EP0455550A1 - Dichtungsanordnung für ein Pfeilgeschoss - Google Patents

Dichtungsanordnung für ein Pfeilgeschoss Download PDF

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EP0455550A1
EP0455550A1 EP91401127A EP91401127A EP0455550A1 EP 0455550 A1 EP0455550 A1 EP 0455550A1 EP 91401127 A EP91401127 A EP 91401127A EP 91401127 A EP91401127 A EP 91401127A EP 0455550 A1 EP0455550 A1 EP 0455550A1
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Marc Berville
Joel Leblond
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
    • F42B14/06—Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
    • F42B14/061—Sabots for long rod fin stabilised kinetic energy projectiles, i.e. multisegment sabots attached midway on the projectile
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B14/00—Projectiles or missiles characterised by arrangements for guiding or sealing them inside barrels, or for lubricating or cleaning barrels
    • F42B14/06—Sub-calibre projectiles having sabots; Sabots therefor
    • F42B14/067—Sealing aspects in sabots, e.g. sealing between individual segments of the sabots or sealing between the outer surface of the sabot and the inner surface of the barrel

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  • the technical sector of the present invention is that of arrow projectiles comprising a penetrator and a shoe, and in particular means for sealing between the shoe and the penetrator.
  • Patent EP0183892 describes a molded elastomeric shutter, constituted by a ring secured to radial arms.
  • the ring takes place in a groove common to the hoof and the indenter, the arms being trapped in grooves formed at the joint planes of the various elements of the hoof.
  • the grooves open into the groove of the belt which thus completes the tightness of the system.
  • This solution is a variant of an earlier method, known to those skilled in the art, which consisted in injecting an elastomer into these same grooves and grooves.
  • Patent EP0306615 relates to a process consisting of using a specially designed tool, to overmold a sealing film at the rear of the shoe.
  • An O-ring prevents the sealant from entering between the shoe and the projectile.
  • it is forced to perform the seal on a complete projectile, that is to say in which the indenter and the shoe are assembled (the same applies to the other processes mentioned above). After opening, there remains an elastomer residue of random geometry glued to the back of the indenter and which can disturb the external ballistics.
  • constraints related to occupational safety and health may arise from the fact that sometimes heavy metals, such as uranium, are used, and sometimes pyrotechnic elements (tracers or destabilization devices in exercise shots for example). Hence the interest in avoiding the manipulation of indenters.
  • Patent DE3332675 describes a rear seal for a boom munition which has one or more lips coming to bear on the bar.
  • the seal also includes an insert, metallic or not, on which the elastic material of the seal is vulcanized.
  • the joint is then made integral with the shoe by screwing or else by gluing.
  • the sealing device according to the invention does not imply the presence of residual elastomer on the indenter, which avoids disturbances in the path of the indenter.
  • the invention therefore relates to a device for ensuring the tightness of a projectile arrow between a shoe provided with a thread and a threaded indenter mounted in the thread, with respect to the combustion gases, characterized in that it consists of an elastomeric element applied to the rear part of the shoe and comprising a lip in elastic support on the indenter, and in that the elastomeric element is obtained by overmolding on the shoe and an insert engaged therein.
  • An elastomeric crown can partially fill the profile of the hoof tapping.
  • Radial grooves can be arranged in the thread at the level of the shoe joint planes, these grooves being filled by the elastomer element.
  • the elastomeric element can have a Shore hardness greater than or equal to 70 and an elongation before rupture less than or equal to 250%.
  • the lip of the elastomer element may have an edge with a thickness H of between 10 and 15% of the diameter of the indenter.
  • the length of the cylindrical part of the insert is substantially greater than or equal to the diameter of the indenter.
  • the frustoconical part can have an apex angle of between 6 and 10 and a length greater than or equal to the diameter of the indenter.
  • the threaded cylindrical part of the insert may have a production tolerance between the average tolerance and the minimum material of the thread of the indenter.
  • a result of the present invention lies in the fact that the seal is produced at the rear part of the shoe, by deformation of the elastomer lip and elastic support thereof on the indenter.
  • Another result lies in the use of the propellant gas pressure to increase the contact of the elastomeric element on the indenter.
  • Another result lies in the absence of tearing residues adhering to the penetrator, a source of disruption of its trajectory.
  • An arrow munition comprises, as shown in FIG. 1, a penetrator 1, in uranium for example, equipped with a shoe 2.
  • the shoe and the penetrator are connected in known manner by a thread 3.
  • the rear part of the shoe carries a elastomeric element 4 which extends from the indenter 1 to the belt 5 of the shoe.
  • the elastomer element 4 comprises a lip 6 in elastic support on the penetrator 1.
  • the elastomeric element does not adhere to the indenter and does not remain attached to the latter at the time of the shoe-indenter separation.
  • the diameter of the rear cylindrical part of the indenter (on which the lip 6 bears) is slightly less than the diameter of the thread, which allows the insertion of the indenter into the shoe by screwing by introducing the indenter through the front part of the shoe.
  • the lip 6 is not damaged by the thread and it deforms elastically so as to be applied to the rear cylindrical part of the indenter.
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of the lip 6, shown at rest, that is to say the penetrator removed.
