A device for depositing paste patterns on the surface of the channel of a tube, the device comprising a frame supporting a first mechanical assembly for holding, positioning and moving the tube, and a second mechanical assembly for extruding paste for depositing said paste patterns, the assemblies cooperating with one another.

A device for depositing paste patterns on the surface of the channel of a tube, the device comprising a frame supporting a first mechanical assembly for holding, positioning and moving the tube, and a second mechanical assembly for extruding paste for depositing said paste patterns, the assemblies cooperating with one another.

Embodiments include a method of forming an initiator. The method includes placing an energetic powder in a container. A solvent is added to the container and the solvent and energetic powder are mixed to form a slurry mixture. The slurry mixture is filtered. The filtered slurry mixture is placed in a transfer tube. The slurry mixture is applied to a bridge wire. The slurry mixture applied to the bridge wire is then dried.

Embodiments include a method of forming an initiator. The method includes placing an energetic powder in a container. A solvent is added to the container and the solvent and energetic powder are mixed to form a slurry mixture. The slurry mixture is filtered. The filtered slurry mixture is placed in a transfer tube. The slurry mixture is applied to a bridge wire. The slurry mixture applied to the bridge wire is then dried.

The present invention is directed to a process for continuous production of copper (I) nitrotetrazolate (DBX-1) by reacting aqueous copper salt with aqueous 5-nitrotetrazolate salt in the presence of a reducing agent. All the reactants are introduced into a continuous flow reactor system, which is composed of a temperature controlled tubular reactor and a mixer that allows for radial mixing. An optional stirred tank reactor may also be incorporated into the process to complete the reaction and allow for crystal growth.

There is provided a composition and method of deposing an initiatory composition, said composition, comprising a: (i) a nanothermite suspension of a metal(M)oxide and a metal (M′) in a solvent, wherein the average particle size of the metal(M)oxide and a metal (M′) is less than 1000 nm, provided that (M)≠(M′), (ii) wherein said nanothermite suspension comprises a charging reagent comprising a reagent capable of forming a stable complex with each of the metal(M)oxide and the metal (M′), to from a metal(M)oxide complex, and a metal (M′) complex that have the same electrostatic charge, such that said metal(M)oxide complex and a metal (M′) complex repel each other in said suspension, wherein the admixture of the binder, nanothermite suspension charging reagent, has been caused to be mixed under Resonant Acoustic Mixing to provide a stable suspension of a nanothermite complex

Embodiments include a method of forming an initiator. The method includes placing an energetic powder in a container. A solvent is added to the container and the solvent and energetic powder are mixed to form a slurry mixture. The slurry mixture is filtered. The filtered slurry mixture is placed in a transfer tube. The slurry mixture is applied to a bridge wire. The slurry mixture applied to the bridge wire is then dried.

Embodiments include a method of forming an initiator. The method includes placing an energetic powder in a container. A solvent is added to the container and the solvent and energetic powder are mixed to form a slurry mixture. The slurry mixture is filtered. The filtered slurry mixture is placed in a transfer tube. The slurry mixture is applied to a bridge wire. The slurry mixture applied to the bridge wire is then dried.

Embodiments of the present invention include a method for preparing and applying a slurry mixture to a bridge wire initiator which involves a slurry mixture that is relatively safer for a user to handle and in which the method is relatively less complex and shorter in duration for a user to prepare and apply the slurry mixture to the bridge wire initiator.

Embodiments of the present invention include a method for preparing and applying a slurry mixture to a bridge wire initiator which involves a slurry mixture that is relatively safer for a user to handle and in which the method is relatively less complex and shorter in duration for a user to prepare and apply the slurry mixture to the bridge wire initiator.