Location: Oaks, Pennsylvania, USA, the home of Franklin Applied Physics, Inc
Lectures: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Thursday, and finishing at 2:00 PM on Friday
Cost: US$1352.00
Note: This course is for electroexplosive device (EED) handlers, their supervisors, safety engineers, and instructors. It is also for designers, R&D personnel, quality control personnel, and inspectors. This year, we offer the course July 22-26, 2013. Next year this course will be July 28-Aug. 1, 2014.
TOPICS COVERED:
Nature of Explosions – Mechanical, Nuclear, Chemical
Definitions
Chemistry of explosives and Explosions
Explosive Trains – Primary, Booster, Secondary
Safe and Arm – Separation, One Person, Insertion,
Mechanical, Automatic, Bore-riding, Set-back, Spin, etc.
Ignition of EEDs – Bridge types, Energy (short time),
Power (long time)
Inadvertent Ignition of EEDs – Wrong time, Batteries,
Galvanic Cell, Ground Currents, Electrostatic (ESD),
Radio Frequency (RF), Stray Voltage, Lightning
Physical Effects of Explosions
Uses of Electro Explosive Devices (EEDs)
Quality Control of EEDs – Non-destructive tests, All-fire/
No Fire tests, Output tests
Definitions – Classify by use
High Explosives
Detonation and Effects
Propellants – Guns, Rockets
Pyrotechnics
Testing Explosives
Accident Protection
Storage & Shipment
History
Sources of Information
© Journal of Pyrotechnics and CarnDu Ltd