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RDX/HMX Plant Design.

ADA099536

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Turner, J. D.
Page Count	28
Abstract	There is presently only one domestic facility for production of RDX and HMX. In order to increase RDX/HMX production capability as well as to alleviate dependence on a sole source supply, the initial phase of design for an RDX/HMX Expansion Facility was conducted. The proposed RDX/HMX Expansion Facility at Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HAAP), Kingsport, Tennessee, called Plant X, consisted of two explosives manufacturing lines producing the end products - Composition B, Composition A-5, and Octol 75/25, as well as raw material preparation and spent acid recovery facilities.
Keywords	Workplace layout RDX HMX Munitions industry Industrial plants Recrystallization Acetic acid Sodium nitrates Sludge Hexamines Manufacturing Octol Packaging Tennessee Recovery Ammonia Filtration Military facilities Industrial equipment Systems engineering Military requirements Composition B explosive Design Holston Army Ammunition Plant Composition C-4 explosive NTISDODXA
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	94C - Plant Design & Maintenance
Corporate Authors	Army Armament Research and Development Command, Dover, NJ. Large Caliber Weapon Systems Lab.; Shared Bibliographic Input Experiment.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. on Phase 1.
NTIS Issue Number	198120

RDX/HMX Plant Design.

RDX/HMX Plant Design.
ADA099536

Publication Date	1981
Personal Author	Turner, J. D.
Page Count	28
Abstract	There is presently only one domestic facility for production of RDX and HMX. In order to increase RDX/HMX production capability as well as to alleviate dependence on a sole source supply, the initial phase of design for an RDX/HMX Expansion Facility was conducted. The proposed RDX/HMX Expansion Facility at Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HAAP), Kingsport, Tennessee, called Plant X, consisted of two explosives manufacturing lines producing the end products - Composition B, Composition A-5, and Octol 75/25, as well as raw material preparation and spent acid recovery facilities.
Keywords	Workplace layout RDX HMX Munitions industry Industrial plants Recrystallization Acetic acid Sodium nitrates Sludge Hexamines Manufacturing Octol Packaging Tennessee Recovery Ammonia Filtration Military facilities Industrial equipment Systems engineering Military requirements Composition B explosive Design Holston Army Ammunition Plant Composition C-4 explosive NTISDODXA
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category	94C - Plant Design & Maintenance
Corporate Authors	Army Armament Research and Development Command, Dover, NJ. Large Caliber Weapon Systems Lab.; Shared Bibliographic Input Experiment.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. on Phase 1.
NTIS Issue Number	198120