A containerized production cell for the Goose round. Ship the factory, not the rounds: a containerized cell that moulds, assembles and proves Goose rounds on an ally's own ground.
Feedstock in at one end, a proven, serialized carrier round out of the other, on the host's ground and under the host's schedule, with the tooling art and the system's judgment kept in Canada.
An allied nation moulds, assembles and proves its own rounds on its own floor, from its own feedstock, on dies cut in Canada. A shipping queue becomes a production schedule the host controls.
No mould-making, no fire control, no seeker, no autonomy and no guidance-electronics production travel with the cell. Worn tooling returns to the home plant for refresh.
Each proven round is serialized against the cell's production ledger, which also schedules calibration, consumables and die rotation. The host can show an inspector what was made, when, and from what.
The cell moulds airframes and assembles inert kinetic rounds. It holds no warhead, no seeker and no fire control, and no energetic material exists anywhere in the process.
The cell's form, its equipment by class, its materials, what it draws on and the fence it holds, from the production package and the published pages, with the basis of every figure beside it.
The articleForm and footprintEquipment by classKept out of the cellMaterialsPower, utilities and sitingCrewQuality and acceptanceConsumables and sustainmentTransportEnvironmentSafety functionsAccountability and transfer
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Article | Goose CS-110 round, 1.6 kg, Ø90 mm, fully unpowered | the only article the cell makes |
| Training article | The same round in recycled PET, on the same tooling | production package |
| Round construction | Moulded polymer body and fins, inert kinetic nose mass | production package; the published page |
| Launch | Compressed shop air | production package |
| Electronics in the round | None: no battery, no motor, no onboard guidance electronics | the published page |
| Energetic material in the article or the process | None | production package; the published page |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Containers | 4 × 40 ft high-cube and 1 × 20 ft ISO | design figure, the production package |
| Working pad | ~30 × 18 m | design figure, the production package |
| All-up mass | ~55 t | design figure, the production package |
| Layout | Module containers under an aisle canopy, with a utilities container at one end | the cell's 3D model, as published |
| Commissioning | Stood up and proved on the buyer's floor as one capital program | the published page |
| FMC-A, feedstock and drying | 40 ft high-cube: sealed resin storage, a desiccant drying bank, loss-in-weight blending to the press, a moisture analyser bench | module set, the in-situ production study |
| FMC-B, moulding hall | 40 ft high-cube, side-opening: the injection press with its mould-temperature controller and chiller loop, and a demould, deflash and trim bench | module set, the in-situ production study |
| FMC-C, machining and assembly | 40 ft high-cube: the CNC turning station for the nose slugs, fixtured assembly benches, fastener and adhesive stores | module set, the in-situ production study |
| FMC-D, QC, proof and packout | 40 ft high-cube: conditioning shelf, gauge bench, mass and centre-of-gravity fixture, the proof station, serialization and packout to crates | module set, the in-situ production study |
| FMC-E, utilities and spares | 20 ft: shop-air compressor and receiver, electrical distribution and transformer skid, chiller heat rejection, spares store and tool crib | module set, the in-situ production study |
| Pad layout | The four 40 ft modules in two facing pairs around a covered central aisle of ~6 m, with the utilities container at one end | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Flow | One direction: feedstock in at the A end, crated rounds out at the D end | the in-situ production study |
| Floor loading under the moulding hall | ~2,900 kg/m² | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Moulding | Injection press, 90–160 t clamp class | design range, the production package; tonnage follows the mould design |
| Hollow sections | Blow moulding | production package, moulding hall |
| Tooling set | CNC-cut injection and blow moulds, and trim dies | production package |
| Assembly | Fin-fit, nose-mass insertion and balance fixtures | production package |
| Feed | Feed augers at the assembly fixtures | the published page |
| Nose slugs | Compact CNC turning centre | production package |
| Proof launcher | Reusable ~30 bar shop-air launcher, supplied with the cell | production package |
| QA and proof station | Dimensional and mass-and-balance checks, and an indoor proof-fire lane | production package |
| Serialization | A serial on the cell's production ledger for every proven round | the published page |
