The plant machines need to have 200,000 primers and 200 lbs of powder available
a day for manufacture. The verbiage below comes from the code review and has
been agreed to by the owner.
Small Arms Primers
Quantities not exceeding 750,000 shall be permitted to be stored in a building
where not more than 100,000 are stored in any one pile and where piles are at
least 15 ft apart.
Small arms primers not stored in accordance with 14.5.6(1) through 14.5.6(2)
shall be stored in a magazine meeting the requirements of Chapter 9.
Smokeless Propellants
Quantities exceeding 100 Lbs, but not exceeding 800 Lbs, shall
be stored in non-portable storage cabinets having walls of at least 1”
thickness.
But again, in your all’s opinion, is this an Ex Haz Grp I or II, or something
else? Just trying to figure out if I’m looking at the project the right way.
Thanks,
John Paulsen – SET
Crown Fire System Design
6282 Seeds Rd.
Grove City, OH 43123
P – 614-782-2438
F – 614-782-2374
C – 614-348-8206
From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On
Behalf Of Charles Bamford
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 4:15 PM
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Subject: Re: Ammunition Manufacturer
Paging Scott Mitchell..........
On Friday, January 20, 2017 11:27 AM, "Hinson, Ryan" <rhin...@burnsmcd.com
<mailto:rhin...@burnsmcd.com> > wrote:
How much DOT Class Division 1.1 (primer) and 1.3 (gunpowder)explosives will be
located inside the building at any one time…and where? What blast resistance
requirements are required between said explosives and the rest of the building?
Where are explosives stored? Have venting considerations in coordination
with suppression activation and the impact of humidity on the explosives
themselves been considered? Any explosion control measures necessary or NFPA
68 and 69 considerations/requirements per NFPA 495? Where, if any, is there
‘transient storage state’ of primer boxes?
This change in use needs to be reviewed/analyzed from a building Code
standpoint by a knowledgeable licensed fire protection engineer. I’m very
surprised there does not already appear to be one involved.
Ryan L. Hinson, PE*, SET** \ Burns & McDonnell
Senior Fire Protection Engineer
O 952-656-3662 \ M 320-250-5404 \ F 952-229-2923
rhin...@burnsmcd.com <mailto:rhin...@burnsmcd.com> \
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From: Sprinklerforum [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On
Behalf Of John Paulsen
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 1:01 PM
To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org
<mailto:sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org>
Subject: Ammunition Manufacturer
Good Afternoon All:
I am working with the owner of an existing 28,000 Sq Ft manufacturing facility
of non-combustible construction. The owner wants to convert the facility to the
manufacture of small arms ammunition.
He has been through the initial code review with the State, but there seem to
be some “inconsistencies” with those findings. The State has determined the Use
Group to be H (High Hazard) even
though small arms ammunition mfg is listed in the exceptions. Under those
exceptions, the Use Group would revert to the Group which best fits it’s use.
In MY opinion that would be Use Group F-1.
So I have laid this thing out to EH Grp II (.4 / 2500)
Does anybody out there have any past experience with something along these
lines that can tell me if I’m off base or not?
Thanks,
John Paulsen – SET
Crown Fire System Design
6282 Seeds Rd.
Grove City, OH 43123
P – 614-782-2438
F – 614-782-2374
C – 614-348-8206
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