A bullet mobile rapid flexible manufacturing system

Abstract

This invention discloses a mobile, rapid, and flexible manufacturing system for firearms and ammunition. Several mobile containers with different functions can form a mobile firearms and ammunition assembly and production platform, significantly enhancing the system's wartime survivability across all time and terrains. Standardized mobile containers serve as the platform to carry the firearms and ammunition assembly equipment. The entire mobile production system can be rapidly replicated in the field to form production capacity as needed, requiring minimal land area and a short construction period. Additive manufacturing technology is used to form the projectile in one step, filling it with different special fillers as required, achieving flexible production of the projectile and providing crucial support for the final flexible manufacturing of the entire firearm and ammunition product.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of bullet manufacturing technology, and in particular to a mobile, flexible, and mobile bullet manufacturing system. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, traditional fixed-assembly production bases for firearms and ammunition have weak wartime survivability, large regional supply chains, and long conversion times for stored production capacity. They cannot meet the comprehensive needs of rapidly increasing demand, timely supply of multi-purpose ammunition, and rapid formation of combat capability.

[0003] Meanwhile, the existing bullet manufacturing process requires more than a hundred steps from raw material input to finished product packaging, resulting in a long delivery cycle. Currently, most bullet production lines are dedicated to specific purposes, and a few production lines have simple flexible production capabilities by changing molds, but the equipment changeover and debugging time can take several days; emergency production capabilities are very weak. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system to overcome or at least partially solve the above problems. This system forms a mobile ammunition assembly and production platform, enhancing the all-time, all-terrain wartime survivability of the mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system in emergencies.

[0005] This invention provides the following solution:

[0006] A rapid and flexible manufacturing system for bullets includes:

[0007] A plurality of mobile containers are arranged in a target arrangement and interconnected after deployment to form a bullet manufacturing platform; the plurality of mobile containers include an energy support container, at least one raw material storage container, a bullet manufacturing container, and a bullet assembly container.

[0008] The energy supply container is used to provide power; the raw material storage container is used to store raw materials for bullet assembly and cartridge case components; the bullet manufacturing container is used to house bullet manufacturing equipment, which is used to complete bullet head forming using additive manufacturing technology; the bullet assembly container is equipped with bullet assembly equipment, which is used to receive bullet assembly raw materials and cartridge case components supplied by the raw material storage container and bullet heads supplied by the bullet manufacturing container to complete bullet assembly.

[0009] Preferably, the mobile container includes a military-grade general-purpose container, and the bottom of the military-grade general-purpose container is provided with a universal interface that is compatible with several types of transportation platforms.

[0010] Preferably, the transportation platform includes any one of automobiles, trains, and ships.

[0011] Preferably, the interior of both the warhead manufacturing cabin and the ammunition assembly cabin includes a raw material storage area, an equipment area, and an electrical control area.

[0012] Preferably, the raw material storage area includes a pyrotechnics storage area and a non-pyrotechnics storage area; the pyrotechnics storage area is surrounded by explosion-proof steel plates and has a vent at the top; the non-pyrotechnics area is used for temporary storage and supply of cartridge cases.

[0013] Preferably, the equipment area is used to install bullet manufacturing equipment and assembly equipment to complete bullet manufacturing and assembly.

[0014] Preferably, the electrical control area includes an electrical room and a management and display terminal area. The electrical room is isolated from the equipment area, and all electrical components of the equipment area are installed inside the electrical room. The management and display terminal area is isolated from the electrical room and is used to display the equipment management system and install a human-machine interaction terminal.

[0015] Preferably, the raw material storage container, the projectile manufacturing container, and the ammunition assembly container all include a transportation mechanism. The transportation mechanism included in the raw material storage container can be connected to the transportation mechanisms included in the projectile manufacturing container and the ammunition assembly container, respectively. The transportation mechanism included in the projectile manufacturing container can be connected to the transportation mechanism included in the ammunition assembly container.

[0016] Preferably, the raw materials for the ammunition assembly include metal raw materials, primers, and propellant.

[0017] Preferably, the ammunition assembly container is also used to install a magazine loading device, which is used to load the assembled ammunition into the magazine.

[0018] According to specific embodiments provided by the present invention, the present invention discloses the following technical effects:

[0019] This application provides a mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system. It utilizes several mobile modular units with different functions to form a mobile ammunition assembly and production platform, thereby enhancing the system's wartime survivability across all time and terrains. Standardized mobile modular units serve as the platform to carry the ammunition assembly equipment, allowing for rapid replication of the entire mobile production system in the field to achieve production capacity. This results in a small footprint and a short construction period. Additive manufacturing technology is used to form the projectile in one piece, filling it with different special fillers as needed, enabling flexible projectile production and providing crucial support for the final flexible manufacturing of the entire ammunition product.

