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Optimization of Forming Processes for Gelled Propellant Manufacturing

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This chapter presents the basic methodologies for quality control and productivity improvement in the processes used for manufacturing of energetic materials such as gelled (colloidal) propellants, in which the electronic control systems are constrained by the severe safety requirements associated with on-process self-burning risks. The required measuring devices for data acquisition and management, the testing techniques for rheological characterization and the relationship among the main process and material parameters are the main issues introduced in this chapter, with the purpose of establishing the routines needed for an appropriate quality control of gelled propellant production. This work is focused on manufacturing processes such as batch mixing and ram extrusion . A similar methodology could be also followed for screw extrusion, in which both mixing and extrusion stages are carried out by the same equipment.

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  1. Departamento de Ingenieria de Materiales y Fabricacion, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, C/Doctor Fleming S/N, 30202, Cartagena, Spain

    J. Martínez-Pastor & Patricio Franco

  2. EXPAL Systems S.A., Avda del Partenon 16, 28042, Madrid, Spain

    Domingo Moratilla & Pedro J. Lopez-Garcia

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Martínez-Pastor, J., Franco, P., Moratilla, D., Lopez-Garcia, P.J. (2018). Optimization of Forming Processes for Gelled Propellant Manufacturing. In: Ram, M., Davim, J. (eds) Modeling and Simulation in Industrial Engineering. Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60432-9_1

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