Tunnel Blasting Device with 3D Laser Scanning for Borehole Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current tunnel blasting technologies rely heavily on experience and lack systematic design, leading to inaccurate borehole arrangement, over-excavation, and under-excavation, which affects construction progress and safety.

Innovation Solution

A tunnel dynamic blasting device equipped with a three-dimensional laser scanning device, digital camera, borehole locating device, and computer system for intelligent perception and automatic design, optimizing blasting parameters and borehole layout based on real-time geological data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional experience-based blasting design is used, then the construction process is simple and easy to operate, but the borehole arrangement accuracy is poor leading to over-excavation and under-excavation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveborehole arrangement accuracyVSAvoidblasting design system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional manual experience-based blasting design with an intelligent computer system that uses three-dimensional laser scanning technology and digital modeling. The system automatically acquires tunnel face data, generates borehole layout plans, and calculates blasting parameters, substituting human expertise with automated computational methods to achieve precise borehole arrangement without over-excavation or under-excavation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a digital copy of the tunnel face using three-dimensional laser scanning technology. This digital model serves as a virtual replica that can be analyzed and used to design borehole layouts without affecting the actual tunnel structure, allowing for precise planning and simulation before actual blasting operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If manual borehole arrangement by workers is used, then the equipment cost is low, but the construction progress is slow and quality is difficult to control

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconstruction progressVSAvoidblasting design automation level
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual borehole arrangement operations with an automated intelligent system that uses three-dimensional laser scanning and computer-aided design. The system automatically generates borehole layout plans, calculates optimal borehole positions and depths, and provides precise guidance for blasting operations, dramatically improving construction efficiency and quality control while reducing reliance on manual labor and experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If experience-based blasting parameter design is used, then the system is simple to operate, but the adaptability to dynamic geological changes is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to geological changesVSAvoidintelligent perception system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the intelligent system continuously acquires real-time data from the tunnel face using three-dimensional laser scanning, analyzes the geological conditions, adjusts blasting parameters accordingly, and validates results. This closed-loop feedback system enables the blasting design to adapt dynamically to changing geological conditions, improving versatility while managing system complexity through automated decision-making algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the static, experience-based blasting design into a dynamic system that can respond to real-time geological variations. The intelligent perception system continuously updates the digital model of the tunnel face and automatically adjusts borehole layouts and blasting parameters based on current conditions, making the system flexible and adaptable to dynamic geological changes throughout the construction process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20240296536A1Tunnel dynamic blasting device based on geological body intelligent perception, system and method
Publication Date: 2024.09.05 SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
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AI summary

A tunnel dynamic blasting device based on geological body intelligent perception, a system and a method are provided. A blasting design instrument body of the tunnel dynamic blasting device is disposed with a 3D laser scanning device, a digital camera device, a borehole locating device, an electronic screen, a built-in computer and a wireless communication device. The 3D laser scanning device, the digital camera device, the borehole locating device, the electronic screen and the wireless communication device are connected to the built-in computer. A housing of the blasting design instrument body is disposed with a battery compartment having a lithium battery secured therein. A range finder is secured above the housing. Problems of non-systematicness and lag of tunnel blasting design and coarseness of borehole locating nowadays are solved, thus the tunnel excavation efficiency and borehole arrangement accuracy in the tunnel cross-section are improved, thereby improving the tunnel blasting quality.