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NightsThunder
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I am a professional Pyrotechnician and i am designing a new firing system. I am wanting to streamline the process of our set-up and tear down of larger shows. By putting some kinda of sensor in each tube we use to shoot our shells out of to sense if the shell actually left the tube. Why I would like to do this is that after each show we have to check each tube to make sure that the shell was discharged. If it wasn't we have to remove them and send them back to the appropriate storage facility. And if I am shooting a show with 1500+ tubes that can take a while to check every tube. I am thinking that some kinda of proximity sensor would work but not sure. Each tube we use has at least a 2" thick solid wood plug in the base and would like to put the sensor in there. But again not sure that it would stand up to the lift charge from the fireworks. Any ideas?? Thanks Drew