IE-1 escapac ejection seat The lE-1 ESCAPAC ejection seat is a rocket assisted ejection system that provides a quick and safe means of escape from an aircraft. The ESCAPAC seat provides escape capability from ground level at zero-knots airspeed to all altitudes and airspeeds within the operational limits of the aircraft. The ESCAPAC seat has several variations between models. Seat modifications ..
CAD In-Service Engineering Branch Code E215 The CAD In-Service Engineering Branch serves as the NAVAIRSYSCOM CFA for service-released cartridges, and CADs, and plans and conducts all procurement and production support programs for Navy cartridges and CADs used in weapons, weapons delivery, aircrew escape, and survival systems. The branch also: Provides engineering support for in-service CADs to ..
Air Force PAD Branch Code E212 This branch provides support for PADs used in US Air Force and Army escape system equipped aircraft. Items supported include rocket motors, rocket catapults, and other rocket propulsion devices used in escape systems for seat propulsion, stabilization, divergence, parachute deployment, and canopy jettison. The Air Force PAD Branch administers and conducts acquisit..
Navy PAD Branch Code E211 This branch serves as the Cognizant Field Activity for all AEPS for Navy and Marine Corps escape system-equipped aircraft. Items supported include rocket motors, rocket catapults, and other rocket propulsion devices used in escape systems for seat propulsion, stabilization, divergence, parachute deployment, and canopy jettison. The branch administers and conducts acqui..
Hot Stick Adapter for the Model A1, A4, and A5 Cartridge Actuated Cable Cutters. This accessory is easy to install and provides the remote operation of the tool when working with hot power lines. The adapter does not interfere with the overall function and utility of the Models A1, A4, and A5 Cartridge Actuated Cable Cutters. Loading is accomplished in the same manner. The Cutter is deployed to..
Cable Cutters are cartridge-actuated.
Cable Cutters are cartridge-actuated. November 25, 2003 - Cable Cutters make cuts through underground and overhead electrical or structural cables, from ½ in. guy wires up to 2 in. 1000 KCMIL AL cable. They are also suited for 5/8 in. ACSR cable, ¾ in. bolts, and ground rods. Open-frame tools are powered by pyrotechnic cartridges which, upon trigger release, drive aerospace grade tool steel ..
CARTRIDGE-ACTUATED DEVICES Cartridges and cartridge-actuated devices (CADs) are small, self-contained energy sources that are used to do mechanical work. The energy is generated by the burning of a propellant or pyrotechnic material and is used often to push a piston or initiate an explosive train. This differentiates cartridges from similar devices, such as rocket igniters, where heat energy, ..
Don't Scramble Your Egg! Subject: To design and test a landing vehicle to keep an egg from cracking when dropped from a second-story window K-4:Launch PAD Safety Apollo capsules took astronauts to the Moon. A capsule was put on top of a rocket. The rocket was strong enough to send the capsule into space. There was another rocket sitting over the capsule. It was not as strong as the one that lau..
The range of requirements for pyrotechnic actuation devices yields a wide range of practical applications. Our devices are used whenever there is a need for fast-acting positive actuation of devices in situations that are so extreme and severe that actuation of those components by any other means is impossible. In situations where extremely fast sensing and activation is a primary requirement, ..
CAD manufactures precision Detonators utilizing high explosives (1.1) such as lead azide and lead styphnate for military and commercial applications. CAD detonators can be either electrically or percussion actuated. CAD Delays range in timing from milliseconds to 17 seconds. Percussion based delays are impervious to electromagnetic pulse (EMP). CAD manufactures precision detonators utilizing hi..
CAD's patented Pneumatic Actuation Systems (PAS) provide small orifice (bleeding) or almost instantaneous release of stored gas pressure. Pneumatic Actuation Systems are used to supply high purity, cold gas in many demanding applications such as missiles, torpedoes, oil field exploration drilling, and air bag/bladder inflation. Pneumatic Actuation Systems (PAS), or Stored Gas Systems, are used ..
CAD manufactures two types of Explosive Bolts: conventional (fragmenting) and CAD's unique Safety Bolt (non-fragmenting). Bolt tensile strengths service up to 80,000 lb. CAD also manufactures nonmetallic bolts that are ideal for use when the high strength of a steel bolt is not required. Explosive Bolts are used to firmly attach mating items and then allow remote separation on command. CAD Expl..
Pressure cartridges, Igniters, Initiators and Squibs, fall into the same general category. Functionally, they each convert a relatively low electrical (or mechanical) input into a higher energy output. Squibs and pressure cartridges are the heart of all of our electro-explosive devices and are basic to the design of all of our products. They are used as a heat or flame producing transducer to i..
Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc. ram-operated Valves are hermetically sealed devices that utilize CAD squibs/pressure cartridges as actuators. These valves are available in four types: Normally Open Normally Closed Dual Function (normally open and normally closed) Non-hermetic Shuttle (closed-open-closed) All four types are made in ground support, flight-weight, or underwater configurations, fo..