Pressure Cartridge

Specifications

• No-Fire
  1 amp / 1 watt current applied for five (5) minutes
• All Fire
  3.5 amps minimum
• Operating Temperature
  Typical -65°F to +200°F
• High Temperature Exposure
  +225°F for 12 hours, fired properly
• Low Temperature Exposure
  -80°F for 12 hours, fired properly
• Weight
  Range from approximately 0.20 – 0.60 lbs. (dependent on explosive weight utilized)
• Function Time
  Pressure Cartridge: <10 ms maximum at 5 amps
• Electro-Static Discharge Resistance
  No-fire upon applications of 25,000 volts from a 500 Pico farad capacitor between pins and from shorted pins to case with a 5,000 ohm resistor in a 5 micro Henry total inductance series circuit
• Bridgewire Resistance
  0.90 – 1.30 ohms each bridgewire
• Insulation Resistance
  100 Megaohms minimum at 500 VDC for all pins to case
• Hermetic Seal
  < 1×10^-5 cc/second air at a pressure differential of 1.0+ 0.1 atmosphere
• 6 & 40 foot drop tests
  Units didn’t fire upon impact.
• Shock
  Half sine, 200 g’s; one shock each direction each axis
• Vibration
  10-2000 Hz, Composite 12.3 grams, 2 hours/axis, Composite 9.09 grams, 30 minutes/axis
• Acceleration
  32g longitudinal axis, 16g transverse axes, duration 5 minutes
• Pressure Cartridge Specific
  • Output: Designed to meet your requirements:
    For reference view our 103377 series table
  • 6 foot drop also functioned normally when initiated.
  • High Temperature Environment: No cook off at 250°F
  • High Temperature Exposure: No adverse effect at 225°F, fire properly
  • Salt Spray: 5% Sodium Chloride solution + 95°F for 48 hours
  • Acoustical Noise: 160 + 3 dB, 8 minutes duration
• Applicable Standards
  • MIL-DTL-23659 Initiators, Electric, General Design For; Appendix A: In-Line Initiator Certification
  • MIL-STD-1512: Electro-explosive Subsystems, Electrically Initiated, Design Requirements and Test Methods
  • DOD-E-83758: Explosive Ordnance for Space Vehicles, General Specification for
  • RCC-319: Range Commanders Council Flight Termination Systems Commonality Standard
  • MIL-STD-1576: Electro-explosive Subsystem Safety Requirements and Test Methods for Space Systems