| Material intake | Certificate bench, scales and a moisture analyser | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Drying | Desiccant dryer bank with closed conveyance | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Blending | Loss-in-weight blender and feeder to the press | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Nose-mass seating | Insertion press, torque station and locating fixtures | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Seal fit | Ring gauge set and seal press for the obturator | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Inspection | Conditioning shelf, gauge bench with process-control charting, mass and centre-of-gravity fixture | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Marking and packout | Laser marker, ledger terminal and crate sealer | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Utilities plant | Compressor with certified receivers, electrical distribution and chiller heat rejection | equipment register, the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Mould-making | None: no 5-axis machine, no EDM, no mould steel | production package |
| Tooling refresh | At the home plant; worn tooling returns for refresh | production package |
| Fire control, seekers, autonomy, guidance electronics | No production of any of them | production package |
| Wash line | None; the recycled-PET wash and compound front end stays with host industry | production package |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Load-bearing flight structure | Certified glass-filled nylon | the material boundary |
| Recycled PET | Training and inert rounds only | the material boundary |
| Bottle-to-part stages in the cell | Dry, mould and finish | production package |
| Stages left with the host | Collect, sort, shred, wash and compound | production package |
| Service-round feedstock | Qualified resin pellets | the published page |
| Moulds, cores and inserts | Tool steel, cut in Canada and re-cut on the machines that made them | the published manufacturing and cell pages |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical service | ~200 kVA, peak ~250 kVA, from the grid or a generator set | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Largest loads | Press heaters and hydraulics, then the dryers, the chiller and the compressor | the in-situ production study |
| Compressed air | Self-generated in the utilities module; feeds process air and the proof launcher, the same air that launches the round in service | the in-situ production study; the published page |
| Water | A potable point and chiller top-up only; process cooling is a closed loop | the in-situ production study |
| Pad | Level, drained and compacted, with road access for 40 ft trailers | the in-situ production study |
| Environmental control | Container air handling holds the process space in specification | the in-situ production study |
| Security | Perimeter, access control and a visitor regime to the agreed standard | the in-situ production study |
| Connectivity | Periodic batched synchronization of the production ledger; the line itself runs offline | the in-situ production study |
| Explosives siting distances | None, and no hazard-class storage or magazine licence, because nothing in the process is energetic | the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Crew per shift | 6–10, with cross-training | design study range, the in-situ production study |
| Cell lead and process technician | 1, running the campaign to the licensed process and holding the ledger | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| Press and feedstock operators | 1–2, on intake, drying, blending and the press | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| Machinist | 1, turning the nose slugs and finishing small parts | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| Assembly technicians | 2–3, on the assembly and seal benches | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| QA technician | 1, on inspection, proof, serialization and lot closure | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| Utilities and maintenance | 1, on the utilities module, planned maintenance and pressure-system checks | crew model, the in-situ production study |
| Certification | Per station, against the licensed criteria, revocable and re-verified at audit | the in-situ production study |
| Recertification | Annually, and on every design revision | the in-situ production study |
| Training ceiling | The crew is trained to run the licensed process, never to design moulds, develop process parameters or make tooling | the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Reference masters | Sealed reference rounds and gauge masters ship with the cell and are re-verified against the home plant's standards | acceptance architecture, the in-situ production study |
| Gauge calibration | Every cell gauge is calibrated against the masters; where masters and line disagree, the masters win | acceptance architecture, the in-situ production study |
| First-article acceptance | A witnessed first-article campaign built by the certified host crew and measured in full, with a sample returned to Canada for comparative evaluation | acceptance architecture, the in-situ production study |
| Licence activation | No first-article acceptance, no production licence | acceptance architecture, the in-situ production study |
| Mass and centre of gravity | Measured on every round | the in-situ production study |
| Re-qualification triggers | A mould refresh or repair, a resin lot-source change, a station equipment change, a crew certification lapse or a process-control violation | the in-situ production study |
| Serial | A moulded-in date code and a laser-etched serial, applied on lot closure | the in-situ production study |
