Blasting Management Application for Blast Hole Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional blast systems face challenges with human error, discrepancies between blast design and actual results, and the inability to reflect actual blast outcomes in prediction data, leading to ineffective blast operations.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method for operating a blasting management application that generates and provides blast hole checking information, apparent specific gravity information, and stemming checking information through a worker terminal, enabling optimal blast design and reducing human error.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional blast systems are operated manually or with human-manipulated machines, then the system is simple to operate, but human errors occur leading to unsatisfactory blast results
Solution Approach 1:
The blast system performs self-checking of blast hole parameters (depth, diameter, volume) automatically without human intervention. The system independently verifies drilling results against design specifications and generates alerts for discrepancies, eliminating reliance on manual checking while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors blast hole parameters during drilling and charging operations, comparing actual measurements with design values. When deviations are detected, the system provides immediate feedback to operators through alerts and notifications, enabling real-time corrections to prevent errors from propagating through the blast operation.
2Measurement precision
If blast design predictions are made assuming accurate work execution, then the prediction model is simple, but actual blast results differ significantly from predictions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of blast hole parameters (depth, diameter, volume) before charging operations begin. By checking and confirming that drilled holes match design specifications in advance, the system ensures that subsequent blast predictions based on design parameters accurately reflect actual conditions, eliminating the gap between predicted and actual results.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual measurement and verification methods with automated sensing and measurement technologies. Sensors and measurement devices automatically capture blast hole parameters, eliminating human error in measurement while providing precise data for both prediction models and actual result analysis, thereby improving measurement precision without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Manufacturing precision
If comprehensive blast hole checking is performed to identify changes over time, then blast design accuracy improves, but the time required for checking increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs continuous monitoring of blast hole parameters throughout the drilling and charging processes rather than conducting separate, time-consuming inspection stages. Sensors continuously track depth, diameter, and volume measurements, maintaining constant verification without interrupting the workflow, thereby achieving high precision without proportional time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates digital copies and records of blast hole parameters at each stage of creation. These digital records are automatically stored and can be rapidly retrieved for verification without requiring physical re-measurement, enabling comprehensive checking of blast hole changes over time while minimizing the time actually spent on verification activities.
4Manufacturing precision
If apparent specific gravity information is collected for optimal explosive charging, then charging accuracy improves, but the complexity of data collection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the measurement of apparent specific gravity with the existing blast hole parameter measurement process. By integrating density measurement capabilities into the same sensing system used for depth and diameter measurement, the system collects charging-critical data without adding separate, complex data collection equipment, thereby improving charging precision while minimizing complexity increase.
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AI summary
Proposed are an apparatus and a method for operating a blasting management application in which blast hole checking information is generated and provided by receiving blast bole information including at least one of blast hole detail information, blast hole design information, blast hole arrangement information, and additional blast bole information for a blast design work of at least one of blast lists selected through the worker terminal so that change in depth of a blast hole over time is identified before charging, thereby taking a measure such as changing a charging/delay time design or instructing an additional drilling work.