[0020] In addition, in the preferred embodiment, the gun and ammunition assembly adopts intensive, modular, miniaturized and lightweight process equipment, uses standardized logistics equipment for connection, and adopts intelligent control technology to monitor, analyze and control all elements of the production system such as equipment, materials, energy and environment in real time, thereby improving system operating efficiency and achieving optimal system performance.

[0021] Of course, any product implementing this invention does not necessarily need to achieve all of the advantages described above at the same time. Attached Figure Description

[0022] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without any creative effort.

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a rapid and flexible bullet manufacturing system provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the internal partitions of the warhead manufacturing cabin provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 3 This is a structural schematic diagram of the modular shelter provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] In the diagram: Energy Security Container 1, Raw Material Storage Container 2, Projectile Manufacturing Container 3, Ammunition Assembly Container 4, Equipment Area 5, Pyrotechnics Storage Area 6, Non-Pyrotechnics Storage Area 7, Electrical Room 8, Control and Display Terminal Area 9. Detailed Implementation

[0027] The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0028] See Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 This invention provides a rapid and flexible manufacturing system for bullets, such as... Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 As shown, the system may include:

[0029] A plurality of mobile containers are arranged in a target arrangement and interconnected after deployment to form a bullet manufacturing platform; the plurality of mobile containers include an energy support container 1, at least one raw material storage container 2, a bullet manufacturing container 3, and a bullet assembly container 4.

[0030] The energy supply container 1 is used to provide power; the raw material storage container 2 is used to store raw materials for bullet assembly and cartridge case components; the bullet manufacturing container 3 is used to install bullet manufacturing equipment, which is used to complete the bullet forming using additive manufacturing technology; the bullet assembly container 4 is used to install bullet assembly equipment, which is used to receive the bullet assembly raw materials and cartridge case components supplied by the raw material storage container 2 and the bullets supplied by the bullet manufacturing container 3 to complete the bullet assembly.

[0031] The system mainly includes a projectile manufacturing container (3), a bullet assembly container (4), a raw material storage container (2), and an energy supply container (1). The projectile manufacturing container (3) is used to manufacture projectiles from raw metal materials to finished projectiles. The bullet assembly container (4) is used to assemble propellant components into the final ammunition. The raw material storage container (2) stores appropriate amounts of raw metal materials, cartridge cases, primers, propellants, and other bullet assembly materials and components. The energy supply container (1) provides electrical and other energy support for the entire system. Additive manufacturing technology is used to form bullets in a single step, and different special fillers such as those for illumination, combustion, smoke, tracer, jamming, and propaganda can be added as needed, enabling flexible production of projectiles and providing crucial support for the final flexible manufacturing of the entire ammunition product.

[0032] The mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system provided in this application uses a standardized mobile container as a platform to carry the ammunition assembly equipment. It can rapidly replicate the entire mobile production system in the field to form production capacity, requiring minimal land area and having a short construction period. Using additive manufacturing technology, the projectile is formed in one step, filled with different special fillers as needed, and then assembled using modular and integrated process equipment, achieving flexible production. This system addresses the problems of traditional ammunition production bases, such as vulnerability to targeted elimination, weak survivability, long manufacturing cycles, and low levels of flexible production, based on the goals of rapid generation, conversion, and replication of emergency ammunition production capacity.

[0033] To achieve the versatility of the system provided in this application embodiment and facilitate the sourcing of materials for the mobile container, this application embodiment can provide that the mobile container includes a military-grade general-purpose container, the bottom of which is provided with a universal interface adapted to several types of transportation platforms. Furthermore, the transportation platform includes any one of automobiles, trains, and ships.

[0034] Relying on military-grade modular containers, the entire process of ammunition production is divided into multiple units and rationally arranged within these containers. The containers can be quickly deployed, and multiple containers can form a fully functional mobile ammunition production factory. The containers adopt standard interfaces that meet the needs of both land and sea transportation vehicles, and can be rapidly and flexibly transported using various transportation platforms such as automobiles, trains, and ships.

