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F.Hammelmann
Technical Service – Field Support, Orica Germany GmbH
P.Reinders
R &D Electronic Blasting Systems, Orica Germany GmbH
ABSTRACT: Since blasting was introduced in mining as part of the production process, blasting technology
and blast management have been interconnected. Over the past decades Orica Explosives has gained experi-
ence with electronic blasting systems in mining, quarrying and construction. In the beginning the primary fo-
cus of electronic blasting was to increase the timing accuracy. Over time the technology gradually developed
and opened up new possibilities such as flexibility in blast design and full function verification. Furthermore,
modern electronic blasting systems are designed to allow easy two-way transfer of information between the
office based blast management software suite and field equipment. Blast management systems comprise a
suite of expert systems for planning, documentation, analysis, measurement and prediction of blasts. The blast
design software SHOTPlus®-i is an integral part of Orica´s blast management suite, which allows to transfer
blast design information to the hardware of the electronic blasting system. This paper briefly describes the
history of blast management. In the following a modern blast management suite is presented, which provides
a link between the electronic blasting system and the blast design software. Finally an outlook gives an im-
pression of tomorrows integrated blast management systems.
1 BLAST MANAGEMENT IN CHANGE OF planning and engineering have been important form
TIME the very beginning of civil blasting. Blasting tech-
nology as part of the production process and the
In the 12th century the use and manufacture of black evaluation of blast performance has therefore been a
powder was developed in China. But it took more key interest of mine operators to improve cost effi-
then 200 years, before black powder was introduced ciency of the operations.
in blasting for civil purposes in Europe by Bertold The first blast management tools were developed
Schwartz. to evaluate the basic geometric parameters of
The first civil blast in an underground ore opera- benches or stopes before and after blasting.
tion - documented by Casper Weindel - took place in Drilling and blasting parameters were controlled
the German “Harz” mountains in 1627 (Petzold et al. by the use of “plumb and scale”, a method which is
2000a). still commonly found in surface production blasts
nowadays. The capability to measure geometric pa-
rameters was the basis for an improved engineering
and blast management. The first measuring tech-
nologies made use of gravity, position of sun and
stars and the magnetic field of the earth.
The next generation of optical tools was devel- Electronic blast design
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