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.

In particular, they deliver very precise and very fast cuts in severe environmental conditions. They can be used for various functions on defense platforms or military terrestrial operations. More generally, Pyroalliance delivers complete pyrotechnic chains adapted to its customers’ needs. They are designed and manufactured under Pyroalliance design authority

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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