| Reconciliation | Serials issued against licence consumables issued, with periodic physical audit | the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Licence consumables | Mould and die refresh sets, obturator seal stock and rings, assembly fixtures and gauge wear parts, launcher seals and valves, qualified resin certification, and bonding consumables | consumables register, the in-situ production study |
| Mould wear clock | Shot count; glass-filled resin is abrasive | the in-situ production study |
| Press wear clock | Hours and cycles on hydraulics, heater bands, screw and barrel | the in-situ production study |
| Dryer wear clock | Regeneration cycles on desiccant and filters | the in-situ production study |
| Gauge clock | Calibration interval, against the shipped masters | the in-situ production study |
| Pressure plant | Hours plus statutory inspection on the compressor and receivers | the in-situ production study |
| Spares held at the cell | Wear spares, seals, filters, a gauge set and consumable stock for the campaign in hand | the in-situ production study |
| Spares held in Canada | Mould refresh sets, major press spares and replacement fixtures | the in-situ production study |
| Maintenance boundary | The host's technician keeps the line running; anything touching tooling geometry, gauge masters or process configuration is the licensor's work | the in-situ production study |
| Support | Calibration, upgrades and process support for the life of the cell | the published page |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Road | Five standard tractor-trailer loads | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Heavy lift | FMC-B, the moulding hall, carrying the press | the in-situ production study |
| Fittings | Standard ISO corner fittings; no out-of-gauge loads | the in-situ production study |
| Sea | One sailing on ordinary container service, or a single sealift lift | the in-situ production study |
| Air | Two to three heavy-airlift sorties for the full cell | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Tooling and initial consumables | ~2 t, travelling separately under their own custody chain | design study figure, the in-situ production study |
| Load rule | Tooling never travels in the same load as the press | the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Cold | Insulated containers with process air handling, a heated start-up cycle, dry-air blanketing of material paths, and a closed chiller loop with no open water | the in-situ production study |
| Heat and solar load | Heat rejection sized with margin, a shaded and ventilated resin store, and a canopy over the aisle | the in-situ production study |
| Dust and sand | Positive-pressure filtered process space, sealed material paths and ingress-rated enclosures | the in-situ production study |
| Humidity | Drying before every melt, whatever the climate | the in-situ production study |
| Grid instability | Conditioned power or an uninterruptible supply on control circuits; a shot in progress fails to scrap, never to hazard | the in-situ production study |
| Wind, flood and seismic | ISO corner-casting tie-downs, a raised and drained pad, and strain-relieved umbilicals | the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Hot surfaces and melt | Guarding, interlocks and thermal protective equipment at the press | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Clamp and crush | Two-hand controls, light curtains and guard interlocks at the press and the insertion press | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Stored pneumatic energy | Certified vessels, hydrostatic test intervals, relief sizing, burst containment at the proof stand, and exclusion zones while charging | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Proof firing | A backstop, an exclusion zone, interlocked firing and nobody downrange | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Dust | Local extraction and filtered process air; glass-filled swarf handled as an industrial-hygiene item | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Electrical | Lockout and tagout, and arc-rated procedures on the distribution | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Chemical | Safety data sheets, ventilation and spill control for bonding consumables and chiller fluid | safety case, the in-situ production study |
| Parameter | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Production ledger | Serializes every proven round and schedules calibration, consumables and die rotation | the published page |
| Reject path | A round that fails gauge, balance or lane goes back to the regrind bin | the published page |
| Licence | A per-round production licence on the design IP, accounted on every serial | the published page |
| International transfer | Government of Canada permits, issued per shipment | the published page |
| Enquiries | Screened before any discussion; export posture counsel-first | the published page |
A shipped round crosses an ocean on someone else's schedule. A cell crosses once, and every round after it is made on the host's own floor.
The Forward Manufacturing Cell moves the factory instead of the freight, and the host's own schedule replaces the shipping queue.
The article is fixed: the 1.6 kg, Ø90 mm Goose round, moulded, assembled and proved in the cell, and nothing else. It carries no warhead, no seeker and no fire control.
The cell moves the magazine's source to the magazine's user, and keeps the judgment of the system at home.
