Dynamite manufacture

In addition to dynamite manufacture, the Kenvil plant was equipped shortly after the assignment to Hercules to manufacture about 1500 lbs/day of smokeless shotgun and rifle powder. The brands which became Hercules property included Bullseye and Unique. ... 

A broad review of the history of nitroglycerine and dynamite manufacture was published recently by NauckhofF and Bergstrom [13]. 

Figure 85. Dynamite Manufacture. (Courtesy Hercules Powder Company.) Rubbing the dry ingredients of dynamite through a screen into the bowl of a mixing machine.

The gelatin dynamites manufactured in Belgium are called Fordtes. The reported compositions of several of them are tabulated below. Forcite extra is an ammonia gelatin dynamite. 

This nitrate ester is one of only a very few liquid molecular explosives that are manufactured commercially. It is a clear, oily liquid that freezes when pure at 13°C. As seen in the historical section, the first practical use of NG was in dynamites, where it is still used today more than 100 years later. It also is used as a component in multibased propellants and as a medicine to treat certain coronary ailments. This latter usage is attributed to NG s ability to be rapidly absorbed by skin contact or inhalation into the blood, where it acts as a vasodilator. (At high exposure levels such as in dynamite manufacture and handling, this property is responsible for the infamous powder headache.) NG is undoubtedly the most sensitive explosive manufactured in relatively... 

The use of NG-based dynamite continued to decline during the 1990 s throughout the world. For example, by 1995 there was only one dynamite manufacturing plant left in North America, and in 2000 the dynamite production at this plant had dropped to less than half the amount produced in 1990. The reasons for the declining use of dynamite are its unpopular properties of sensitivity to accidental initiation and the headache-causing fumes. Both bulk and packaged emulsions have been slowly replacing dynamite since about 1980. 

Ficeiie 87. Dynamite Manufacture. (Courtesy Herctile. Powder Company.) Dumping the mixed dynamite onto the conveyor belt which raiaea it to the hopper of the semi-automatic packing machine. 

Relatively recent information [112) is that Du Pont de Nemours stopped its dynamite manufacture at the end of 1976. Dynamites have been replaced by... 

Another case allowing reliance on supervisory personnel is Bryant v. Hercules, Inc.." Summary judgment was entered for the dynamite manufacturer in a strict liability action to recover for eight miners who were killed when... 

Nitroglycerin is an explosive agent contained in dynamite and an antianginal and vasodilator treatment. It is a well-known irritant in dynamite manufacturers. It can also cause allergic reactions in employees of manufacturers of explosives, or in the... 

Union Carbide III, 61-64 William H. Rinkenbach, Glycol Dinitrate in Dynamite Manufacture, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering 3 A (May 1927) 296-98. 

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