May 20, 2025

US12305969 - Blast design

A process for improved blast design including the steps of: acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive. Also, a method of extracting valuable resources from an area using the process and a visualisation tool for blasting operations that displays data from the process.

Assignee: Orica International Pte Ltd
Inventors: Angelo Labriola, III, Stuart Hawke, Mateus Rocha
Filing date: 2021-06-29

The patent describes a process for improved blast design that involves acquiring geological data, mapping blastability labels, and designing a pattern of blast holes with tailored explosives for each hole. Additionally, it includes a method for resource extraction and a visualization tool for blasting operations that enhances data display.

Claim 1

A process for improved blast design including the steps of: acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive placement for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive, further including smoothing the mapping of labels to simplify the grouping of blastability labels within blast holes and between blast holes. acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive placement for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive, further including smoothing the mapping of labels to simplify the grouping of blastability labels within blast holes and between blast holes.

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