TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Considerations on energy deposition with the BAM-Fallhammer N2 - The aim of this study is to quantify how much a real Fallhammer deviates from the idealised functioning, and what the differences between different Fallhammers in different laboratories are. Such a comparison has never been done and data have not been collected in a consistent way. Further it is the aim to develop guidance on the mechanical properties of the Fallhammer, which can be used for internal quality control, validation of the correct functioning of the Fallhammer, and preparation of Round-Robin tests. An established and verified mechanical status of a Fallhammer would greatly improve the quality and comparability of results and Round-Robin tests on the impact sensitivity of explosives. T2 - et users group meeting CY - Park City, Utah, USA DA - 11.10.2016 KW - Impact sensitivity KW - Explosives KW - BAM-Fallhammer PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37804 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Equipment safety in the explosives sector N2 - Acilliary equipment used in the explosives sector is commonly not regulated by national or European law. Nonetheless various hazards are associated with electricity and radiation used by the equipment. Safety has to be guaranteed by a risk analysis and consequential handling provisions. The German approach is outlined. T2 - TTE-Europe Partner meeting CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 24.02.2016 KW - Sprengzubehör KW - Gefährdungsbeurteilung KW - Explosionsgefahren PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37666 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander A1 - Lehmann, Thomas T1 - Considerations on energy deposition with the BAM-Fallhammer JF - Central European Journal of Energetic Materials N2 - The BAM-Fallhammer is a mechanical device to test the impact sensitivity of explosives and to determine a sensitiveness level. By its construction it transforms potential energy into kinetic energy of an impacting hammer, then hitting the sample. Ideally the entire potential energy is available at the moment of impact and the supporting base is infinitely rigid. By this study we want to quantify how much a real Fallhammer deviates from the ideal concept, and what the differences between different Fallhammers in different laboratories are. This information has never been collected in a consistent way. The aim of the authors is to develop guidance on the mechanical properties of the Fallhammer, which can be used for different purposes such as internal quality control, validation of the correct functioning of the Fallhammer, preparation of Round-Robin tests and similar. An established and verified mechanical status of a Fallhammer would greatly improve the quality and comparability of results and Round-Robin tests on the impact sensitivity of explosives. KW - BAM-Fallhammer KW - explosives KW - impact sensitivity KW - quality control PY - 2016 SN - 1733-7178 VL - 13 IS - 2 SP - 273 EP - 288 PB - Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry CY - Warsaw, Poland AN - OPUS4-36569 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Identification of explosives applying Raman-spectroscopy N2 - A hand-held Raman spectrometer has been used to identify various explosives and spectra are made available to the scientific community. T2 - 18th International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives CY - Ottawa, Kanada DA - 15.04.2018 KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Explosives PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44852 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - New Standardisation Tasks under the European Explosives Directive: Electronic Detonators, On-site Mixed Explosives N2 - Several decades have passed since the initial drafting of the European standards for explosives subject to European Directive 2014/28/EU, and this field as experienced some substantial technical innovations. While at the turn of the millenium the concept of electronic detonators had just been conceived, and it is mentioned in a Technical Specification, today electronic detonators exist in many variants, also regarding communication means between shotfirer and the detonating cap. Questions regarding safe functioning and prevention of inadvertent ignition have to be asked in a quite different way, where delicate electronic circuits are used, and where information is transmitted by radio waves. In addition, the safety of functioning is partly found in software components and the corresponding standards need to be reviewed thoroughly on these grounds. A different but in recent times more and more popular technology, is the on-site production of explosives, being mostly emulsion explosives, ANFO, or combined products. Also here software in the machinery is starting to play an important role. The on-site produced explosive must fulfil safety requirements and has to be, in addition, quality controlled. This cannot solely be left to the hopefully proper design of the software and machinery, but needs to be made accessible to verification. Since this area seems broader in approach, it is not going to be addressed by a new standard. The state of the art technology shall be described in a Technical Specification with a perspective from requirements of the above mentioned European Directive. T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting CY - Helsiniki, Finland DA - 15.09.2019 KW - Standardisation KW - Harmonised Standards KW - Technical Specification KW - Electronic Detonators KW - On-site