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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Horst Wolfgang Friedrich Von Lengeling, Pretoria, ZA;
Ewan James Sellers, Sandton, ZA;
Mauritz Kotze, Kempton Park, ZA;
Peter Robert Wight, Kempton Park, ZA;
Horst Wolfgang Friedrich Von Lengeling, Pretoria, ZA;
Ewan James Sellers, Sandton, ZA;
Mauritz Kotze, Kempton Park, ZA;
Peter Robert Wight, Kempton Park, ZA;
AEL Mining Services Limited, Woodmead, ZA;
Abstract
A system () for loading a flowable explosive into blast holes includes a mobile explosives supply unit () having at least one explosives feed line for feeding a flowable explosive from the supply unit () into a blast hole, a global positioning system (GPS) unit () operable to determine the position of a blast hole, and a blast hole identification processor () in communication with the GPS unit () operable to receive from the GPS unit () a blast hole co-ordinate position. The processor () is configured or programmed uniquely to identify the blast hole based on the co-ordinate position of the blast hole.