Facilities

Blastech prides itself on a versatile and adaptable approach to the design and management of blast and impact testing Realising that the initial results of blast and impact trials may often raise questions which clients had not originally considered, Blastech works flexibly to re-arrange trials programs to ensure that clients obtain best value and most useful results from a test series.

Blastech provides a comprehensive small-medium scale blast facility offering up to 5 kg TNT equivalent external testing, and a dedicated “blast box” for internal explosion studies, a comprehensive ballistics facility offering three 25 m ranges rated up to 30 mm calibre, an extensive suite of instrumentation including high-speed imaging, flash x-ray, pressure sensors, displacement transducers, accelerometers and high speed data acquisition.