VisPro – Flexible RDX/HMX Plants with Advanced Recrystallisation
VisPro is Head Engineering’s platform for explosives production plants, covering solutions for both RDX/HMX and TNT. The VisPro RDX/HMX concept is designed to deliver high efficiency, flexibility and consistent product quality. The process is based on a Bachmann-type route, enabling high yield and significantly reduced nitric acid consumption compared to traditional direct nitration methods.
This proven chemistry is combined with proprietary recrystallisation technology, providing precise control of product purity, crystal quality and particle size distribution.
VisPro has been developed in collaboration with senior explosives experts with extensive experience from design, commissioning and operation of RDX/HMX plants worldwide. This operational know-how is integrated into the VisPro concept, together with Head Engineering’s multidisciplinary engineering, project execution and safety-by-design capabilities.
Key features of VisPro RDX/HMX include:
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Flexible production of either RDX or HMX within the same plant through selectable operating modes
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Advanced recrystallisation using proprietary solvent systems, enabling narrow particle-size classes without downstream sieving or blending
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A plant concept designed for high automation, robust interlocks and integration with modern control and safety systems
Safety and compliance are fundamental to the VisPro design. The plant is developed according to principles of safety-by-layout, safety-by-equipment design and safety-by-process logic, supported by ATEX-compliant design, systematic HAZOP studies and functional safety engineering.
VisPro combines proven explosives chemistry with advanced crystallisation technology and industrial project execution to deliver modern, safe and highly controllable production plants.