The cell is containerized plant on a working pad, commissioned on the buyer's floor as one capital program.
| Module | Container | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| FMC-A, feedstock and drying | 40 ft high-cube | Sealed resin storage, a desiccant drying bank, loss-in-weight blending to the press, a moisture analyser bench |
| FMC-B, moulding hall | 40 ft high-cube, side-opening | The injection press, 90–160 t clamp class, with its mould-temperature controller, chiller loop and trim bench |
| FMC-C, machining and assembly | 40 ft high-cube | The CNC turning station for the nose slugs, fixtured assembly benches, fastener and adhesive stores |
| FMC-D, QC, proof and packout | 40 ft high-cube | Conditioning, gauging, mass and centre of gravity, the proof station, serialization and packout |
| FMC-E, utilities and spares | 20 ft | Shop-air compressor and receiver, electrical distribution, chiller heat rejection, spares and tool crib |
| Cell parameter | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Working pad | ~30 × 18 m | Design figure, the production package |
| All-up mass | ~55 t | Design figure, the production package |
| Electrical service | ~200 kVA | Design study figure |
| Crew | 6–10 per shift | Design study range |
| Article | Goose CS-110, 1.6 kg, Ø90 mm | The only article the cell makes |
| Training article | The same round in recycled PET | The same tooling |
The four 40 ft modules stand in two facing pairs around a covered central aisle of ~6 m, with the utilities container at one end. Work flows one way, feedstock in at the A end and crated rounds out at the D end, so one look down the aisle reads the state of the line. The cell stands up as a single line of containerized stations, fixtures, press, proof station and ledger, and is proved on the buyer's floor before it makes a round.
Pellets arrive at the first station and a serialized round leaves the last, and every station is fixtured so the round comes out the same way on any crew.
Qualified resin pellets for service rounds, and recycled PET for training rounds, dried in the cell.
An injection press in the 90–160 t clamp class shoots the body and fin shells on tooling cut in Canada; blow moulding forms hollow sections.
Body, fins and the inert kinetic nose mass come together on fin-fit, nose-mass insertion and balance fixtures. The nose slugs are turned on a compact CNC centre.
Dimensional checks and mass and balance, then an indoor proof-fire lane driven by compressed shop air.
A round that passes gets its serial on the production ledger; one that fails goes back to the regrind bin.
Skill lives in the tooling rather than in the operator. Fixtures locate, augers meter and the jig sets the torque, so a trained local crew runs the stations and the fixtures hold every round to the same article. No propellant is burned at any station, because no propellant exists in the process.
The material boundary is firm, and it travels with the cell as process doctrine.
Certified glass-filled nylon goes into load-bearing flight structure. Recycled PET goes into training and inert rounds only, parts where consistency does not decide whether something falls out of the sky. Of the full bottle-to-part chain, the cell carries only the back end: dry, mould and finish. Collection, sorting, shredding, washing and compounding stay with the host's own industry, because a wash line is regulated wastewater infrastructure and would bring an environmental permit into every deployment.
Feedstock is the sovereignty argument in material form. A stockpile that is imported can be embargoed or delayed; a feedstock stream the host already has cannot. The recycled content serves sovereignty and training, and never a part that carries structure.
In the cell.
With host industry.
The cell exports the low-tech, non-explosive part of the system and keeps the decisive layers in Canada, in any configuration and for any customer.
What travels with a cell.
What stays in Canada.
The cell runs moulds; it cannot cut, repair or duplicate them. Worn tooling returns to the home plant and is re-cut on the same machines that made it, which keeps the tooling art in Canada and makes the fence physical as well as contractual.
The round the cell makes is an inert moulded carrier, and the judgment of the system, fire control, seekers and guidance, stays in Canada.
Every proven round is serialized against the cell's production ledger, and the same ledger schedules calibration, consumables and die rotation.
For the buyer, the ledger is sovereignty made auditable: they can show any inspector what was made, when, and from what. For Canada it is the licence made enforceable, because the per-round production licence on the design is accounted on every serial the cell proves. One book serves both flags.
