Overview: RWS Technology

Discover the world of customised solutions for B2B products with RWS. From high-precision components for ammunition production to innovative priming elements and pyrotechnic mixtures for various industrial applications - our products set standards.

Immerse yourself in our close cooperation with industrial companies and experience how together we fulfil the highest demands of the ammunition industry, fastening technology, the automotive industry and more. Welcome to RWS - where quality and innovation go hand in hand.

RWS produces a wide range of goods used in the products of other manufacturers. In addition to components for small caliber ammunition, these mainly involve primers for medium and big bore ammunition, primer caps and pyrotechnical mixtures, which are predominantly used in automotive applications. Cartridge ammunition (similar to blanks) is also developed and manufactured for use in system applications, e.g. for bolt-firing tools in fastening technology or captive-bolt stunners in the slaughtering industry.

Developments in all of these areas are made in close cooperation with industrial companies. The strength of RWS lies in designing products for specific customer requirements. The industrial products of RWS not only include standard or mass-produced items but also customised solutions to meet the highest demands for products and systems in the ammunition industry, fastening technologies, the automotive industry and many other sectors.

Ammunition consists of four components: cartridge case, percussion cap, propellant powder, and projectile. As a major ammunition manufacturer, RWS produces all of the components for its own ammunition products itself, including preliminary products, except for propellant powder. The high quality standard of RWS components makes RWS a preferred partner for other ammunition manufacturers, who gladly rely on its manufacturing expertise.

Percussion caps are used not only for igniting ammunition, but also in all other areas where quick reaction and implementation are essential. In addition to open percussion caps (Berdan) and percussion caps with an anvil (Boxer), RWS manufactures pinfire primers, friction primers, electric primers, priming pieces and propellant primers. Actuators round off the product range.

Propellant cartridges are used in dynamic devices in which elements are moved by means of gas pressure. Basically, these are blank cartridges in which the propellant is converted into gas and thus into kinetic energy. A piston is used to move or drive an element. In addition to the cartridges described in more detail for direct attachment and livestock stunning, there are also special cartridges for use in ejection seats or in devices for disarming explosives. RWS works very closely with system manufacturers on all applications and uses its pyrotechnical expertise to help satisfy a wide range of requirements.

The production of low-pollutant primary explosives is a core competency of RWS. As early as the 1920s, the world's first non-corrosive primer composition was developed under the brand name SINOXID. This was followed in the 1980s by the first heavy metal-free primer composition under the brand name SINTOX®, which remains unsurpassed by the competition even today. RWS still maintains its commitment to using the lowest-polluting primer compositions, free of lead and other heavy metals, in all of its products.

RWS primer compositions and pyrotechnic ignition mixtures are mainly used by customers in automotive safety systems (e.g. airbags and seat belt tensioners). Additionally, there are possibilities for applications in a variety of other fields, including the aerospace industry.