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  • ISEE
    Understanding the “Orange Smoke” Problem in Cast Blasting

    By Charles Barnhart

    This paper is a discussion of the causes of deflagration in cast blasting and a description of a project intended to demonstrate how changes in six critical parameters contribute to the deflagration c

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    The Effects of Electronic Detonators and Precise Detonation Timing on Blasting Induced Rock Movement

    By Dale S. Preece, Stephen H. Chung

    Electronic detonators and the attendant precise detonation timing that they facilitate are having a measurable effect on rock blasting in terms of improved fragmentation and vibration control. These i

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Thermal Decomposition of Anfo at Low Heating Rates

    By E. Contestabile, R. von Rosen, R. Guilbeault, R. Fouchard, P. Lightfoot

    In August 1998, a truck loaded with 18 tons of blasting explosives, including over 13 tons of ANFO, left the road near Walden, Ontario. The crash caused a fire; approximately 30 minutes later a large

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    A Topographical Map of the Innovation Landscape (ABSTRACT PAGE)

    By Leon Lorenzen, Victor E. Ross, Anton W. Kleingeld

    "Key to successful innovation, whether at organization, industry or national level, is the alignment and utilization of resources in the most appropriate and efficient way. Innovation needs to be dire

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Daveytronic High Accuracy Digital Blasting System

    By Douglas Bartley, Robert McClure

    This paper discusses the advances in programmable, testable high accuracy electronic detonator technology. The operation and safety of electronic detonator systems are required to meet rigid safety st

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Common Test Methods Used to Measure Properties of Commercial Explosives

    By Gary Eck, Kevin Tallent

    Over the past decades, the science of energetic materials has advanced dramatically in both the fields of military munitions, as well as industrial explosives. Out of necessity, test methods to measur

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Digitally Integrating the Blast Design with Remote Wireless Electronic Blasting

    By Charles Pretorius

    Electronic Delay Detonators (EDDs) with remote wireless programming and initiation capabilities have been successfully used for almost two years now. This system has been used in blasts mainly in Sout

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    Quality-Assurance (to ISO-9001 Level) for Quarry Blasting in the Urban Environment

    By Wilfrid Comeau

    This paper deals with the concept of a Quality-Assurance Manual, to the ISO-9001 Level, for quarry blasting in the urban environment. A case history of the incident, which led to its development, is p

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Blast Control Measures at the Speekfontein Colliery Strip Mine Situated Close to a Major Power Situation in South Africa

    By A Rorke, B Cubitt, R Beeslaar

    The recent drop in the value of the South African Rand has resulted in an increased export value for South African coal and has lead to new coal reserves becoming available for mining. Very often thes

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Optimizing the Initiation Position of Geophysical Exploration Charges

    By E. McCullough, D. Preece, M. Ortel

    Geophysical explosive charges are used in mineral resource exploration. They are detonated subsurface and radiate sonic waves into ground monitors, which detect the vibration waves and their interacti

    Jan 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    BAI Workshop Presentation - New Stem Plug Devices and Applications

    By Brian Carr

    This workshop will display all of the existing products that are available as stemplug devices and discuss the general concept of the use of them. Actual results will be discussed along with several c

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Lafarge Exshaw Finer Fragmentation Study

    By Jean-Guy Levaque, Robert Ethier, Ron J. Elliot

    This paper presents data gathered during a comprehensive study on the impact of improvements to fragmentation in a major Limestone quarrying operation. The full impacts of gains in fragmentation are t

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    An Analytical Approach For Diagnosing and Solving Blasting Complaints

    By Douglas Rudenko

    Have you ever had a neighbor complain about a blast one day, but says the next day’s blast was better, even though the Peak Particle Velocity (PPV) increased? How about neighbors that complain about a

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Super Cautious Contour Blasting Underground

    By Stig O. Olofsson

    The problem of overbreak in underground construction and mining is normally approached by a variety of smooth blasting methods. Numerous small diameter, low velocity explosives have been developed spe

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    The Historical Development of Commercial Detonators and A Review of the Methods Used to Compare Their Ability to Initiate High Explosives

    By Robert B. Hopler

    To understand any technology it is necessary that a thorough background of how we got to the present stage is necessary. To do that with the subject of initiation devices we need to begin many hundred

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Evaluation of Optical Sizing Methods

    By Russell Carter, Tom Barkley

    "Optimization of blasting is hampered by the lack of inexpensive methods of measuringblast results. Optical methods of size analysis have the potential of creating abreakthrough in size analysis and i

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    Blast Assessment Through Shovel Performance Monitoring

    By Carl Hendricks, Malcolm Scoble

    There currently exists no viable means of obtaining continuous, quantified feedback on blast efficiency. This paper describes the adaptation of a loading shovel to serve as a diagnostic tool in evalua

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    Near-Field Blast Vibration Monitoring: Practical Considerations and Issues

    By John Heilig, Patrick Andrieux

    "Near-field monitoring of blast induced seismic vibrations is a practical and useful way of assessing blast field behaviour for diagnosis and optimization purposes. It is also necessary in order to pr

    Jan 1, 1995

  • ISEE
    Underwater Explosives Application

    By Donald F. Rapp, Thomas E. Brown

    The application of commercial explosives in an underwater environment, sometimes referred to as submarine blasting, presents the blaster with a unique set of demanding conditions which require exactin

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    PECCS – Pan-European Competence Certificate for Shot-Firers/Blast Designers

    By Teele Tuuna, Voglers Eesti OÜ

    Blasting operations are a strong and important part in any kind of building and mining industry, a shot-firer profession is one of the oldest professions in the civilized world. It still serves an imp

    Jan 1, 2018