When using explosives for rock breaking, rock removal and rock excavations, blasting mats are required to control flying debris from a blast using explosive products. These blasting mats are usually constructed of recycled rubber tires and woven steel with gaps to allow for the gases to vent. In all residential blasting, urban blasting and close-proximity…
Stemming is inert material used to confine energy inside the drill hole. Pea gravel is a common stemming material used for high explosive products for rock breaking. Stemming material used for Nxburst rock breaking cartridges is a finer crush consistency to lock in the gases, which will improve fragmentation for your rock breaking and concrete…
Forty-gram Nxburst rock breaking cartridges are consistently used for oversized boulders and concrete demolition projects in civil construction and residential excavations. Forty-gram Nxburst rock breaking cartridges are available in 28mm and 34mm fit for a 1.25” and 1.5” diameter hole size. These hole sizes are most common for rock drilling by hand (often referred to…
In any industry public relations can go a long way to helping you and in equal measure making your life difficult. No industry starts off on such a bad foot before anything is ever done more than blasting. As the consequences of a bad blast can be catastrophic and even lethal, the public are very quick to…
Nxburst was used to blast rock in Australia 1 meter from pipeline. Using 50060 charge weights for 2.5″ hole size, Nxburst proved to be a viable and safe option in this blasting operation. Video provided by XCEL Drilling and Blasting. Close-proximity blasting is achievable using the low-explosive in Nxburst. The non-detonating technology minimizes and reduces…
Reef drive development in a chrome mine using Nxburst/Nonex Rock Breaking Cartridges. Sequential timing using the Maxclip 5 way clips. 4000ms down-the-hole, 200ms surface delay. Burden and Spacing of 500mm, 1.3m effective drill depth, 1.3m advance. No shockwave or arblast overpressure, Peak Particle Velocity (PPV) of 1.88mm/s measured at 15m. Fly rock less than 10m…
Nxburst is not only used on all rock types.. it is also commonly used in concrete demolition, large or small projects. In this example, Nxburst was used in a tower demolition to a controlled fashion to reduce environmental effects related to commercial explosives. Using 12028 Nxburst Rock Breaking Cartridges, the tower was blasted and broken…
Nxburst is authorized in over 50 countries for sensitive demolition and blasting techniques for rock and concrete breaking. Rock Breaking Solutions is an Australian drilling & blasting contractor that used Nxburst to provide controlled blasting techniques for sensitive rock breaking applications for construction and quarrying. Rock Breaking Solutions was asked to assist a client when…
On May 23, 2019 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the annual Mining for Miracles Pie Throw fundraising event took place in support of BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Pie Throw is exactly how it sounds, participants toss pies in the faces of mining industry leaders in support of BC’s sick and injured children. This year’s event…
GeoBreak attended the Western Canada Chapter of the ISEE’s 27th Conference & Annual General Meeting on April 4th – April 7th.The conference is filled with Blasting Training, a tradeshow with a variety of exhibits, golf tournament, detonating cord plant tour at Orica’s site in Tappen, clay shoot, banquet, and casino night & fundraiser. The conference…