonation shock wave, explosion heat and accelerated fragments and to steadily release stabilized post-explosion gases, without irreversible damage.
Main applications of industrial detonation chambers follow:
- Environmentally friendly disposal (demilitarization) of munitions
- Industrial explosive forming of metals (cladding, pressing, cutting, welding)
- Explosive depth hardening of railway parts
- Disposal and forensic investigation of improvised explosive devices (IED)
- Quality control in manufacture of explosives and munitions.
- Manufacture of artificial diamonds.
- Scientific investigation, research, development and testing of explosives.
- Scientific investigations of confined explosion effects.
- Safe disposal of explosive wastes from industry or laboratories
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Industrial detonation chambers are manufactured in partnership between OZM Research and Design and Technology Branch of Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, a leading scientific and technological institute for high pressure hydrodynamics of Russian Academy of Sciences – Siberian Division.
These detonation chambers have been produced in Russian Federation for more than 40 years and in dozens industrially used (eight of them also in countries of the European Union). During these years of service, they have proven to have long service life (104 - 105 detonations), high productivity and reliable, safe and simple operation with low investment and operating costs.
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The industrial detonation chambers are manufactured in three design lines – vertical, horizontal and special-purpose. Main design features of the industrial detonation chambers are also applied in laboratory detonation chambers.
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Vertical detonation chambers are opened and closed by a back-folded cupola and they are more suitable for compact charges
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Horizontal detonation chambers are opened and closed by a cover moving on rails and they are more suitable for elongated charges
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Special-purpose detonation chambers are designed type-specifically for the required application (e.g. manufacture of artificial diamonds)
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Laboratory detonation chambers are designed for research work, scientific experiments, investigation and testing in explosives laboratories.
- Related equipment for industrial detonation chambers includes systems for automatization of the operations and treating of the post-explosion gases. The industrial detonation chambers are equipped with modern hydraulic systems and control panel providing for full control over automatic remote operations of opening and closing the chamber, as well as electric firing of the explosive charge
The detonation chambers comply with all related EU directives (CE marking provided) and, where required (for demilitarization technologies), they can be equipped with cost-effective off-gas treatment units. All these chambers have comparably low noise and vibration emissions and their operation is not harmful to the environment.
Parameters of the offered detonation chambers are summarized below:
| Chamber Code | Chamber Type | Maximum Charge Weight | Overall Dimensions lxwxh | Total weight |
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| KV-150M1 | Laboratory | 150 g TNT | 1540 x 1100 x 1450 mm | 0.8 ton |
| KV-250M | Laboratory | 250 g TNT | 1800 x 1200 x 1630 mm | 1.3 ton |
| KV-2 | Vertical | 2 kg TNT | 2600 x 1800 x 2600 mm | 10 tons |
| KV-5 | Vertical | 5 kg TNT | 4570 x 2800 x 4300 mm | 60 tons |
| KVG-8 | Horizontal | 8 kg TNT | 16360 x 2200 x 2460 mm | 48 tons |
| KVG-16 | Horizontal | 16 kg TNT | 27210 x 2200 x 2460 mm | 76 tons |
| Alfa-2 | Special | 2 kg TNT | 2000 x 2000 x 3300 mm | 10 tons |
| Alfa-3.5 | Special | 3.5 kg TNT | 2500 x 2500 x 3600 mm | 25 tons |
| Alfa-5 | Special | 5 kg TNT | 3000 x 3000 x 4400 mm | 35 tons |
- vertical detonation chambers
Vertical detonation chambers are automated industrial machinery resistant against repeated detonations of charges not exceeding 2 kg (KV-2) or 5 kg (KV-5) TNT equivalent in a single shot.
- horizontal detonation chambers
Horizontal detonation chambers are designed for elongated explosive charges with length as much as 4 meters (for KVG-8 having equivalent of 8 kg TNT) or 8 meters (for KVG-16 with 16 kg TNT), limiting their linear explosive weight to 2 kg.m-1. Horizontal detonation chambers are typically used for...
- special-purpose detonation chambers
Special-purpose detonation chambers are designed for a specific manufacturing program or according to a customer´s specific request. ALFA series of industrial detonation chambers was developed specifically for manufacture of artificial diamonds, but it can also be used for other applications such as...
- laboratory detonation chambers
Laboratory detonation chambers are designed for scientific investigations, research, development and testing in the area of energetic materials, confined explosions and related applications (explosive forming of metals, safe disposal of explosive wastes, safe temporary storage of unstable explosive substances, etc.) in explosives laboratories.
- related equipment for detonation chambers
OZM Research adapts the industrial detonation chambers with new command and control system, electrical and hydraulic circuits, supplementary electrical and machinery equipment and technical documentation in order to fulfill safety regulations for the European Union and other international markets...