Apr 14, 2026

US12602519 - Systems for automated blast design planning and methods related thereto

A system, method, or apparatus for generating a blast plan that can receive blast data comprising geological properties of a blast site, blasthole parameters, and available explosive product. A pattern footage can be determined based on a relationship between the face height, the specific energy of the available explosive product, and the geological properties of the bench. The burden and spacing can be determined from the pattern footage.

Assignee: Dyno Nobel Inc.
Inventors: Scott Giltner, Rufus E. Flinchum, Jeffrey Averett, Joseph Nawrocki, Jr.
Filing date: 2023-10-04

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The patent describes a system and method for creating a blast plan that utilizes geological data and explosive parameters to optimize the arrangement of blastholes. It includes a processing unit that analyzes location data to generate a model of the blast site and formulate an effective blast plan based on the determined geological properties.

Claim 1

1 . A system for generating a blast plan, the system comprising: a memory device to store location data for a blast site acquired from one or more sources; a processing unit to: determine geological properties for the blast site from the location data; generate profiles of portions of the blast site with the geological properties; generate a model of the blast site; generate a blast plan for the model based on the geological properties and the profiles, the blast plan comprising an arrangement of blastholes, and explosives to be used for each of the blastholes. a memory device to store location data for a blast site acquired from one or more sources; a processing unit to: determine geological properties for the blast site from the location data; generate profiles of portions of the blast site with the geological properties; generate a model of the blast site; generate a blast plan for the model based on the geological properties and the profiles, the blast plan comprising an arrangement of blastholes, and explosives to be used for each of the blastholes. determine geological properties for the blast site from the location data; generate profiles of portions of the blast site with the geological properties; generate a model of the blast site; generate a blast plan for the model based on the geological properties and the profiles, the blast plan comprising an arrangement of blastholes, and explosives to be used for each of the blastholes.

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