The present utility model relates to a container or receptacle for containing a mixture, preferably pentolite, used to initiate a blasting process. Said container comprises at least one lower part intended to contain the mixture of explosive material, and an upper part or cover intended to maintain the structural unity of the container and prevent the mixture from leaving of the container, wherein said lower part comprises an elongated hollow structure with a base, and a duct or pin inside the same, which extends from the base of the lower part of the container to a defined distance of the upper end of the lower part, wherein the duct or pin is opened at both ends, and wherein the cover of the container comprises an opening, which is supplemented by the upper part of the opened duct or pin, and comprises at least one opening, from which a respective duct or pin extends towards the lower part of the cover, where said duct or pin is closed in the lower part thereof.

A device and a method thereof for operating a stemming rod used for the blasting and configured to include an information collection function are proposed. The device includes a stemming material information collection unit configured to collect stemming material information including information related to energy applied and compaction counts when filling a stemming material into a blast hole, from a sensor built into the stemming rod used for the blasting, a communication-performing unit configured to perform wireless communication with a detonator to be charged through a communication module built into the stemming rod used for the blasting, and a blasting time controller configured to control a blasting time on the basis of detonator information and location information of the stemming rod used for the blasting, the information being collected from the communication-performing unit.

A device and a method thereof for determining detonator information by using a wireless signal are proposed. The device includes an electromagnetic wave reception unit configured to receive an electromagnetic wave transmitted from a detonator in a blast hole, a coordinate derivation unit configured to detect the received electromagnetic wave and derive the electromagnetic wave as coordinates, a blast hole location determination unit configured to determine a location of the blast hole on the basis of a flickering pattern of the electromagnetic wave derived as the coordinates, and a detonator ID acquisition unit configured to acquire an ID of the detonator in the corresponding blast hole on the basis of the determined location of the blast hole.

A charge tube for use with a perforating tool that includes a tubular member having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and a passage extending between the first end and the second end, and a receptacle extending through the outer surface of the tubular member for receiving a shaped charge, wherein the tubular member includes a reduced diameter section, and a first expanded diameter section disposed at the first end of the tubular member, the first expanded diameter section having a greater diameter than the reduced diameter section, and wherein the reduced diameter section and the first expanded diameter section of the tubular member are monolithically formed.

A charge tube for use with a perforating tool that includes a tubular member having a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and a passage extending between the first end and the second end, and a receptacle extending through the outer surface of the tubular member for receiving a shaped charge, wherein the tubular member includes a reduced diameter section, and a first expanded diameter section disposed at the first end of the tubular member, the first expanded diameter section having a greater diameter than the reduced diameter section, and wherein the reduced diameter section and the first expanded diameter section of the tubular member are monolithically formed.

Provided are an expansion pipe for blasting and a blasting method therefor. The expansion pipe comprises a main pipe (1) of which the head and tail ends are provided with a first plug (3) and a second plug (4) and a branch pipe (2) which is fixed to the interior of the main pipe (1) by means of the first plug (3), wherein a gasification agent and an electric starter (7) mounted on the first plug (3) are provided inside the branch pipe (2), the other end of the branch pipe (2) is provided with a sealing plug (5), a connecting pipe (6) is further provided at the head of the main pipe (1), one end of the connecting pipe (6) is connected to a gas source or a water source and the other end penetrates through the first plug (3) to be in communication with the inner cavity of the main pipe (1). When the expansion pipe is used, a group of the expansion pipes are connected in a head-to-tail manner via fixing pieces (8), then a hole is punched at a blasting point, the connected and fixed expansion pipe group is placed into the hole, the opening of the hole is sealed with cement, and finally the electric starter (7) is started through a remote controller outside a dangerous range, and the gasification agent is ignited by the electric starter (7), causing water gasification or air expansion inside the main pipe (1), such that the expansion pipes are blasted.

Provided are an expansion pipe for blasting and a blasting method therefor. The expansion pipe comprises a main pipe (1) of which the head and tail ends are provided with a first plug (3) and a second plug (4) and a branch pipe (2) which is fixed to the interior of the main pipe (1) by means of the first plug (3), wherein a gasification agent and an electric starter (7) mounted on the first plug (3) are provided inside the branch pipe (2), the other end of the branch pipe (2) is provided with a sealing plug (5), a connecting pipe (6) is further provided at the head of the main pipe (1), one end of the connecting pipe (6) is connected to a gas source or a water source and the other end penetrates through the first plug (3) to be in communication with the inner cavity of the main pipe (1). When the expansion pipe is used, a group of the expansion pipes are connected in a head-to-tail manner via fixing pieces (8), then a hole is punched at a blasting point, the connected and fixed expansion pipe group is placed into the hole, the opening of the hole is sealed with cement, and finally the electric starter (7) is started through a remote controller outside a dangerous range, and the gasification agent is ignited by the electric starter (7), causing water gasification or air expansion inside the main pipe (1), such that the expansion pipes are blasted.

This avalanche triggering system includes a portable unit configured to be carried by an operator, the portable unit comprising a gas storage device configured to store an oxidizing gas and a combustible gas; an explosion unit which is configured to be launched by the operator or to be transported by a drone and which includes a flexible envelope configured to be filled with an explosive gas mixture, the flexible envelope being deformable between a rest configuration in which the flexible envelope has a first inner volume and an inflated configuration in which the flexible envelope has a second inner volume which is greater than the first inner volume, the explosion unit further including an ignition device configured to trigger the explosion of the explosive gas mixture contained in the flexible envelope; and a control unit configured to remotely control the ignition device.

This avalanche triggering system includes a portable unit configured to be carried by an operator, the portable unit comprising a gas storage device configured to store an oxidizing gas and a combustible gas; an explosion unit which is configured to be launched by the operator or to be transported by a drone and which includes a flexible envelope configured to be filled with an explosive gas mixture, the flexible envelope being deformable between a rest configuration in which the flexible envelope has a first inner volume and an inflated configuration in which the flexible envelope has a second inner volume which is greater than the first inner volume, the explosion unit further including an ignition device configured to trigger the explosion of the explosive gas mixture contained in the flexible envelope; and a control unit configured to remotely control the ignition device.

An explosive composition comprising a liquid energetic material and sensitizing voids, wherein the sensitizing voids are present in the liquid energetic material with a non-random distribution, wherein the liquid energetic material comprises (a) regions in which the sensitizing voids are sufficiently concentrated to render those regions detonable and (b) regions in which the sensitizing voids are not so concentrated and wherein the explosive composition does not contain ammonium nitrate prill.