[0035] To further enhance the safety of the functional zoning within each compartment, this embodiment of the application provides that both the projectile manufacturing compartment 3 and the ammunition assembly compartment 4 include a raw material storage area, an equipment area 5, and an electrical control area. The raw material storage area includes a pyrotechnics storage area 6 and a non-pyrotechnics storage area 7; the pyrotechnics storage area 6 is surrounded by explosion-proof steel plates and has a vent at the top; the non-pyrotechnics area is used for temporary storage and supply of cartridge case components. The equipment area 5 is used to install projectile manufacturing equipment and assembly equipment to complete the manufacturing and assembly of ammunition projectiles. The electrical control area includes an electrical room 8 and a control and display terminal area 9. The electrical room 8 is isolated from the equipment area 5 and houses all the electrical components of the equipment area 5; the control and display terminal area 9 is isolated from the electrical room 8 and is used to display the equipment management system and install a human-machine interface terminal.

[0036] The projectile manufacturing container 3 is used to manufacture projectiles from raw metal materials to finished projectiles; the ammunition assembly container 4 is used to assemble projectile components into the final ammunition; the energy support container 1 provides electrical and other energy support for the entire system, including the projectile manufacturing container 3 and the assembly container; the projectile manufacturing container 3 and the assembly container are uniformly divided into a raw material storage area, an equipment area 5, and an electrical control area; the raw material storage area includes a pyrotechnics storage area 6 and a non-pyrotechnics storage area 7. The pyrotechnics storage area 6 is protected by explosion-proof steel plates on all sides and has a vent on the top; the non-pyrotechnics area is used for temporary storage and supply of projectile components and can be connected to the equipment area through the logistics system; the equipment area 5 is the area for installing projectile manufacturing and assembly equipment for this production method, used to complete key processes such as projectile manufacturing and assembly; the electrical control area is divided into an electrical room 8 and a control and display terminal area 9. The electrical room 8 is isolated from the equipment area 5 and contains all electrical components of the equipment area; the control and display terminal 9 is isolated from the electrical room 8 and is used to display the equipment management system and install human-machine interaction terminals.

[0037] To further improve the efficiency of material transfer between the various containers and to further enhance the level of automation, this application embodiment can provide that the raw material storage container 2, the projectile manufacturing container 3, and the ammunition assembly container 4 all include a transportation mechanism. The transportation mechanism included in the raw material storage container 2 can be connected to the transportation mechanism included in the projectile manufacturing container 3 and the ammunition assembly container 4, respectively; the transportation mechanism included in the projectile manufacturing container 3 can be connected to the transportation mechanism included in the ammunition assembly container 4.

[0038] To facilitate users in accessing the assembled ammunition, this application embodiment can provide that the ammunition assembly container 4 is also used to install a magazine loading device, which is used to load the assembled ammunition into the magazine.

[0039] Taking ordinary armor-piercing bullets as an example, the raw material storage container 2 stores appropriate amounts of metal raw materials, cartridge cases, primers, propellants, and other bullet assembly materials and components, while the energy supply container 1 provides the necessary power for the entire system. First, additive manufacturing technology is used to directly form the bullet head in the bullet manufacturing container 3. Then, through a logistics transmission system, the bullet head, cartridge case, primer, propellant, and other raw materials and components are automatically transported as needed to the corresponding workstations of the assembly equipment in the bullet assembly container 4, where automated assembly equipment completes the bullet assembly. Finally, the assembled bullets are automatically loaded into magazines by a magazine loading device and are ready for direct use by the user. Throughout the manufacturing process, intelligent technology is used to monitor and analyze all components of the production system in real time, including manufacturing equipment, material scheduling, energy consumption, and environmental monitoring, to achieve optimal system performance.

[0040] The production of bullets using the system provided in this application includes the following steps:

[0041] S1: Preparation process: Raw material storage container 2 stores appropriate amounts of metal raw materials, cartridge cases, primers, propellants and other raw materials and components for gun and ammunition assembly, while energy supply container 1 provides the necessary power for the entire system.

[0042] S2: 3. Projectile manufacturing container, 4. Ammunition assembly container, 2. Raw material storage container, 1. Energy supply container. Figure 1 The layout is based on the schematic diagram, and once in place, the cabin doors automatically open to complete the docking.

[0043] S3: Automatic connection of the logistics system.

[0044] S4: The logistics system transports metal raw materials to the bullet manufacturing container 3. The bullet manufacturing adopts additive manufacturing technology to complete the one-time direct molding of bullets.

[0045] S5: The logistics system transports the formed projectile to the projectile station on bullet assembly container 4, where bullet casings, primers, propellants and other bullet components are in place.

[0046] S6: The automated equipment in the assembly cabin automatically identifies the type and category of bullets and completes the assembly of bullets according to the established process flow.

[0047] S7: Automatic magazine loading of finished bullets, completing the entire assembly process.

