Wireless detonator assemblies (51-59) in use, form a cross-communicating network of
wireless “
detonator assemblies, such that communication of each
wireless detonator assembly (57-59) with an associated
blasting machine (50) can occur either directly, or via
relay of signals (61-69) between other
wireless detonator assemblies (51-56) in the network.
Wireless detonator assemblies (51-59) can disseminate information (such as status information, identity information, firing codes,
delay times and environmental conditions) among all of the wireless detonator assemblies in the network, while compensating for
signal transmission
relay delays at nodes in the network, thereby enabling the wireless detonator assemblies to detonate the explosive charges in accordance with the
delay times. Various wireless detonator assemblies and corresponding blasting apparatus are disclosed and claimed. Methods of blasting using the wireless detonator assemblies and blasting apparatus are also disclosed and claimed.