Plastic fuse

Aspects of special effects described in this chapter include fuses (quickmatch and plastic fuse), lances (small coloured flares), set-pieces and devices (assemblies consisting of various types of fireworks linked together), flash, bang and whistle compositions and daylight fireworks (smoke puffs and coloured smokes). Finally, the electrical firing of firework displays is discussed. 

Plastic fuse is routinely used as a fuse extension to quickmatch or piped match, especially when firing rockets, mines or shells. In the latter case, the piped match fuses from a crate of, say, ten shells connected via a single length of plastic fuse which will burn progressively to ignite each of the ten shells in turn. 

On the other hand, if a salvo of rockets is required, a fast-burning PIC can be uncoiled into the bottom of a flight-box (which is a box with a wire mesh floor containing rockets, whereby the sticks or tails protrude downwards). On ignition, the plastic fuse rapidly ignites each of the quickmatch fuses protruding from the nozzles of the rockets. 

Nickel, Plastic, Fused silica, glass Ag, Ni, Al Si, ZnS, Ge, cyclic olefin polymer Miyagi,Matsuura etal. 

Fig. 4. Tensile strength of various PVC—plasticizer combinations when fused at 160°C where M represents Cg I...

Arc Extinguishing Plastics 1964 E Injection or compression molded and extruded Fuse tubing, lightning arrestors, circuit breakers, panel boards... 

Film generated by depositing a layer of liquid plastic onto a surface and stabilizing by evaporating the solvent, by fusing after deposition or by cooling. Cast films are generated from solutions or dispersions. 

Joining of finished plastic components by fusing materials either with or without the addition of plastic from another source. 

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