Defence Missiles Cutting / fracturing solutions

Bendable Linear Shaped Charge (BLSC)

Pyroalliance offers a wide range of RDX/Lead BLSC tailored to the defense markets.

Those REACH compliant cords are used to cut off all types of materials: metallic (steel, slight alloy, titanium, etc.) as well as laminates of glass, carbon or Kevlar.

Bendable Linear Shaped Charge at a glance

Benefits of pyrotechnics

  • Tight geometric tolerance
  • Light weight
  • REACH-compliant (sustainable materials)
  • Bending radius down to 5 times its section
  • Very versatile

Defence applications

  • Defence platforms: implemented in separation or flight termination solutions
  • Demolition / breaching: buildings (thermal power stations and nuclear powers, metallic structures, tanks), maritime buildings, bridges, various infrastructures…
  • Law enforcement – special intervention forces: equipment for antiterrorist operations
  • Civil safety: disaster and emergency services for fast opening systems
  • Offshore: dismantling of metallic structures

Key figures of pyrotechnics performance

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OUR RANGE OF PERFORMANCE
ESTIMATED CUTTING PERFORMANCES: Up to ~15 mm in steel and ~20 mm in carbon composite
MAIN DIMENSIONS: Width: ~5 to ~20mm, Length: ~0.1m to ~2m
DETONATION VELOCITY: > 6000 m/s
OPERATING TEMPERATURE: Down to ~ -80°C, Up to ~ +100°C

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