Search Documents
Search Again
Search Again
Refine Search
Refine Search
- Relevance
- Most Recent
- Alphabetically
Sort by
- Relevance
- Most Recent
- Alphabetically
-
Journal: Recent Projects / Toledo Edison Steam Plant Twin Stacks
The quiet banks of the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio, received a wake-up call July 16 as two smokestacks in the Marina District were leveled with dynamite. B&B Wrecking, Inc. of Cleveland contracted th
Jan 1, 2015
-
Considerations in Blasting Influence on Grindability
By Panagiotis (Takis) Katsabanis, Lyall Workman, Jack Eloranta
The reduction of metallic ores to concentrate consumes a great deal of electrical energy. In the past two decades, a number of case studies have demonstrated a beneficial relationship between powder f
Jan 1, 2015
-
A High=Preformance Vibration Monitoring and Data Distribution System for Large-Scale Urban Development Projects
By Robert Lee, Pertti Paavola
Automated vibration monitoring and web-based data distribution has proven itself on the largest single construction project ever undertaken in Finland. The excavation for the Kamppi Center Project in
Jan 1, 2004
-
The Specifications said No Blasting
By Timothy Fogarty, Gregory Poole, Roger Reeder, David Switz
This project involved the construction of a new pump station and intake structure at an existing water treatment facility. Although the project involved a significant amount of rock removal, the speci
Jan 1, 2012
-
Fragmentation Mill Throughput Improvement Through a Dual-Salt Sodium Nitrate Emulsion Product
By Khushaal Popli, Vanessa Roeland, Brian Hall, Carl Diederichs
Highland Valley Copper (HVC) has embraced an integrated Mine to Mill approach to comminution since the late 1990s. Previous blasting optimization was carried out through adjustments to blast pattern g
Feb 6, 2023
-
Underwater Blast Pressures From A Confinded Rock Removal During The Miami Harbor Deepening Project
By Terri Jordan, Gregory Hempen, Thomas Keevin
Water-borne blast pressures from confined blasts were recorded as part of a submerged blasting program in Florida for channel deepening. The blasting was confined within the rock floor by stemming. Sh
Jan 1, 2007
-
Structure Responses to a Confined Opening Cut Blast, Sumterville, FL
By Jeff Senules, Oana Meins, Catherine Aimone-Martin, Scott Lanker, Brent Meins
Global wall strains from 4 to 77 micro-strains were measured at three structures adjacent to a highly-confined Florida quarry blast when PPV amplitudes ranged up to 6.05 in/s. Increasing the peak zero
Feb 1, 2020
-
Blasting Topologies for Electronic Initiation Systems
By D. Lansburg
Electronic detonators are increasingly being used in today’s blasting in quarries, seismic, surface and underground mines. Electronic detonators offer several distinctive features over electric and no
Jan 1, 2011
-
Customer Site Safety at Orica
By Frank Barker
Mining operations present a very different environment to the suppliers of explosives, initiating systems and services, both on surface and underground. Typical hazards include underground movement, a
Jan 1, 2000
-
Efficient and Safe Pre-Split Blasting Through Mechanized Explosive Loading System
By Jorge Cárdenas, Gustavo Huerta, Regina Rocha Oriundo, Miguel Angel Humpire, Johan Salas Flores
Currently a critical activity for slopes stability and safety in mining is pre-split blasting to reduce damage from trim blast. Most common explosive used are based on packaged explosives, with 1 ½ in
Feb 6, 2023
-
Blasters' Survival
By John C. Brulia
The IME member companies, the ISEE along with its chapter organizations, the Federal, state and municipal regulatory agencies, and the industry consultants and suppliers have developed safety equipmen
Jan 1, 1994
-
An Experimental Method of Determining Explosive Equivalency When Scaled Distance Approaches Zero
By R. Hazael, R. Alford, R. Critchley
The ability to compare explosives is fundamental. Numerous methods are used and while simple conversion factors are often used, the use of TNT Equivalency (TNTe) is not a simple subject as explosives
Jan 1, 2024
-
Blasting for Rescue Applications
By John Norman
This paper will cover blasting techniques that are applicable to underground and other rescue that involves removing obstacles and breaking rock in close proximity to rescuers and subjects.
Feb 1, 2020
-
Blast Desification Techniques (An Operator's Guide)
By Patrick D. McLaughlin, C Fordham
"The project outlined in the accompanying paper was to densify beach sands on the pond side ofa tailings dyke to the strength required for future dyke construction, This was to be achievedthrough the
Jan 1, 1992
-
How the USDA Uses Explosives to Remove Beaver Dams in Unique Locations
By Bruce R. Leland, Steven H. Smith, John D. Paulson
The USDA - Wildlife Services has been removing beaver dams with explosives for over 30 years. This paper will discuss the history of the explosives program, summarize how we've evolved, and highlight
Feb 1, 2020
-
Drill Monitoring & Navigation Systmes at BHP Billiton's Navajo Mine
By John Vynne
BHP’s Navajo coal mine installed drill monitoring and high precision navigation systems on their three overburden drills during 2002 and 2003. Details of the DrillNav system hardware and reporting sys
Jan 1, 2007
-
Blasting, Material Flow & Ore Dilution in Sublevel Cave Mining; State-of-the-Art Review
By Ayman Tawadrous
Cave mining offers a flexible technique to exploit large, low grade, deep ore bodies with low operating costs. It is typically done in either a top down approach; i.e. sublevel caving, or in a bottom
Jan 1, 2015
-
Economic and safety benefits of StratablastTM for steeply dipping coal seams - a case study
By Tapan Goswami, Brent Geoff
Mining multiple steeply sloping coal seams introduces challenges in terms of safety and productivity. Work on steeply sloping surfaces for the processes of bench preparation, mark-out, drilling, loadi
Jan 1, 2010
-
Blasting Effects of a Non-Pressure Liquid Tank Task 662
By David S. Shatzer, Michael R. Purcell
Current world events have demonstrated the use of commercial vehicles, other unconventional modes of transportation and unusual materials as explosives or incendiary weapons, affecting commerce, disru
Jan 1, 2004
-
Valdez, Alaska Glacier Point Quarry – One Shot / One Chance for Success
By Billy Rosseau, Mike Cammack, Richard O’Meara, Gustavo Azpilcueta
During the summer of 2014, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) sought proposals to vastly improve and expand the small boat harbor in Valdez, Alaska. It would be a multi-year project, and constru
Jan 1, 2017