Rheinmetall W & M Gmbh

Rheinmetall Gmbh

Horst Reckeweg

Gert Schlenkert

Hartmut Wagner

Herbert Lipp

Goran Vogt

Siegmar Kukulies

A method and a device for measuring wear on the internal surfaces ( ) of barrels ( ), in particular weapon barrels. For a very precise determination of the wear on the internal surfaces ( ) of barrels ( ), a non-contacting scanning of the internal surface ( ) of the respective barrel ( ) to be checked is carried out with a light-spot triangulation sensor ( ), to determine the respective distance between the internal surface ( ) and the barrel axis ( ) for selected sensor positions. The contour of the internal surface ( ) of the respective barrel ( ) is then determined from the detected distance changes. It has proven advantageous if the measured distance values are displayed on a monitor ( ) in the form of a C-image, wherein different distance ranges are characterized with different colors, so that faulty surface areas can immediately be recognized optically.

Method and device for measuring wear on internal barrel surfaces

A weapon barrel includes a hard chromium layer provided on an inner barrel surface. The hard chromium layer contains at least 500 fissures/cm in a cross-sectional plane.

Weapon barrel having a hard chromium inner layer

A method of coating a metal surface, particularly an inner surface of a gun barrel, with a chromium layer, includes the following steps: electrolytically precipitating on the metal surface a plurality of partial chromium layers in a superposed relationship by electric current pulses equaling the number of the partial chromium layers; and selecting the duration of each pulse such that a crystallite growth of individual partial chromium layers is stopped prior to a natural termination thereof for obtaining a globular polytropic structure of the entire chromium layer.

Method of coating an internal surface of a weapon barrel

A method of providing an inner surface of a weapon barrel with a hard chromium layer includes the steps of forming the hard chromium layer on the inner surface by galvanic separation; and thereafter heating the hard chromium layer beyond the re-crystallization temperature thereof for obtaining, upon conclusion of the heating step, a uniform re-crystallization of the hard chromium layer in its entirety.

Method of providing a weapon barrel with an internal hard chromium layer

A method of producing a weapon barrel (1) having a wear-resistant inner coating (10) applied by an electrolytic method. To enable the application of a relatively thick protective layer to the inner wall or surface of a large-caliber weapon barrel (1), in particular, in the regions of thermally high stress and in a simple manner, a weapon barrel (1) prefabricated true to caliber is provided, a recess (7) is formed in the region of the chamber (2) and of the adjoining caliber region (3) to be coated with the protective layer (10) by electrochemical stripping (electrolytic polishing), and the recess (7) is subsequently refilled electrolytically with the protective layer (10). The same center electrode (4, 12) preferably is used for the electrolytic polishing process and for the electrolytic process for applying (plating) the protective coating or layer (10).

Method of producing a weapon barrel having a wear-resistant inner coating

A testing and/or practice projectile assembly for preselected use in an artillery weapon in lieu of conventional live ammunition. The projectile assembly includes a casing which has an axial length which is less by a predetermined distance than that of the conventional live projectile. An insert member is operatively mounted in said casing. The length and diameter of the insert member is such that the exterior contour and total length of the projectile assembly (insert member and casing) corresponds to that of a conventional live projectile when the insert member is operatively mounted on the casing. The insert member has an annular recess and guide band segments are mounted in the recess. The guide band segments are pressed outwardly to conform to a predetermined exterior guide band diameter and can be selectively retractably released. A pull rod is coaxially connected to the insert member and band segments via a biasing cone so as to selectively release the band segments.

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Horst Reckeweg