Hi-Shear manufactures power cartridges/initiators, including
NASA standard initiators for over 20 years without a single failure. A power
cartridge/initiator creates high heat / high pressure combustion energy by igniting pyrotechnic mixture
in a controlled chamber. The power cartridges/initiators are hermetically sealed
electro-explosive devices characterized by their compactness, light weight,
environment and corrosive resistance and extreme high (.9999) reliability. This
product line includes conventional hot bridgewire (HBW), exploding bridgewire
(EBW), exploding foil initiators (EFI), Detonators, laser and thru bulkhead devices.