User's Manual

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RIOTRONIC X+
User Manual
3.2. Operating procedure
3.2.1. Blasting plan
It is important to use a blast plan, as this will ensure that all detonators will be correctly
assigned their corresponding delay. This can prevent excessive ground vibration, poor
fragmentation and fly rock caused by detonators detonating out of sequence.
RIOTRONIC SW is the Blast Design and Simulation software for MAXAM electronic
detonators. It is composed of modules that will help in the design of a good shot.
It is essential to obtain blast site data before designing a blasting plan.
First, it is necessary to use 2D or 3D laser profiling to get bench profile data, which can be
used as input to the RIOTRONIC SW, and then generate a bench in the software.
Furthermore, it is needed to obtain the rock mass characterization, which can be used to
predict fragmentation.
After gathering all the information that is needed, make a blast plan (Figure 13).
Figure 13. Blast design
Print this plan to provide the Drill and Blast Engineer the necessary information and timing
of the blast holes.
Figure 14. Delay plan
If it is needed, adjust burden and spacing to meet the fragmentation needs and control the
vibration level by adjusting the delay time and MIC. Those should be done before carrying
out the blast plan.