mixed Explosives PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49106 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - New Standardisation Tasks under the European Explosives Directive: Electronic Detonators, On-site Mixed Explosives T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting N2 - Since the early drafting of the European standards for civil explosives, harmonised under directive 93/15/EEC and 2014/28/EU, blasting technology has developed notably. This is particularly evident for electronic detonators and electronic firing systems, and the EU commission agreed to initiate a standardisation initiative, also noting that the currently existing document on electronic detonators is “only” a Technical Specification (CEN/TS). This paper addresses the current activities in the area of standardisation. The EU is about to launch a formal standardisation request to cover the most recent technological developments not addressed by the current standards. The request would also include various adjustments of references to the new Directive for civil explosives, and in addition the task of developing a Technical Specification for on-site mixed explosives and corresponding manufacturing units. The latter has been included to address the nowadays frequently found mobile production on the basis of ammonium nitrate prills or emulsions. T2 - EFEE 10th anniversary World Conference on Explosives and Blasting CY - Helsiniki, Finland DA - 15.09.2019 KW - On-site mixed Explosives KW - Technical Specification KW - Harmonised Standards KW - Standardisation KW - Electronic Detonators PY - 2019 SN - 978-0-955029-6-6 SP - 215 EP - 219 PB - EFEE European Federation of Explosives Engineers AN - OPUS4-49107 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - BAM Projects and Areas of Interest in Explosives and Testing N2 - This is a short review on ongoing work and interests in Division 2.6 of BAM with a focus on transport regulations and related testing. The behaviour of primer caps in different packaging configurations is addressed and the new apparatus for the "Minimum Burning Pressure" test is presented. Further topics regarding classification are touched with the aim to attract comments and stimulate cooperation internationally. T2 - IGUS EPP & CIE Virtual Meeting #1 CY - Online meeting DA - 16.03.2021 KW - Explosives KW - Class 1 KW - Classification KW - Primer caps KW - UN-test methods PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52306 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Validation of the BAM drop test and BAM friction test by dry runs N2 - Examinations of the mechanical properties of the BAM drop hammer and the BAM friction test were done recently. In order to validate the correct functioning of both tests, usually Round-Robin tests are done with selected test substances. A relatively large spread of the results including some outliers is usually accepted and attributed to the nature of the tests. The author asked, however, in how much the mere mechanical properties could already differ between different institutes, even when no substance is involved (dry runs). A thorough inter-laboratory study was done for the drop test, and results for the friction test are on its way. The current state of these investigations will be presented. T2 - EPP Working Group of IGUS and 17th International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives CY - Xi'an, China DA - 17.04.2017 KW - BAM-Reibapparat KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Schlagempfindlichkeit KW - Reibempfindlichkeit KW - BAM-Fallhammer KW - BAM drop test KW - Impact sensitivity KW - Friction sensitivity KW - Explosives KW - BAM friction test PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-39998 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Process hazard analysis and other aspects of occupational safety and health N2 - Controlling the hazards in explosives manufacture has been addressed ever since such substances have entered industrial processing. The rigour of exercising such control appears to vary in different fields of application (fireworks versus blasting explosives) and in different countries worldwide. Nonetheless, each tradition has developed a set of standard tests addressing sensitivity and other aspects of behaviour of explosives. With a full system of workers protection in place in most countries nowadays, the control of hazards in explosives manufacture has become much more formalised. The paper aims to show the common parts of process hazard analysis and the consequential steps involving either a risk based approach or a prescriptive approach. The paper aims to stimulate discussions about recent developments. T2 - EPP Working Group of IGUS and 17th International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives CY - Xi'an, China DA - 17.04.2017 KW - Gefährdungsbeurteilung KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Explosives KW - Process hazard analysis PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-39999 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - In-Process Hazard Management via Codified Regulatory Tools (Germany) N2 - This presentation shall outline the regulatory tools for explosives manufacture in force in Germany and emphasize the benefits of a codified approach. Those in the need of applying safety measures find a given set of prescriptions, which do not need to be determined through a case by case study. While a process hazard analysis is usually required, it is not necessary to perform a risk analysis. The system is likely to be more conservative than others, because it