Supply LinesBlasting and the Bottom Line
Dyno Nobel
MOCAP, Inc.
Vibronics, Inc. Vibronics, Inc. offers site-specific blasting assessments designed to reduce vibration and air blast or to increase blasting efficiency. The company specializes in vibration monitoring and seismographic analysis, with options ranging from pre-blast inspections to damage surveys. Vibronics is authorized to sell blasting-related software for numerous companies, but also offers custom programs to its clients. Orica With Orica’s state-of-the-art Global Positioning Systems (GPS) enabled delivery fleet, aggregate producers can track exactly where their explosives are. The company can provide immediate status and accurate location of its delivery trucks to ensure reliable and secure delivery to the operation. Security features include built-in panic buttons, automatic shut-off, and anti-tamper/anti-theft measures. Precision Blasting Services Precision Blasting Services has announced the Third Edition of Rock Blasting and Overbreak Control, the book formerly published by the Federal Highway Administration. Updated by Dr. Calvin Konya, the new edition provides current technology on blasting, new blast design methods, and new revised blasting specifications for surface blast deign projects. The new volume sells for $75, including shipping and handling. Austin Powder Co.
Davey Bickford
Instantel InstaLink, Instantel’s newest vibration monitoring solution uses the Internet to automate the process of transferring vibration data directly from an Instantel vibration monitor to a secure, password-protected Web site for viewing by approved personnel. The new system uses the company’s Auto Call Home automated call-in feature to allow monitors to send data through a variety of modems to a PC; InstaLink then forwards the data to the secure InstaLink database. The company designed the new system for projects with time-sensitive reporting requirements and for sites that have many monitoring points.
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The Titan XL 1000, from
The Vari-Stem Plug product line, from
MOCAP, Inc., is available in 11 sizes to fit drill holes
ranging from 1-7/8-inch to 7 inches. Some smaller and larger
prototype sizes are also available. The plugs, used in both
horizontal and vertical holes, help improve rock
fragmentation, overall productivity, and cap rock breakage.
According to the company, they help reduce flyrock, air
blast, noise, vibration, and downstream costs. No special
tools are required to insert the plugs.
Austin Powder Co. manufacturers a full
line of cast boosters for the aggregate, construction, and
mining industries, ranging from a 6-gram nugget to the
5-pound Grey Cap Cast Booster. Austin cast boosters are
high-density molecular explosives designed to produce high
detonation pressures for optimum initiation of blasting
agents. Austin cast boosters detonate in excess of 24,000
feet (7,385 mps) and generate more than 200-kilo bars of
pressure to ensure optimum steady-state velocity of blasting
agents.
Daveytronic-2D (DT2D), from Davey
Bickford, USA, Inc., allows a blast engineer to design a
firing plan on a computer. The software automatically
imports borehole locations or enables the technician to
manually design the blast pattern and then configure a
firing sequence. Once the sequence is designed, the software
allows the technician to simulate blast progression,
ensuring optimum blast performance before transferring the
plan to the blasting machine. A unique import file converter
module ensures the new software is compatible with most
blasting software and mining AutoCAD programs. The new DT2D
software is said to significantly increase blast programming
efficiency for both underground and surface mining
applications and to shorten programming time in the field.
