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For
over 40 years Caran Precision has been a leader in the support and
manufacture of components for the aerospace, ordnance, ballistic
and explosive industries. It has excelled in tight tolerance production,
thin wall and concentricity control. The precursor of Caran was
involved as one of the founders of Sierra Bullets, later Spiveco,
Inc and currently Berger Bullets.
Additionally,
Caran Precision and had involvement in a number of other ballistic,
ordinance and pyrotechnic activities. Caran Precision continues
this progression of specialized and important business by supplying
percussion cups, booster caps, and igniter tubes primers and detonators.
The controlled
explosives industries that we serve include Aerospace, Oil &
Gas, Mining, Fire Retardant, Canopy Ejection, Missiles.
Caran designs
and manufactures all required tooling in house. Out quality control
system is the highest in the industry. If your requirements are
for stamped or drawn metal parts used in the explosives industries,
we probably have already made it, have made something like it
or can certainly develop a part to your requirements no matter
how tight the tolerance. Give us a call and let our many years
of experience work for you.
Glossary
of Pyrotechnic Terms
BOOSTERS
- Articles consisting of a charge of detonating
explosive with or without means of initiation. They are used
to increase the initiating power of detonators or detonating
cord.
BURSTERS, explosive
- Articles consisting of a small charge
of explosive used to open projectiles, or other ammunition in
order to disperse their contents.
CHARGES, DEMOLITION
- Articles containing a charge of a detonating
explosive in a casing of fibreboard, plastics, metal or other
material. The term excludes the following articles which are
listed separately: bombs, mines, etc.
DETONATOR ASSEMBLIES, NON-ELECTRIC for blasting
- Non-electric detonators assembled with
and activated by such means as safety fuse, shock tube, flash
tube or detonating cord. They may be of instantaneous design
or incorporate delay elements. Detonating relays incorporating
detonating cord are included. Other detonating relays are included
in "Detonators, non-electric".
DETONATORS
- Articles consisting of a small metal
or plastics tube containing explosives such as lead azide, PETN
or combinations of explosives. They are designed to start a
detonation train. They may be constructed to detonate instantaneously,
or may contain a delay element. The term includes: detonators
for ammunition and
detonators for blasting, both electric and non-electric. Detonating
relays without flexible detonating cord are included.
EXPLOSIVE, BLASTING
- Detonating explosive substances used
in mining, construction and similar tasks. Blasting explosives
are assigned to one of five types. In addition to the ingredients
listed, blasting explosives may also contain inert components
such as kieselguhr, and minor ingredients such as colouring
agents and stabilizers.
FRACTURING DEVICES, EXPLOSIVE for oil wells,
without detonator
- Articles consisting of a charge of detonating
explosive contained in a casing without means of initiation.
They are used to fracture the rock around a drill shaft to assist
the flow of crude oil from the rock.
FUSE, IGNITER, tubular, metal clad
- Article consisting of a metal tube with
a core of deflagrating explosive.
IGNITERS
- Articles containing one or more explosive
substances used to start deflagration in an explosive train.
They may be actuated chemically, electrically or mechanically.
This term excludes the following articles which are listed separately:
CORD, IGNITER; FUSE, IGNITER; FUSE, INSTANTANEOUS, NON-DETONATING;
FUZES, IGNITING; LIGHTERS, FUSE; PRIMERS, CAP TYPE; PRIMERS,
TUBULAR.
PERCUSSION CAP
- A thin metal cap containing an explosive
substance, such as fulminate of mercury, that explodes on being
struck.
PRIMERS, CAP TYPE
- Articles consisting of a metal or plastics
cap containing a small amount of primary explosive mixture that
is readily ignited by impact. They serve as igniting elements
in small arms cartridges, and in percussion primers for propelling
charges.
PRIMERS, TUBULAR
- Articles consisting of a primer for
ignition and an auxiliary charge of deflagrating explosive such
as black powder used to ignite the propelling charge in a cartridge
case for cannon, etc.
PROJECTILES
- Articles such as a shell or bullet which
are projected from a cannon or other artillery gun, rifle or
other small arm. They may be inert, with or without tracer,
or may contain a burster or expelling charge or a bursting charge.
The term includes: projectiles, inert, with tracer; projectiles
with burster or expelling charge; projectiles with bursting
charge.
SIGNALS
- Articles containing pyrotechnic substances
designed to produce signals by means of sound, flame or smoke
or any combinations thereof. The term includes: signal devices,
hand; signals, distress, ship; signals, railway track, explosive;
signals, smoke.
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