Abstract: A process and apparatus for priming ammunition casings (1) of the type having a bottom (2) connected to a cylindrical lateral wall (3) by an annular flange (4) defining within the casing an annular throat (5) adapted to receive a pyrotechnic priming composition (6). The composition (6) is deposited on the bottom of the casing, and then is introduced into the throat (5) by subjecting the composition (6) deposited on the bottom (2) of the casing to a progressive compression in an oblique direction relative to the axis (X-X') of the casing (1) and directed toward the throat (5), by means of a surface (8) which is caused to turn about the axis (X-X'). This is done with a rotating core (7) that has at its lower end a truncated conical surface that is eccentric to the axis (X-X') of the core (7).

Abstract: A process for producing a hollow plastics article, which comprises introducing a polymerizable composition in the hot state into a sealed hot mould, immediately setting the mould in motion by imparting to it a second movement of rotation about a second axis and a third movement of oscillation about a third axis which is perpendicular to the second, so that the composition is applied to the inner walls of the mould, and polymerizing it herein to form a hollow article. The improvement comprises setting the mould in motion by further imparting to it, simultaneously to the second and third movement, a first horizontal movement which has, in a horizontal plane, two components in two directions perpendicular to each other.