Quarrying
Austin Powder provides the materials and know-how for successful rock quarrying which, in turn, provides stone for concrete, construction, roads, and playgrounds, as well as for the glass and steel industries. Our long history of serving the quarrying industry reflects a continuous flow of new blasting products and innovative technologies. Today, Austin services quarrying operations throughout the Americas and around the world.
Our services to the quarrying industries include:
1. Blasting consultation and blast design services
2. Delivery services to customers that do the blasting themselves
3 .Blasting services
Austin has always taken our commitment to the quarry industry seriously. We always employ certified blasters, state-of-the-art delivery systems and the highest quality products. We also take into account all environmental concerns, minimizing or eliminating any environmental affects.
Member - National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
Austin puts you in good hands
Our state-of-the-art Blast Assessment and Instrumentation mean you'll get the desired results -- safely, efficiently and effectively.
Pre-Blast
Product characteristics. Blast geometry. Geology.
• Laboratory/Field Tests
• General surveying
• ABS (Austin Blasting Software)
• Computer-aided blast design allows computer simulations and blast design review during the planning stages
• Laser Profiler (2D, 3D)
• Provides data to help control blasting safety and environmental efforts of blasting
• QED virtual mining software
• A state-of-the-art computerized "virtual mining method" software package helps provide solutions to any customer issues or problems
• Borehole trajectory/deviation
• Hole measurement
• Geologist's compass
Blast
Product performance. Timing. Rock movement. Vibration and airblast.
• Video cameras
• High speed cameras
• Data acquisition systems
• VOD (Velocity of Detonation) measurement, Timing
• Seismographs
Post Blast
Muckpile distribution. Digability. Fragmentation. Backbreak. Cost.
• Laser profiling
• Photographic fragmentation analysis
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