US 11,746,069 B2
PBX composition
Rebecca Elizabeth Stephens, Usk Monmouthshire (GB); Richard Stephen Arthur, Porthsmouth (GB); Wayne Cord Hayes, Reading (GB); and Michael Edward Budd, Reading (GB)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,557.
Application 17/151,557 is a division of application No. 15/746,980, granted, now 11,186,528, previously published as PCT/GB2016/052028, filed on Jul. 6, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15275169 (EP), filed on Jul. 7, 2015; application No. 1511869 (GB), filed on Jul. 7, 2015; and application No. 1601433 (GB), filed on Jan. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0300838 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. C06B 45/10 (2006.01); C06B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC C06B 45/10 (2013.01) [C06B 21/0058 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A batch process for filling a munition with a cross linked polymer bonded explosive composition, the batch process comprising:
forming an admixture of precure castable explosive composition, comprising an explosive material, a polymerisable binder, and a cross-linking reagent comprising a first reactive group protected by a first labile blocking group and a second reactive group protected by a second labile blocking group;
filling the munition with the admixture; and
causing the removal of the first and second labile blocking groups in situ to furnish said cross linking reagent to the reactive groups.