Electronic Initiation
Dyno Nobel offers the industry's most advanced electronic initiation systems.
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50% Blasting Cycle Efficiency Improvement
Electronic detonation has transformed production efficiency at Newcrest’s underground Cracow Mine in central Queensland.
Black Star Powers Ahead in Safety and Efficiency using Electronic Initiation
In March 2010, Black Star Mine decided to move from NONEL® pyrotechnic initiation systems to SmartShot® electronic detonators. This change eliminated unknown misfires and associated safety risks, improved the drill and blast processes, and provided complete visibility throughout the blasting cycle.
Black Star Powers Ahead in Safety and Efficiency Using Electronic Initiation
In March 2010 Black Star Mine decided to move from NONEL® pyrotechnic initiation systems to SmartShot® electronic detonators. This change eliminated unknown misfires and associated safety risks. It also improved the drill and blast processes and provided complete visibility throughout the blasting cycle, which is now vital to any competitive mining operation.
DynoConsult Assists in Permit Change
DigiShot Electronic detonators, signature hole analysis provides means to achieve goal of zero increased impact to community regardless of shot size.
Electronic Detonator Initiation System Assists with Improving Stope Productivity
Larger stopes fired with the SmartShot initiation system helps to improve productivity and reduce mine operating costs per ounce.
Electronic Detonator Precision and SHA Provide New Alternatives for Pipeline Construction
Inconsistent breakage & complaints from vibration off the blast events motivate two Indiana limestone quarry customers to convert from detonating cord and slider cast boosters to DigiShot® electronics and Spartan® cast boosters.
Electronic Detonator Precision Signature Hole Analysis Provide New Alternatives for Pipeline Construction
Electronic Detonator Precision Signature Hole Analysis Provide New Alternatives for Pipeline Construction
Electronic Detonator Technology Induces Breakthrough in Cave Propagation
Dyno Nobel, together with Harmony and 360 Drilling, developed an innovative drill and blast solution to promote cave propagation and improve safety. Taking into consideration the mine’s unique features, Dyno Nobel’s expertise showed how a smart design with HotShot® electronic detonators would allow the span to be increased.
Electronic Detonators Allow Quarry to Increase Production While Keeping the Neighbors Happy
By using Signature Hole Analysis modeling to develop alternative timing sequences, Dyno Nobel was able to increase the blast hole diameter allowing for pattern expansion and an increase in blast rock per hole. Pattern expansion resulted in lower drilling costs, and timing sequences kept vibration levels low, while enabling the quarry to increase production per blast event while ensuring minimal off-site ground vibration to satisfy the local market demand for stone.
Electronic Detonators Exceed Conventional NONEL Limitations in Stopes
This mine needed an initiation system that would not restrict them from blasting a much larger stope than what they typically do, with a single hole initiation.
Electronic Initiation and Waveform Analysis Improve Off-Site Blasting Effects
Electronic initiation systems provide accurate delay timing for today’s demanding blasting applications. Electronics also provide the explosive engineer with the ability to program precise delay times to further improve blast performance including reduced peak particle velocity (PPV) and increased frequencies (Hz) which minimizes ground vibration.
Electronic Initiation Sparks a Surge in Safety and Efficiency at George Fisher Mine
The safety benefits realized by this mine included reduced exposure of personnel to vertical edges, less overbreak and improved post-blast ground conditions. The main production benefits were a more flexible stope design process, larger blasts resulting in more conventional dirt for the mucking units, fewer re-drills and quicker stope cycle times.
Electronic Wins Blast-Off
Dyno Nobel’s trial at Sunrise Dam set out to measure the practical superiority of the HotShot® electronic detonator system over the existing NONEL® shocktube system. AngloGold Ashanti’s Engineering and Geology Department selected sites of consistent geology. The blast results were recorded using video footage, vibration monitoring throughout the mine, spot heights of muck-pile swell to provide heave profile graphs and PITRAM data.
Electronics Boosts Performance Cuts Costs at the Savannah Project
The engineering team at Panoramic Resources found that with proper shot design, greatly improved fragmentation, with correspondingly less over-break, is achievable in addition to minimising damaging ground vibration.
Improved Digability, Reduced Vibration in Truck Shovel Operation
Reduced vibration allows mine to disregard scaled distance limitations.
Improved Fragmentation Results in Higher Productivity
Dyno Nobel develops new explosive and delivery system to blast long vertical up-holes for customer.
Improvement in Off-Site Blasting Effects
Electronic initiation systems provide accurate delay timing for today’s demanding blasting applications. Electronics also provide the explosive engineer with the ability to program precise delay times to further improve blast performance including reduced peak particle velocity (PPV) and increased frequencies (Hz) which minimizes ground vibration.
Real Savings Delivered through Development Optimisation
With overbreak in development mining running at approximately 18% at this underground mine, improvements were required to increase the efficiency of the development cycle and reduce costs.
Reduced Misfires and Costs in the Cadia Hill Open Pit
Absolute control over initiation timing allowed Cadia to expand patterns and reduce powder factors by 17% without impacting mill throughput. Through clever blast design and system flexibility, Cadia was able to optimise burden relief, allowing for the best combination of blast movement, fragmentation and dig-ability.
SmartShot and DynoConsult Expertise Delivers Record Mass Blast
SmartShot Initiation System and DynoConsult expertise delivers record mass blast for mine to transition from an open pit operation to an underground sub level cave.
SmartShot Assists with Improving Stope Productivity at Sunrise Dam
Dyno Nobel was able to provide this mine with a solution that involved the implementation of our SmartShot® electronic initiation system. Paired with our bulk emulsion TITAN® 7000, the mine had a blasting solution to help improve productivity and reduce operating costs as well as reduce the risk of misfires and provide a flexible initiation sequence with millisecond precision.
Tight Timetable to Clear Area for Primary Crusher
Tools and technology used at this mine to ensure a successful blast with minimal vibration.
Use of Electronic Detonators to Reduce Boulders and Fines
In-depth analysis of quarry operations and introduction of electronic detonators.