  • This lip has a length L3 projected on the axis X′X of the ammunition greater than or equal to the outside diameter of the indenter, an edge 10 of thickness H between 10 and 15% of the diameter of the indenter and whose end wall delimits by with respect to a perpendicular to the axis X′X an angle ⁇ 3 of the order of 15 °.
  • the external surface 11 of the lip 6 defines with the axis X′X an angle ⁇ 1 less than or equal to 30 ° and the internal surface 12 an angle ⁇ 2 between 4 and 25 °.
  • the elastomer enters the thread 14 of the shoe and partially covers the teeth of the latter.
  • the thickness and the length of the elastomer ring 13 are shown diagrammatically in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 2a shows more precisely the profile of the tapping 14, the sides 16 and tops 17 of the teeth are covered with a layer of elastomer of the order of a few tenths of a mm (0.2 to 0.6 mm).
  • the total length of the crown 13 is of the order of 2 to 10 times the length of the thread pitch (i.e. for a pitch of 4 mm: a length of 8 to 40 mm), and it is interrupted irregularly by because of the manufacturing process described below.
  • the seal 4, the lip 6 and the crown 13 are preferably obtained by vulcanization, the particular mode of manufacture proposed by the invention will be described below.
  • the elastomer it must have the following mechanical characteristics: Shore hardness ⁇ 70 and elongation before rupture ⁇ 250%.
  • the vulcanization conditions must not exceed 135 ° C for 20 minutes so as not to cause annealing of the hoof (generally carried out in 7049 A according to the US MIL standard).
  • the product sold under the brand name "ALCANSYL 538" marketed by the company SAFIC ALKAN gives good results.
  • the elastomer must adhere perfectly to the shoe and to the material of the belt, over the entire contact surface. To this end, the affected surfaces of the shoe should be coated with a bonding agent.
  • the nature of this product is to be defined according to the elastomer, and falls within the domain of the know-how of the skilled person in charge of the overmolding operation.
  • the adhesion agent sold under the brand THIXON 305 marketed by WHITTAKER CORPORATION has given satisfaction.
  • the elastomeric element is obtained in the following way:
  • Figure 3 shows a step in the manufacturing process where the indenter was replaced by an insert 7 to perform overmolding.
  • the mold in which the vulcanization takes place is not shown in detail, it comes to conform to the rear shape of the shoe 2 while providing the space necessary for making the joint.
  • a part 19 on which a bottom 20 is fixed, for example by means of screws, and which receives the shoe.
  • a part 18 is made integral with the part 19 by known means, not shown, such as screws or flanges.
  • the part 18 carries one or preferably several injection orifices 21, and one or more radial orifices 22 allowing the evacuation of the air during the injection.
  • This insert 7 is subsequently removed to allow the penetration device 1 to be put in place.
  • the profile of the lip 6 at the level of the penetrator must be such that the pressure of the propellant gases of the projectile tends to press said lip 6 onto the penetrator 1. It it is also necessary to tighten this lip 6 on the indenter 1. To this end, in order to achieve a tightening as homogeneous as possible, taking into account the external profile of the shoe 2 and that of the overmolding which results therefrom, the insert 7 have a taper at the lip 6.
  • FIG. 4 represents the insert 7 alone, consisting of a threaded cylindrical part 8 and a frustoconical part 9.
  • the part 8 has a nominal outside diameter identical to that of the indenter 1 and a length L1 greater than or equal to the outside diameter , i.e. 10 to 20 times the thread pitch.
  • Part 9 has a length L2 at least equal to the width of the lip 6 that is to be obtained, an apex angle between 6 and 10 ° and a diameter D, at the end of the lip, equal at 8 to 13% of the outside diameter of the part 8.
  • the thread of the insert has a profile identical to that of the indenter, but the tolerance for making the thread is preferably between the average tolerance and the minimum material of the thread of the indenter.
  • minimum material means the minimum diameter of the thread of the indenter (minimum tolerance).
  • the average tolerance is the arithmetic mean value between the maximum and minimum values of the diameter of the indenter thread.
  • This crown improves gas tightness.
  • the choice of the length L1 of the insert greater than or equal to the diameter of the indenter is important because it creates a distance of travel of the elastomer during molding such that it does not extend beyond the insert and does not does not come to fill all the tapping of the shoe.
  • part 9 In the case where part 9 is cylindrical, its diameter will be chosen equal to 8 to 13% of the diameter of part 8.
  • the elastomer must adhere perfectly to the shoe and the belt material, over the entire contact surface. On the other hand, it must in no way remain stuck to the insert so as not to cause degradation during demolding.
  • the surfaces concerned should be coated with suitable products, namely a bonding agent for the shoe and a release agent for the insert.
  • suitable products namely a bonding agent for the shoe and a release agent for the insert.
  • the nature of these products is to be defined as a function of the elastomer, and falls within the domain of the know-how of the person skilled in the art responsible for the overmolding operation.
  • the adhesion agent sold under the brand THIXON 305 sold by WHITTAKER CORPORATION and the release agent sold under the brand SIPIOL C have given satisfaction.
  • the insert can be positioned either from the front or from the rear of the shoe; similarly, it can be removed after vulcanization by the front of the shoe, which has the advantage of not passing the threaded part of the insert over the lip 6.
  • Figures 5 to 6 illustrate an alternative embodiment according to which the shoe has radial grooves 15 disposed at the joint planes of the different sectors of the shoe. These grooves will have a length less than or equal to a fraction of L3, and a depth of the order of a millimeter.

