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Mine Blast Design
Begin with a blast pattern design that incorporates geology properties from the block model.
Charge and blast design based on proven engineering principles
Solid blast design prevents high-wall stability issues, uneven blasting, poor fragmentation and wasteful energy costs.
Reconcile planned versus actual with integrated blast design
Hexagon streamlines drill and blast with tools for blast design, safety exclusion zones and charge information.
Small errors at any stage of the complex drill and blast process can compound to create costly consequences later. Hexagon software can help address this challenge by accounting for geology and geometry in the blast design stage.
Overview
Like many catchy mining phrases, “Drill to Mill,” “Pit to Plant,” and “Mine to Mill” are deceptively simple descriptions for complex, multi-layered processes.
In the mining cycle, drill and blast (D&B) is arguably the first and most important step to get right. Hexagon’s holistic approach to D&B incorporates solutions to improve yield, fragmentation and dilution.
The approach, incorporating technology ranging from blast design and high-precision drilling to post-blast analysis and optimization, empowers mines to take back the purchasing power on their bulk commodity explosives.
A well-designed blast pattern and the effective execution of the blast plan using high-precision drills are key. Hexagon blast design software incorporates charge and blast design templates that are based on engineering methods proven in mines worldwide.
This can help avoid high-wall stability problems, uneven blasting, poor fragmentation, unnecessarily high energy costs and dangerous working conditions.
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