US 12,135,196 B2
Method for producing a component for a warhead, and warhead
Christer Thuman, Karlskoga (SE); Hamzah Hamdan, Karlskoga (SE); and Björn Johansson, Karlskoga (SE)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB, Karlskoga (SE)
Appl. No. 17/802,185
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS BOFORS AB, Karlskoga (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/SE2021/050072
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/173053, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2000045-1 (SE), filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358519 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F42B 33/00 (2006.01); F42B 12/24 (2006.01); F42B 12/32 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 33/001 (2013.01) [F42B 12/24 (2013.01); F42B 12/32 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a component for a warhead, comprising:
i.) arranging an inner shell on a tool,
ii.) arranging preshaped projectiles on the inner shell in an enclosing network,
iii.) arranging powder to enclose the preshaped projectiles,
iv.) pressing the powder such that the powder, the preshaped projectiles, and the inner shell are joined together,
v.) removing the tool from the component formed from the powder, the preshaped projectiles, and the inner shell,
wherein the network is provided with holes sized to retain the preshaped projectiles when the network is arranged around the preshaped projectiles arranged on the inner shell, the preshaped projectiles having cross-sections larger than a size of the holes.