The primary purpose of blasting is to fragment rock. Optimum fragmentation is very specific
to each operation. Fragmentation Predictor will allow user to ‘design most optimized blast design with minimum
cost’. Inputs to the software are Blast design information, Rock properties information and
explosive information and based on Kuz-Ram fragmentation model and Rosin Rammler
equations, this model enables to make fragmentation calculation, graph and table between
fragment size and percentage passing.
It is anticipated that the use of this predictor will also help to improve blasting operations, its
corresponding costs and the overall economics of mines.
Software is available in Web based
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