Dies and moulds wear by design, and Canada re-cuts them. The cell itself is sized to ordinary intermodal logistics.
A cell that is not re-tooled stops making rounds, so a host plans magazine depth against die life rather than against a shipping schedule. Worn tooling returns to the home plant for refresh, and the replacement is cut on machines Canadian Shield owns. Three wear clocks lead the maintenance plan: shot count on the moulds, hours and cycles on the press, and regeneration cycles on the dryers. The host's technician keeps the line running; anything that touches tooling geometry, gauge masters or process configuration is the licensor's work.
The cell travels as five standard tractor-trailer loads on ISO corner fittings with no out-of-gauge load, as one sailing by sea, or in two to three heavy-airlift sorties. The moulding hall is the heavy lift, and tooling never travels in the same load as the press. Calibration, upgrades and process support run for the life of the cell.
Containerized stations, fixtures, the press, the proof station and the ledger, stood up as one line on the buyer's floor.
Moulds, cores and inserts in tool steel, wear items by design, re-cut on the machines that made them.
Calibration, upgrades and process support, and the next revision of the tooling.
The cell asks its ground for electrical service, a level pad, water for its chiller, security and road access, and for nothing an explosives site would need.
| The host provides | Envelope | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical service | ~200 kVA, peak ~250 kVA, grid or generator set | Design study figure |
| Pad | ~30 × 18 m, level, drained and compacted | Design figure, the production package |
| Floor loading under the moulding hall | ~2,900 kg/m² | Design study figure |
| Water | A potable point and chiller top-up only | Process cooling is a closed loop |
| Compressed air | None; the utilities module makes its own | Self-generated |
| Security | Perimeter, access control and a visitor regime | To the agreed standard |
| Road access | For 40 ft trailers | Five standard loads |
Industrial edge-of-base siting suits the cell: road access for 40 ft trailers, grid or generator power and a securable perimeter. The process lives inside climate-controlled containers, so resin drying and nylon conditioning care about the inside rather than the outside, and the line itself runs offline, synchronizing its ledger in batches.
The proof station fires down an indoor proof-fire lane on a reusable ~30 bar shop-air launcher. Nothing in the round, the launcher or the building is energetic, so there are no explosives siting distances, no hazard-class storage and no magazine licence to plan for.
The crew is the host's and the certification is Canada's. A round made abroad is accepted on evidence that it is the same article as a round made at home.
| Role, per shift | Count | Work |
|---|---|---|
| Cell lead and process technician | 1 | Runs the campaign to the licensed process and holds the ledger |
| Press and feedstock operators | 1–2 | Intake, drying, blending and the press |
| Machinist | 1 | Nose slugs and small-part finishing |
| Assembly technicians | 2–3 | The assembly and seal benches |
| QA technician | 1 | Inspection, proof, serialization and lot closure |
| Utilities and maintenance | 1 | The utilities module, planned maintenance and pressure-system checks |
A trained local crew of six to ten a shift runs the line. Operators are certified per station against the licensed criteria; certification is revocable, re-verified at audit, and renewed annually and on every design revision. The crew learns to run the recipe, never to write it.
Acceptance is built the same way. Sealed reference rounds and gauge masters ship with the cell, and every gauge is calibrated against them. Before the production licence activates, the certified host crew builds a witnessed first-article campaign, measured in full, with a sample returned to Canada for comparative evaluation. Mass and centre of gravity are measured on every round, and a mould refresh, a resin source change, an equipment change, a certification lapse or a process-control violation each triggers re-qualification.
A cell suits a particular buyer and a particular definition of the work, and both are named here.
Who it is for.
What it is not.
The lines the cell holds in every configuration and for every customer.
The page this sheet specifies, and the index of every sheet.
The page this sheet specifies, with the pictures and the reasoning.
Every product and platform on one sheet each, on the web and as a PDF.
A first conversation needs the capacity to be placed, the feedstock the host already collects, the site, and the audit the host's inspectors will want to run.
Not an offer. Enquiries are screened, international transfer is subject to Canadian government permits taken per shipment, and all designs, systems and technologies shown are patent pending.
