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[Roddy]

Not sure if this topic has been covered before but does anyone know of any suppliers that still sell plastic igiter cord (PIC) , I currently have a roll of brown fast burning cord but it is not safe enough for the hand lighting of shells and I am in search of the slower burning yellow PIC that ICI used to produce, I know that they no longer produce it and wondered if there are any alternatives.

[T-sec]

Not sure if this topic has been covered before but does anyone know of any suppliers that still sell plastic igiter cord (PIC) , I currently have a roll of brown fast burning cord but it is not safe enough for the hand lighting of shells and I am in search of the slower burning yellow PIC that ICI used to produce, I know that they no longer produce it and wondered if there are any alternatives.

You're not the first one to ask: http://www.pyrosocie...ic igniter cord

Forget ICI/Nobel PIC fuse, is not available anymore. You can buy an alternative: http://www.petroexpl...og/Mantitor.pdf

[Roddy]

T-sec you are a star, thank you for your help we will be making the appropriate enquiries to purchase a case load.

[T-sec]

You're welcome, and one of the people I made happy telling them there is a alternative for ICI/Nobel PIC fuse.

Be aware that Mantitor fuse is classified under 1.4G, that a minimum order batch are 20 rolls of 100 meter, containing a total of 10kg powder. There fore airmail from the U.S. is hardly possible. You can try to ask UPS, DHL etc, maybe they have a 1.4G freight solution.

In the early days Lufthansa did 1.4S airmail from the U.K. and U.S. End destination Hamburg only. Maybe you can also ask them for advise.

Edited by T-sec, 29 August 2007 - 06:32 PM.

[Richard H]

I believe Essex Pyrotechnics stock this item in their trade catalogue (or they did). I know this because I happen to have some.

[T-sec]

I believe Essex Pyrotechnics stock this item in their trade catalogue (or they did). I know this because I happen to have some.

Tim used to, but not anymore. He told me he's busy quite a while to get other PIC alternatives, most probably made on the original Nobel PIC fuse machines.

[Anders Greenman]

Thinking about this it would have been an interesting project to try to make PIC fuse at home. I have the chemicals, but that's probably the easiest part. Is there any books or more throughout information about this fuse?

[T-sec]

PIC fuse can only be made with special tooling. The PIC fuse machine in global is the same as a machine who makes isolated power cables/wires. Those machines add the isolation part around the copper core.

For PIC fuse you should be able to add a thin copper wire in the middle of the fuse's chemicals, and then cover it with an equal layer of plastic. And don't leave the copper core away, because this is the flame speed reducing/stabilizing and flame temperature increasing factor in the PIC fuse.