Reconfigurable explosives materials transport and delivery system

A method for supplying at least a first explosives material comprising:

• installing a first removable cover over a first outlet at a lower end of a compartment using an operation tool inserted through a port at an upper end of the compartment without requiring any personnel to fully or partially enter into the compartment, wherein the installing optionally includes applying a locking torque to the first removable cover using the operation tool;
• loading the first explosives material into the compartment by the port;
• storing the first explosives material in the compartment;
• and
• feeding the first explosives material from the compartment to a first explosives material delivery mechanism by a second outlet at the lower end of the compartment.

An apparatus including a supply system that is adapted for supplying at least a first explosives material, the supply system comprising:

• at least a first explosives material delivery mechanism;
• a bin having an upper end, a lower end, and an interior volume that provides at least a first compartment for storing the first explosives material, the first compartment having a corresponding lower end;
• at least a first outlet provided at the lower end of the first compartment for feeding the first explosives material from the first compartment to the first explosives material delivery mechanism;
• at least a first removable cover for a second outlet at the lower end of the compartment, the first removable cover is installable on and removable from the second outlet, wherein the second outlet comprises a corresponding rim structure against which predetermined peripheral portions of an underside of the first removable cover rest when the first removable cover is seated over the second outlet;
• a port provided at the upper end of the bin by which the first explosives material is loadable into the first compartment;
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• an operation tool that is adapted to allow installation and removal of the first removable cover by insertion of the operation tool through the port without requiring any personnel to fully or partially enter into the bin.

An apparatus including a supply system that is adapted for supplying at least a first explosives material, the supply system comprising:

• at least a first explosives material delivery mechanism;
• a bin having an upper end, a lower end, and an interior volume that provides at least a first compartment for storing the first explosives material, the first compartment having a corresponding lower end;
• at least a first outlet provided at the lower end of the first compartment for feeding the first explosives material from the first compartment to the first explosives material delivery mechanism;
• at least a first removable cover for a second outlet at the lower end of the compartment, the first removable cover is installable on and removable from the second outlet;
• a port provided at the upper end of the bin by which the first explosives material is loadable into the first compartment;
• an operation tool that is adapted to allow installation and removal of the first removable cover by insertion of the operation tool through the port without requiring any personnel to fully or partially enter into the bin;
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• at least one shedder for placing over the first removable cover to facilitate or ensure flow of the first explosives material to other outlets that are uncovered, wherein the shedder includes a shedder engagement interface that allows the shedder to be positioned and removed using the operation tool by insertion through the port without requiring any personnel to fully or partially enter into the bin, wherein the shedder engagement interface optionally includes or is a projection that extends from an upper surface of the shedder.