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RF Susceptibility of Electronic Detonators
By B. Papillon
There has been a veritable increase in the adoption of electronic detonators in the last few years. Electronic detonators offer several distinctive features over electric and non-el (shock tube) deton
Jan 1, 2009
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Journal: Big Sky and Beyond Explosives, Avalanches and Regulations
By Mike Boissonneault
It was three years ago when the “storm of the century” had taken a firm grip over the Pacific West Coast and inland areas. At the Big Sky ski resort in Montana on Christmas morning two ski patrollers
Jan 1, 2001
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Non-Electric Shock Tube Initiation Systems Applications and Hookups
By John Watson, Tom Treleaven
This guide presents nur-nerous patterns that provide 8 millisecond separations between initiated charges. The guide is tabulated in seven sections to provide Quick reference by number of decks or bunc
Jan 1, 1995
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A Simple Method of Determining Site-Specific Safe Decking Procedures in Order to Avoid Dynamic Pressure Issues When Decking
By Neal Lee, Braden T. Lusk, Brendan McCray
Determining the minimum amount of inert material that can be used between explosive columns is a complex problem. Using too little inert material can result in detonator/primer failure, either by symp
Jan 1, 2016
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Stemming Enhancement Tests
A series of stemming confinement tests were conducted at a test site near Vernal, Utah. The purpose of the study was to determine the relative performance of various stemming enhancement “plugs”, stem
Jan 1, 2000
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Comparative Blasting Using Non-Electric Pyrotechnic Delays and the Electrodet Electronic Delay System at a Limestone Quarry in New York State, USA
By Carl Lubbe, Ron Frye, Wayne Curtis, Julie Pecori, Dan Leach
Blasting conducted in the USA using the new Electronic Initiation System developed by Altech has shown that an accurate delay system will benefit the customer. Results from test work clearly showed th
Jan 1, 1997
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Bench Face and Quarry Fragmentation Analysis: 3D Imaging vs. Scaling References
By Daniel Ko, Ian Bell, Shahram Tafazoli, Bahram Sameti, Aylin Azmin
Image-based remote sensing of rock fragmentation in mining and quarry applications essentially treats each rock in the image as a data object in order to determine the rock size distribution. An obvio
Jan 1, 2015
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Case Study: Systematically Improving Drilling and Blasting Operations in Hard-Rock Mines
By Reinhold Schnell, Piers Wendlandt, Nathan Rouse
Drilling and blasting are key components of every hard-rock (i.e.,metal/nonmetal/coal) mining operation. Well-executed and maintained drilling and blasting can have a major positive impact on the over
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Underwater Blasting and Train-induced Ground Vibrations on 80 Years-old Building
By Paulo José Costa Couceiro Junior, Manuel Lopez Cano
In 2011, two historic outcrop rocks known as Teffé and Itapema located in the navigation channel of the Port of Santos, Brazil (Latin America’s largest port) – were excavated by drilling and blasting
Jan 1, 2016
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Systems Integration of a Global Explosives Security System at a MultiNational Explosives Manufacturer Using Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) Based Technologies for Tracking and Monitoring Explosives and Detonators
By Thomas Zukovich, Robert Morhard, Thomas Gelormino
The ExploTrack Explosives Tracking System is a sophisticated integration platform designed to track explosive products in both fixed locations and mobile environments globally, in real-time, on a 24/7
Jan 1, 2007
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Regulation Compliance: Security in Manufacturiing, Transportation, Storage and Use of Commercial Explosives
By John Capers
•The IME is the Safety and Security Association of the commercial explosives industry in the United States and Canada. •Founded in 1913 •Board of Governors •5 Standing committees- 1. Technical 2. Envi
Jan 1, 2006
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The Exex 1000 Computer Aided Blasting (CAB) System
By Ronald L. Cocklin, Vivian Patz
Blasting techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated as the need for improving mining efficiency grows. One of the areas of blasting that has never been fully exploited, due to a lack of a cont
Jan 1, 1995
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Changing the Landscape of Surface Mining through Fully Wireless Initiation Systems
By Nolan Eckroade, Nigel Pereira
Wireless electronic blasting systems are a new technology that enable truly wireless initiation through rock, air and water. This is achieved using low frequency magnetic induction waves to wirelessly
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Lightning Detection and Warning Systems
By William H. Highlands
Lightning is a natural phenomenon which poses a potential hazard to people, structures, and equipment unless adequate protection is provided. The type of protection required is related to the nature a
Jan 1, 1989
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Improved Blasting Control and Quantity Calculations Using Reflectorless Laser Systems
By Cam Thomas
The initial application for reflectorless laser technology was for profiling rock faces to determine front row burden and improve flyrock control and airblast. Over the past fifteen years a number of
Jan 1, 2003
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Portable, Multi-Channel and Continuous Velocity of Detonation Recorders (122b6f71-61a6-4f23-afba-c5878df1df8c)
By Jackson R. Pressley, Bruce Vandenberg
The knowledge of how and when your explosives go off can help you make intelligent decisions regarding future application of explosives thus removing some of the black magic associated with blasting.
Jan 1, 1992
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Lothological Recognition Based on Monitored Drilling Performance Parameters
By Jonathan Peck, Doug Pollitt, Malcolm Scoble
Over the past 5 years the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, has been involved in the performance monitoring of both percussive and rotary drills. Studies conducted
Jan 1, 1991
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Blast Design and Diagnostics Using, Portable Solid State, High-Speed Videography Systems
By Laura Bustemante, Bruce Vandenberg, Fred Huettig
Recent advances in solid-state, field portable, fast framing video camera systems and PC based frame capture hardware now allow blast imaging up to 1000 frames per second. Up to 8 seconds of data can
Jan 1, 1998
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Effect of Explosive Type on Particle Velocity Criteria in Ground Vibration
By SMF Hossaini
With the aim of a clearer understanding of the applicability of existing empirical equations for blast induced ground vibration, an investigation has been conducted on three mostly applied forms of su
Jan 1, 2004
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Haul Road Design Criteria
By Laurance A. Beck
Safety is the most important aspect of haul road design. Although other aspects of road installation enter decisions on design, the safety of persons using the road has to be foremost for the duration
Jan 1, 1995