Statement of the Problem: The Need for Energy Efficiency Assessment in Blasting In today’s mining and quarrying operations, energy efficiency remains one of the most pressing challenges. Blasting, being the first step in the comminution process, consumes a significant portion of total energy in mineral production. Yet, the true measure of blasting efficiency is not […]
WipJoint is Back and Better Than Ever! We’re excited to announce the newest update to WipFrag 4 – bringing back and modernizing one of our most powerful features: WipJoint. WipJoint was originally part of WipFrag 2.7, but never reached the full functionality we wanted for it due to limitations with what software and camera hardware […]
What Edge Detection Parameters (EDP) should I use? When using WipFrag to analyze muck piles, you can use the following guidelines: Fines = Sliders to the right Medium = Sliders in the middle Large = Sliders to the left Generally, you want to have accurate nets on the small- to medium-sized particles. Once you find […]
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What happens to your blast fragmentation when you have excessive inter-row distance (burden)? Introduction – Excessive Burden According to Prasad et al. (2017), rock fragmentation size is a very important parameter for an economical point of view in any surface mining. Excessive inter-row distance, often referred to as an increased burden in blasting operations, can […]
Excessive burden in blasting refers to having too much rock mass in front of the blast holes. This is relative to the designed blast parameters. The burden is the distance between a blast hole and the free face. If this distance is too large, it can significantly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of the blasting […]
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