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Research on the Decrease of Dud Ammunition Rate of Grenade Fuzes of Remote Controlled Munition System(For practice) through Quality Improvement

연습용 회로지령탄약 발사통 신관 불발율 감소에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2019.11.22
  • Accepted : 2020.03.06
  • Published : 2020.03.31

Abstract

At the recent practice test of the Remote Controlled Munition system (for practice), nine out of 125 samples were generated. Although 7.2 % misfires occurred, the acceptance test met the defense standards. Minimizing the probability of broken fuses is essential to reducing the number of samples and improving the AQL according to the process quality. In addition, it is necessary to increase military training and ensure user safety. In the case of practical grenades, hit-type detonators are applied. Unlike the normal design, which takes a hit by strikers, a different design of a hit by pressure from a pressure generator was used. This study analyzed the detonator surface through computational fluid dynamics. The results showed that the probability of functional weakness and retraction increased with increasing slope of the detonator surface. To overcome this, design changes were made to improve the fuse crimping process and increase the detonator holder seat. A performance test with the same number of samples from the whole quantity was operated. The probability of broken fuses was 0 %. Therefore, the reliability and performance of the ammunition can be improved and is expected to contribute to the drawing and process design when developing similar ammunition.

최근 연습용 회로지령탄약 발사통 정부 수락시험 결과, 총 125발의 시료수 중 9발의 불발이 발생되었다. 국방 규격을 충족하였으나, 불발율은 7.2 %로 공정 품질수준에 따른 시료수 절감과 AQL의 개선, 군 훈련효과 증대 및 사용자 안전을 확보하기 위해 불발율의 최소화가 필요하였다. 연습용 회로지령탄약 발사통의 경우 타격식 뇌관이 적용되나, 일반적인 공이 타격식과는 달리 작동기 압력으로 타격되는 구조를 가지고 있어 전산 유체역학 해석을 통해 뇌관 면의 기울기에 따른 작동에너지를 확인하였다. 분석 결과, 뇌관면의 기울기가 커질수록 작동성 약화 및 후출 가능성이 높아짐을 확인하였다. 이를 개선하기 위해 신관 클림핑 공정개선 및 뇌관 홀더 안착부 증대 설계변경을 진행하였고, 동일 시료수로 성능확인 결과 전량 작동되어 불발율 0%의 결과를 도출하였다. 이로써 연습용 회로지령탄약 발사통의 신뢰성, 성능을 개선할 수 있었으며, 추후 유사 탄약 개발 시 도면 및 공정 설계에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

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