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US 11,797,726 B2Granted
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.
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A method for generating a blast plan, the method comprising:
- receiving geological properties of a blast site from one or more sources;
- identifying rock classifications that correlate with the geological properties of the blast site;
- generating a model of the blast site;
- determining a pattern of blastholes based on the rock classifications of the blast site;
- and
- determining an explosive for each of the blastholes based on the geological properties.
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A method for generating a blast plan, the method comprising:
- receiving geological properties of a blast site from one or more sources;
- segmenting the blast site based on the geological properties;
- generating a model of the blast site;
- determining a pattern of blastholes based on a rock classification of the blast site;
- and
- determining an explosive for each of the blastholes based on the segmenting of the blast site.
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