Process stabilization of cartridge case ironing
Author
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-06-02
Pages
223
Abstract
This project is conducted in collaboration with the Danish munition manufacturer DENEX, and concerns the investigation and implementation of a die design with a circular die land, CDL, to the ironing process of 5.56mm NATO cartridge cases. The rst part of the project concerns an investigation of the eects an implementation of the CDL design have on the ironing process. In the second part of the project is a CDL design determined in regards to implementing it to the production at DENEX. It was determined that the design should use a CDL radius of 11mm. In the third and nal part of the project is the chosen CDL design implemented and tested in the production at DENEX, and it was here discovered that the design was not able to produce conforming cartridge cases due to fracture during the third draw.
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