Systems for automated blast design planning and methods related thereto
AssigneeDyno Nobel Inc.
InventorsScott Giltner, Rufus E. Flinchum, Jeffrey Averett, Joseph Nawrocki, Jr.
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Abstract
A system, method, or apparatus for generating a blast plan that can receive blast data comprising geological properties of a blast site, blasthole parameters, and available explosive product. A pattern footage can be determined based on a relationship between the face height, the specific energy of the available explosive product, and the geological properties of the bench. The burden and spacing can be determined from the pattern footage.
Claims23
A method for generating a blast plan, the method comprising:
- receiving blast data comprising geometric and geological properties of a bench of a blast site to be blasted and a diameter and explosive properties of an available explosive product, wherein the geometric properties of the bench include a face height of the bench;
- determining a pattern footage capable of being properly fragmented by the available explosive product in a blasthole located in the bench, wherein determining the pattern footage comprises determining a relationship between the face height, the specific energy of the available explosive product, and the geological properties of the bench;
- determining a burden and a spacing from the pattern footage;
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- generating a blast plan using the burden and the spacing.
A method for generating a blast plan, the method comprising:
- receiving blast data comprising blast site dimensions, blast site geology, and available explosive product types;
- generating a dataset comprising a plurality of permutations of the received blast data;
- simulating a blast for each of the plurality of permutations to determine a plurality of simulated results;
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- generating a blast plan based on a top scoring simulated result, wherein the blast plan identifies location of blastholes to be drilled and type and quantity of explosive to be used.
A method for generating a blast plan, the method comprising:
- receiving blast data comprising blast site dimensions, blast site geology, and available explosive types;
- generating a dataset comprising a plurality of permutations of the received blast data;
- determining a plurality of spacing and burden configurations for each of the plurality of permutations based on an explosive type for each of the plurality of permutations and the blast site geology;
- simulating a blast for each of the plurality of permutations and determining which of the plurality of spacing and burden configurations for each of the plurality of permutations meets a target blast criteria with an absolute remainder that is smaller than any other absolute remainders associated with other spacing and burden configurations;
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- generating a blast plan based on simulated results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.