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US 12,761,007 B2Granted
Systems and methods for wireless electronic blasting
AssigneeOrica International Pte Ltd
InventorAdam Riboldi
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods/processes for wireless electronic blasting (WEB), in particular for commercial/civil blasting operations that use wireless blasting-related devices that are deployable or deployed within portions of a physical medium (e.g., a rock formation) intended to be blasted as part of a commercial/civil blasting operation.
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A system for wireless electronic blasting, comprising:
- a deployment device configured to secure a wireless device while the wireless device is being deployed into or in a borehole;
- a deploy control system in operative communication with the deployment device, the deploy control system configured to control (i) an extension control mechanism to guide the deployment device into or in the borehole, and (ii) the deployment device to release the wireless device at or to a predefined operational location in the borehole, the predefined operational location being located at a selected depth from an end of the borehole at which the wireless device is deployable;
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- a dispense control system configured to control a dispense system that automatically dispenses one or more bulk explosive materials into the borehole coordinated with the deployment of the wireless device at the predefined operational location.
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A method for wireless electronic blasting, comprising:
- securing a wireless device in or to a deployment device while the deployment device is being moved in or into a borehole;
- controlling an extension control mechanism to guide the deployment device with the wireless device in or into the borehole;
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- controlling the deployment device and a dispense system in a coordinated manner so as to, respectively, release the wireless device to a predefined operational location in the borehole and automatically dispense bulk explosive materials into the borehole, and wherein the predefined operational location being located at a selected depth from an end of the borehole at which the wireless device is deployable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.