sprænggrotte

20:44 Apr 25, 2015
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
Danish term or phrase: sprænggrotte
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A facility to test explosives - anyone know what it is in English?
David Tugwell
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:44


Summary of answers provided
1blast containment pit / open detonation pit / firing pit (US) / explosion pit (Germany)
andres-larsen
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blast containment pit / open detonation pit (US) / explosion pit (Germany)
andres-larsen

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blast containment pit / open detonation pit / firing pit (US) / explosion pit (Germany)


Explanation:
blast containment pit / open detonation pit / firing pit (US) / explosion pit (Germany)

(caveat: have been unable to pinpoint the equivalent UK term so far)

sources:

Testing Enclosures - EMC Services - One Solution for ...
emc-hou.com/test-enclosures.html
... remote video surveillance and recording capabilities. ***High Pressure Testing Enclosures and Blast Containment Pits***. testing enclosure 2. ***blast containment pit***.

manuscript
www3.nd.edu/~powers/paper.list/powers10.pdf
JM POWERS - ‎1986 - ‎
***As one means of reducing the blast noise, the explosive is detonated in a pit, a space closed at the bottom and sides, open at the top***. A two-dimentional finite.

NRC: Department of the Army, Armament, Research ...
www.nrc.gov › ... › Complex Materials › NRC-Regulated
Area 1222 is approximately 23,000 square feet (ft2) and consists of building structures, an ***open detonation pit***, and adjacent hillside area. The hillside is ...

Title: Open Burning/Open Detonation - Environmental ...
www.miramar-ems.marines.mil/.../Open_Burning_Open_Detonatio...
guidelines for the open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) of explosives. ... inspection determines a ***detonation pit*** is unusable, the pit is backfilled and a new ...

Debunking the Myth of Open Burning/Open Detonation's ...
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA507259
MDB Johnson - ‎1994
Aug 16, 1994 - For more than 40 years, open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) .... constructed of louvered angle iron, a 1-m steel-lined ***detonation pit***, witness ...

Apr 2014 - SRI International
www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/apr-14_1.pdf
Apr 2, 2014 - Later, the name was changed from Poulter Laboratory to correspond to names of other SRI units. ... ***Among the offices and shops at the Menlo Park site, there was an outdoor firing pit for small explosive tests***, but most experiments with explosives were conducted at the Calaveras Test Site in the hills behind Milpitas. Poulter Lab moved to Building A in 1958, and a vault in the basement replaced the outdoor firing
pit.
At the Calaveras Test Site in 1954, the only facility was a firing pit.

BAM Expertise | Equipment | BAM Test Site Technical Safety
www.bam.de › Home › Expertise › Equipment
BAM Test Site Technical Safety. ***Explosion pit***. Explosion pit. When testing dangerous materials (explosives, explosive materials from the chemical industry, ...

BAM Expertise | Equipment | BAM Test Site Technical Safety
www.bam.de › Home › Expertise › Equipment
The explosion test ground with a diameter of 400 m enables tests of up to 150 ... Fire wall facility; Ignition pit; Fume chamber; ***Explosion pit***; Explosion chamber.


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Note added at 18 hrs (2015-04-26 15:05:28 GMT)
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the only (official) UK source found so far (for "blast-proof containment pit"):

Dealing with munitions in marine sediments - The Crown ...
www.thecrownestate.co.uk/.../ei-dealing-with-munitions-in-m...

7.6.9 (on page 11)

Under certain circumstances,where operators are regularly encountering live and blind
munitions, it is necessary to put in place alternative procedures in order to ensure safety
and reduce business disruption.These alternative arrangements should involve:
• the appointment of suitable specialist explosives ordnance disposal contractors
(Level 2 trained)
• the construction of a ***blast-proof containment pit*** or structure
• the provision of suitable remotely-operated equipment for moving articles to the
containment area
• appropriate training and awareness of site staff, coupled with Safe Systems of
Work and Permit to Work systems
• licensed storage for the explosives.
The specifications for these arrangements must be agreed with the HSE, police, and
military EOD on a case-by case basis.

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 04:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Reference comments


5 hrs
Reference: blast containment pit / open detonation pit (US) / explosion pit (Germany)

Reference information:
Testing Enclosures - EMC Services - One Solution for ...
emc-hou.com/test-enclosures.html
... remote video surveillance and recording capabilities. ***High Pressure Testing Enclosures and Blast Containment Pits***. testing enclosure 2. ***blast containment pit***.

manuscript
www3.nd.edu/~powers/paper.list/powers10.pdf
JM POWERS - ‎1986 - ‎
***As one means of reducing the blast noise, the explosive is detonated in a pit, a space closed at the bottom and sides, open at the top***. A two-dimentional finite.

NRC: Department of the Army, Armament, Research ...
www.nrc.gov › ... › Complex Materials › NRC-Regulated
Area 1222 is approximately 23,000 square feet (ft2) and consists of building structures, an ***open detonation pit***, and adjacent hillside area. The hillside is ...

Title: Open Burning/Open Detonation - Environmental ...
www.miramar-ems.marines.mil/.../Open_Burning_Open_Detonatio...
guidelines for the open burning and open detonation (OB/OD) of explosives. ... inspection determines a ***detonation pit*** is unusable, the pit is backfilled and a new ...

Debunking the Myth of Open Burning/Open Detonation's ...
www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA507259
MDB Johnson - ‎1994
Aug 16, 1994 - For more than 40 years, open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) .... constructed of louvered angle iron, a 1-m steel-lined ***detonation pit***, witness ...

BAM Expertise | Equipment | BAM Test Site Technical Safety
www.bam.de › Home › Expertise › Equipment
BAM Test Site Technical Safety. ***Explosion pit***. Explosion pit. When testing dangerous materials (explosives, explosive materials from the chemical industry, ...

BAM Expertise | Equipment | BAM Test Site Technical Safety
www.bam.de › Home › Expertise › Equipment
The explosion test ground with a diameter of 400 m enables tests of up to 150 ... Fire wall facility; Ignition pit; Fume chamber; ***Explosion pit***; Explosion chamber.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2015-04-26 02:09:27 GMT)
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also known as "firing pit":

Apr 2014 - SRI International
www.sri.com/sites/default/files/brochures/apr-14_1.pdf
Apr 2, 2014 - Later, the name was changed from Poulter Laboratory to correspond to names of other SRI units. ... ***Among the offices and shops at the Menlo Park site, there was an outdoor firing pit for small explosive tests***, but most experiments with explosives were conducted at the Calaveras Test Site in the hills behind Milpitas. Poulter Lab moved to Building A in 1958, and a vault in the basement replaced the outdoor firing
pit.
At the Calaveras Test Site in 1954, the only facility was a firing pit.

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Note to reference poster
Asker: Many thanks! That's very comprehensive.

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