Process for Manufacturing Trackable Ammunition
AssigneeCbc Companhia Brasileira De Cartuchos
InventorLaudermiro Martini Filho
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a process for manufacturing ammunition labeled with a sequence of characters which allows identification multiple data items, being said sequence of characters (1) laser-engraved, in one or more components of said ammunition, affording positive identification upon retrieval of an engraved component of said ammunition, even if it is already spent.
Claims5
A process for manufacturing trackable ammunition made up of a case (2) featuring an extractor groove (3), a cartridge case base (4), an primer (4a) and a projectile (5), wherein the engraving of the identification characters (1) of said ammunition is performed by selective pulverization of matter ensued by means of a laser light beam which minimal penetration depth in the engraving points is preferably in the order of 20 μm, being the maximum penetration depth “p” preferably in the order of 0,1.e, being “P” defined as the value of the penetration depth and “e” the original thickness of the case (2) wall.
A process for manufacturing trackable ammunition according to any of the claims from 1 to 3, wherein the code engraved in the ammunition preferably uses five identification characters (1), alphanumeric or not, for identification of the specific characteristics of interest for each unit of ammunition that is manufactured.
A process for manufacturing trackable ammunition according to any of the claims from 1 to 4, wherein the engraving of the identification characters (1) is performed immediately before the packaging of the ammunition, with the optional placement of a laser reading device upstream of the packing device, being said laser reading device capable of checking the consistency between the manufacture instructions and the ammunition actually packed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.