REMOTE PROPELLANT CASTING PROCESS
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A NOVEL PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CASTING HIGH ENERGY SOLID PROPELLANTS WITHOUT EXPOSURE TO PERSONNEL. THE PROCESS INVOLVES VACUUM CASTING OF THE PROPELLANT MIX FROM A PROPELLANT MIXER BOWL INTO A ROCKET MOTOR CASE UNDERNEATH THE MIXER BOWL BY PULLING A VACUUM ON THE MIXER BOWL FROM THE STRUCTURE CONTAINING THE ROCKET MOTOR CASE IN ORDER TO OPEN A DISCHARGE VALVE LOCATED BETWEEN THE MIXER BOWL AND THE ROCKET MOTOR. CHANNELING IS PREVENTED AND AIR EXCLUDED BY THE USE OF A FOLLOWER PLATE RESTING ON TOP OF THE PROPELLANT MIX.
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