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FR9005676A FR2661739A1 (fr) 1990-05-04 1990-05-04 Dispositif d'etancheite d'un projectile fleche.
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FR2193964A2 (de) * 1972-07-22 1974-02-22 Rheinmetall Gmbh
DE3332675A1 (de) * 1983-09-10 1985-03-28 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Patronierte munition
EP0306615A1 (de) * 1987-09-10 1989-03-15 Rheinmetall GmbH Verfahren zur Herstellung von Treibkäfiggeschossen
US4838168A (en) * 1988-02-17 1989-06-13 Honeywell, Inc. Ultraviolet cured gas seal for discarding sabot projectile

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CH495547A (de) * 1968-05-31 1970-08-31 Rheinmetall Gmbh Flügelstabilisiertes Unterkalibergeschoss
FR2193964A2 (de) * 1972-07-22 1974-02-22 Rheinmetall Gmbh
DE3332675A1 (de) * 1983-09-10 1985-03-28 Rheinmetall GmbH, 4000 Düsseldorf Patronierte munition
EP0306615A1 (de) * 1987-09-10 1989-03-15 Rheinmetall GmbH Verfahren zur Herstellung von Treibkäfiggeschossen
US4838168A (en) * 1988-02-17 1989-06-13 Honeywell, Inc. Ultraviolet cured gas seal for discarding sabot projectile

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