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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Applicants:
Geoffrey Frederick Brent, Valentine, AU;
Michael John Noy, Warners Bay, AU;
Dane Peter Blair, Lakelands, AU;
Inventors:
Geoffrey Frederick Brent, Valentine, AU;
Michael John Noy, Warners Bay, AU;
Dane Peter Blair, Lakelands, AU;
Assignee:
Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd., Victoria, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42D 1/06 (2006.01); F42D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of blasting in which rock pile profile associated with a blast field is controlled by precise control of the detonation delay times between and/or within individual blastholes in the blast field, in combination with the control of one or more other blast parameters. One or more of the blast parameters may by blasthole geometry, explosive charge or blast initiation location.