Abstract
The manufacture of thin-layer explosive (TLXTM) involves the deposition of a small amount of energetic material onto the inner wall of a hollow plastic tube as it is being extruded. Lack of good adhesion properties between the powder and the inner wall of the tube allows a large fraction of the powder to redistribute during manufacture and service life; this causes variability in the performance of the product. We applied Taguchi Methods for Robust Design to this product and manufacturing process in order to improve powder adhesion and reduce performance variability. Our result (Gen II TLXTM) exhibits a reduction in variability of at least 30% and a significantly improved performance margin.
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