Explosives . KRINE HIGH EXPLOSIVES 365 glycerine is poured on. The materials arc mixed together by hand and allowedti> stand for some hours or overnight. The box is then taken to the mixinghouse, where the material is heated to about 50 C. and gently mixed untilsolution is complete, which takes about an hour. Al tirst the mixing wasdone entirely by hand with wooden stirrers, hut now the final mixing is gener-ally performed in incorporating machines similar to those used in the manu-facture of smokeless powders [set Fijis. f>, 57). At the Ardeer Factory ofNobels Explosives Co. and some ot
Explosives . KRINE HIGH EXPLOSIVES 365 glycerine is poured on. The materials arc mixed together by hand and allowedti> stand for some hours or overnight. The box is then taken to the mixinghouse, where the material is heated to about 50 C. and gently mixed untilsolution is complete, which takes about an hour. Al tirst the mixing wasdone entirely by hand with wooden stirrers, hut now the final mixing is gener-ally performed in incorporating machines similar to those used in the manu-facture of smokeless powders [set Fijis. f>, 57). At the Ardeer Factory ofNobels Explosives Co. and some other works .MeRobertss machine is used(Fig. 73). This has a number of narrow stirrer blades mounted on two verticalspindles, which are driven from above. The trough containing the explosivemixture is wheeled in below and raised by means of suitable gearing. Thereare stops to prevent the bottom of the trough coming in contact with thestirrers. The trough has a double wall, through which hot water can be.
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