Manufacturing and Testing

Applied Companies Manufactures and Tests

Pressure Vessel Manufacturing

• TOW Missile Vessel End Cap
• TOW Missile Guidance System Vessels
• 747 Aircraft Escape Chute Pressure Vessel

Destructive Testing

• Burst Chamber and Burst Samples
• 50 Caliber Shot

4 August 2009 Shot - Tumble Test Results (PDF):

• Test Round: 0.50 Caliber M-2, Armor Piercing, 700 Grain
• Distance: 50 yard Shot / 45.7 meters
• Velocity 10 feet from Pressure Vessel: 2,809 Feet per Second / 856 Meter per Second
• Pressure Vessel oriented: 45 degree angle for Tumble Effect
• Pressure Vessel pressurized: 3,000 psi inert gas / 211 kg/cm²
• Test Results:
  • Successful
  • Vessel remained in one piece, No fragmentation, the Cutting did not exceed the dimensions of the hole created by the projectile by more than 3 inches / 76mm in any direction

Note the nose of the .50 Cal AP round is captured in the cut.