High Speed Video

Thomas Engineering Ltd. (TEC) can record and analyze blasts using state-of-the-art video equipment and software.

The information that may be obtained from the high speed digital video camera systems include:

• the location of the first rock movement and the shape of the face movement
• the firing sequence of the blast
• the occurrence of gas venting at the face
• the degree of confinement due to stemming
• the occurrence and location of misfires
• the nature of the muck-pile formation
• the onset time for rock movement, both at the face and at the top of the bench
• the velocity and direction of rock and flyrock travel from the face and the top of the bench
• the hole venting and stemming ejection velocities
• the actual hole/deck delay times
• the casting range of the rock