[0048] Traditional ammunition assembly manufacturing is vulnerable to destruction due to its fixed production locations and concentrated layout. The mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system provided in this application creates a mobile ammunition assembly production platform, significantly enhancing the system's wartime survivability across all times and locations.

[0049] Traditionally, building a new ammunition production base requires a series of processes, including site selection, factory construction, water, electricity, and gas infrastructure development, equipment development, and safety and environmental assessments, making it impossible to quickly establish production capacity. The mobile, rapid, and flexible manufacturing system for ammunition provided in this application uses a standardized mobile container as a platform to carry the ammunition assembly process equipment. The entire mobile production system can be quickly replicated in the field to form production capacity according to demand, requiring a small footprint and a short construction period.

[0050] Traditional ammunition manufacturing involves over a hundred steps from raw material input to finished product packaging, resulting in long delivery cycles. Furthermore, most ammunition production lines are currently dedicated to a single purpose. The mobile, rapid, and flexible ammunition manufacturing system provided in this application utilizes additive manufacturing technology to form the projectile in a single process. Different special fillers are then added as needed, enabling flexible projectile production and providing crucial support for the final flexible manufacturing of the entire ammunition product.

[0051] The mobile, rapid, and flexible manufacturing system for bullets provided in this application adopts intensive, modular, miniaturized, and lightweight process equipment for bullet assembly, uses standardized logistics equipment for connection, and employs intelligent control technology to monitor, analyze, and control various elements of the production system such as equipment, materials, energy, and environment in real time, thereby improving system operating efficiency and achieving optimal system performance.

[0052] It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as "first" and "second" are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Furthermore, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes said element.

[0053] As can be seen from the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that this application can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product can be stored in a storage medium, such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in various embodiments or some parts of the embodiments of this application.

[0054] The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner. Similar or identical parts between embodiments can be referred to mutually. Each embodiment focuses on describing the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for system or system embodiments, since they are basically similar to method embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and relevant parts can be referred to the descriptions in the method embodiments. The systems and system embodiments described above are merely illustrative. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separate. The components shown as units may or may not be physical units; that is, they may be located in one place or distributed across multiple network units. Some or all of the modules can be selected to achieve the purpose of this embodiment according to actual needs. Those skilled in the art can understand and implement this without creative effort.

[0055] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are included within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A rapid and flexible manufacturing system for bullets, characterized in that, include: A plurality of mobile containers are arranged in a target arrangement and interconnected after deployment to form a bullet manufacturing platform; the plurality of mobile containers include an energy support container, at least one raw material storage container, a bullet manufacturing container, and a bullet assembly container. The energy supply container provides power; the raw material storage container stores raw materials for ammunition assembly and cartridge case components; the projectile manufacturing container houses projectile manufacturing equipment, which uses additive manufacturing technology to form projectiles; and the ammunition assembly container houses ammunition assembly equipment, which receives raw materials and cartridge case components from the raw material storage container and projectiles from the projectile manufacturing container to complete ammunition assembly. The mobile modular container includes a military-grade general-purpose container, the bottom of which is equipped with a universal interface compatible with several types of transportation platforms; The bullet manufacturing container and the ammunition assembly container each include a raw material storage area, an equipment area, and an electrical control area. The raw material storage area includes a pyrotechnics storage area and a non-pyrotechnics storage area. The pyrotechnics storage area is surrounded by explosion-proof steel plates and has a vent at the top. The non-pyrotechnics storage area is used for temporary storage and supply of cartridge case components. The equipment area is used to install the bullet manufacturing equipment and the ammunition assembly equipment to complete the manufacturing and assembly of bullets and ammunition. The electrical control area includes an electrical room and a control and display terminal area. The electrical room is isolated from the equipment area and contains all the electrical components of the equipment area. The control and display terminal area is isolated from the electrical room and is used to display the equipment management system and install a human-machine interface terminal.

2. The bullet mobility rapid flexible manufacturing system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The transportation platform includes any one of automobiles, trains, and ships.

3. The bullet mobility rapid flexible manufacturing system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The raw material storage container, the projectile manufacturing container, and the ammunition assembly container all include a transportation mechanism. The transportation mechanism included in the raw material storage container can be connected to the transportation mechanism included in the projectile manufacturing container and the ammunition assembly container, respectively. The transportation mechanism included in the projectile manufacturing container can be connected to the transportation mechanism included in the ammunition assembly container.

4. The rapid and flexible bullet manufacturing system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The raw materials for the ammunition assembly include metal raw materials, primers, and propellants.

5. The rapid and flexible bullet manufacturing system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The ammunition assembly container is also used to house a magazine loading device, which is used to load the assembled ammunition into the magazine.

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