Suppliers of drill & blast products & consumables including stemming plugs, blast hole liners, blast area danger tapes, automatic blast area flashing beacons (solar charged), geological & survey measuring equipment, detonator cord cutting & stripping shears, and hole saving cones for blast hole collar protection.
Blast energy can be divided into two components: 1. Applied energy: shock & heave energy used in material breakage; 2. Lost energy: manifests itself as air over-pressure, ground vibration & excess fines (over-blasted material). Stemming is inert material used to confine energy in the blast hole at the top of the explosive charge. Insufficient or inefficient stemming allows the blast energy to prematurely vent at the collar, reducing the energy applied to breaking & moving the rock mass. Stemming ejection is a common cause of lost energy in the blast, especially when drill cuttings are used. The Vari-Stem plug is patented & proven technology deployed globally in mining & quarrying applications to maximise applied energy. Vari-Stem reduces processing costs by achieving tangible increases in fragmentation in the stemming area. Independent studies show the Vari-Stem plug can increase blast patterns with the same fragmentation for major savings in drilling and explosive costs, proving that Vari-Stem plug is a cost-efficient means of reducing costs in blasting and processing.
Solar charged LED safety beacon useful in designating a hazard or an area requiring authorised access.
DANGER BLAST AREA barricade tape distributed by Oresome Products Pty Ltd is a low cost, highly visible way of indicating & reminding workers that the blast area requires authorised access.
The first step in any process improvement is measurement - you can not manage what you do not measure. Blasting improvement starts with better measurement & data capture. Keson tapes and surveyor ropes are now clear coated for easier cleaning & reading, and long service life.
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