generalizes the application cases and needs to be valid for all variations within the description. It is also conservative in that respect that, from learning from previous accidents, for each case a conclusion improving safety entered the code. The more recent history of events shows that the system provides excellent protection of workers in this field. In addition it gives all operators a safe backup for their activity, since following the code generates the "presumption of conformity" and makes juridical judgement more straight forward. T2 - "explosives testing users group" meeting CY - Park City, UT, USA DA - 10.10.2017 KW - Technische Regel Herstellen von Explosivstoffen und pyrotechnischen Gegenstände KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Gefährdungsanalyse KW - Sprengstoffrecht KW - Explosives KW - Technical rule on manufacture of explosives and pyrotechnic articles KW - Hazard analysis KW - Explosives law PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42627 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - BAM Friction Test with Smokeless Powder and High Speed Camera Recordings N2 - A joint Round Robin test was initiated by the "explosives testing user group" involving all renowned test institutions of the USA plus The Netherlands (TNO) and Germany (BAM). Aim of the Round Robin test was not only to align results with regard to the friction sensitivity of a given powder sample, but also to study the variations of GO and NO-GO reactions by high speed camera recordings. T2 - "explosives testing users group" meeting CY - Park City, UT, USA DA - 10.10.2017 KW - Ringversuche KW - Reibempfindlichkeit KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Explosives KW - Friction sensitivity KW - Round-robin tests PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42628 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander A1 - Böser, Lisa A1 - Hasenfelder, Uta A1 - Knaebel, Katrin A1 - Marcinowski, Daniel A1 - Lehmann, Thomas T1 - Progress with validation tests for the BAM-Fallhammer N2 - Testing of the impact sensitivity of explosives is one of the essential characterisation steps in a safety study. Threshold levels have been agreed from experience for certain processing steps and in relation to handling instructions. However, how reliable is the information, that an explosive has an impact sensitivity of X Joule? This will partly depend on the judgement of the test operator, but also on the statistical method, and on the energetic parameters of the test apparatus. This work focuses on the mechanical performance of the BAM-Fallhammer and how much of the initially available potential energy is transferred to the sample. The differences to the nominal value can be quite large under some conditions. Therefore the energy loss has to be characterised and should possibly be taken into account. In addition an attempt is made, to make results more comparable when the amount of energy loss has been determined by a method shown in the presentation. T2 - 12th Science and Technology Conference on Blasting Safety CY - Ustroń, Poland DA - 3.10.2018 KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Schlagempfindlichkeit KW - BAM-Fallhammer PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46230 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Activities of the Forum of Notified Bodies for Exlosives N2 - Beim europäischen Treffen der Marküberwachungsbehörden (AdCo) für Explosivstoffe wird über die Tätigkeit der benannten Stellen berichtet und insbesondere auf Aspekte der Marktüberwachung eingegangen. In dem Vortrag wurden die Möglichkeiten der Überprüfungen an Explosivstoffen, ohne dabei praktische Prüfungen mit der Umsetzung von Explosivstoffen durchführen zu wollen, ausführlich dargelegt. Kennzeichnungselemente und die daraus resultierende Information über Qualitätssicherung, sowie Nachlässigkeiten von Herstellern bei der Qualitätssicherung wurden verbal erörtert. N2 - During a European convention of the authorities for market surveillance (AdCO) for explosives the activities of the notified bodies are presented, putting a focus on matters concerning market surveillance. The presentation outlined in detail, which verifications are possible with explosives, while practical tests involving initiation of explosives are excluded. Elements of labeling and the conclusions in view of quality control were explained, and typical failures by manufacturers to comply were orally described. T2 - 4. Treffen der AdCo Explosivstoffe der EU CY - Rotterdam, The Netherlands DA - 01.03.2019 KW - Explosivstoffe KW - Marktüberwachung KW - AdCo Explosives KW - Qualitätssicherung PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47504 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Permitted Explosives in Germany and Europe N2 - Permitted explosives have a tradition of many decades in Germany and had been designed to the needs of the underground coal mining in the Ruhr. In neighboring countries of Germany similar provisions were made to prevent hazards from fire damp and coal dust explosions in underground coal mines. Due to the termination of coal mining in Germany and most other European countries, also the testing facilities are disappearing. This presentation outlines the current situation of testing regimes and facilities. T2 - 25th EPP Working Group of IGUS and 19th International Conference of Chief Inspectors of Explosives CY - Swakopmund, Namibia DA - 11.03.2019 KW - Permitted explosives KW - Fire damp KW - Coal dust PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47721 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -