Monitoring system and method
AssigneeOrica International Pte Ltd
InventorsRodney APPLEBY, Kieren RASMUSSEN, John ARKWRIGHT
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system, including for automatically detecting, monitoring and/or controlling loading of explosive material in a borehole during commercial blasting operations, including: a sensor component with a sensor element including at least one sensor configured to automatically determine a depth of the sensor element in fluid explosive material in a borehole; and a depth component configured to automatically determine a relative depth of the sensor element in the borehole relative to a fluid outlet while the fluid outlet is loading the fluid explosive material in the borehole.
Claims22
A system including:
- a sensor component with a sensor element including at least one sensor configured to automatically determine a depth (“sensor element depth”) of the sensor element in fluid explosive material in a borehole;
- and
- a depth component configured to automatically determine a relative depth of the sensor element in the borehole relative to a fluid outlet while the fluid outlet is loading the fluid explosive material in the borehole.
A method including:
- a. determining a depth (“sensor element depth”) of a sensor element in a fluid explosive material in a borehole;
- and
- b. automatically determining a relative depth of the sensor element in the borehole relative to a fluid outlet while the fluid outlet 106 is loading the fluid explosive material in the borehole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.