Black Powders - WANO
CSS is the exclusive agent in Australia and New Zealand for the Wano range of Black Powders.
Wano is a German company that has been continually in production since 1682. The long tradition to manufacture Black Powder continues today. Experience and technical expertise combined with a high commitment to quality and safety standards have enabled WANO to become one of the worlds leading manufacturers of Black Powder. Due to WANO's intense research and development program and continuous improvements to their production techniques, CSS are able to reliably supply the traditional as well as niche markets with their numerous special requirements.
Black Powder, the oldest and for a long time the only explosive that is still in use today for special fields of application for pyrotechnic, shooting and blasting purposes. It is also used for military purposes.
Black Powder is an explosive which needs only very little confinement to accelerate ignition to blast. This property makes Black Powder an ideal raw material especially for pyrotechnics purposes, but is used for the manufacture of fuses and igniter cords, as propellants for Sporting Shooters, for special ignition components as well as for quarry and agricultural blasting applications.
Due to its pushing effect, Black Powder is used for controlled blastings, for example for the winning of slate or marble and in quarrying of dimension stones.
Black Powder is a mechanical mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal. The standard composition is 75% potassium nitrate, 10% sulpher and 15% charcoal. The ingredients in given proportions are intimately mixed, compacted and then broken in a coming mill. The Black Powder is then grain classified and the resulting grades are glazed with or without graphite depending on the intended use. The chemical composition, the compression, the granulation and the polish are decisive factors for the characteristics of every type of Black Powder
Wano is a German company that has been continually in production since 1682. The long tradition to manufacture Black Powder continues today. Experience and technical expertise combined with a high commitment to quality and safety standards have enabled WANO to become one of the worlds leading manufacturers of Black Powder. Due to WANO's intense research and development program and continuous improvements to their production techniques, CSS are able to reliably supply the traditional as well as niche markets with their numerous special requirements.
Black Powder, the oldest and for a long time the only explosive that is still in use today for special fields of application for pyrotechnic, shooting and blasting purposes. It is also used for military purposes.
Black Powder is an explosive which needs only very little confinement to accelerate ignition to blast. This property makes Black Powder an ideal raw material especially for pyrotechnics purposes, but is used for the manufacture of fuses and igniter cords, as propellants for Sporting Shooters, for special ignition components as well as for quarry and agricultural blasting applications.
Due to its pushing effect, Black Powder is used for controlled blastings, for example for the winning of slate or marble and in quarrying of dimension stones.
Black Powder is a mechanical mixture of potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal. The standard composition is 75% potassium nitrate, 10% sulpher and 15% charcoal. The ingredients in given proportions are intimately mixed, compacted and then broken in a coming mill. The Black Powder is then grain classified and the resulting grades are glazed with or without graphite depending on the intended use. The chemical composition, the compression, the granulation and the polish are decisive factors for the characteristics of every type of Black Powder
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FIREWORKS POWDERS
Common Uses: Pyrotechnic Ejection Charges, Pyrotechnic Compositions, Component of Pyrotechnics. 1FA 4-8mm CM0043 2FA 1.7 – 4.75mm CM0047 3FA 1.18 – 2.0mm CM0160 4FA (Granulation: 1.7 - 0.85mm) CSS Code: CM0044 5FA (Granulation: 0.85 - 0.3mm) CSS Code: CM0166 7FA 0.15 – 0.42mm CM00164 |
SHOOTING & SALUTE POWDERS
Common Uses: Muzzle Loading Firarms and Salute Cannons Fg (Granulation: 1.18 - 1.7mm) CSS Code: CM0162 FFg (Granulation: 0.6 - 1.18mm) CSS Code: CM0161 FFFg (Granulation: 0.3 - 0.85mm) CSS Code: CM0151 FFFFg (Granulation: 0.15 - 0.425mm) CSS Code: CM0163 Cannon Powder 0.2 –2.0mm CM0143 |
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PRECISION POWDERS
The "P" grades of WANO Black Powder are screened to a more uniform grain size and have a more polished grain surface, promoting superior accuracy in the gun. P (Granulation: 0.85 - 1.18mm) CSS Code: CM0147 PP (Granulation: 0.63 - 1.0mm) CSS Code: CM0148 PPP (Granulation: 0.35 - 0.8mm) CSS Code: CM0149 |
BLASTING POWDERS
Common Uses: Contrary to high explosives, Blasting Powder produces a fast deflagration rather than a detonation thus resulting in a pushing, and not in a shattering effect. Therefore it is an ideal explosive for extracting valuable stones such as slates, marble and others which require quarrying to produce as many undamaged large pieces as possible. GRADE.2 (Granulation: 0.2 - 8.0mm) CSS Code: CM0142 |
