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Wednesday, 27 September 2023

Explosive Charge Distribution: A Parameter for evaluating the Blasting Results in Rosia Poieni Open Pit Mining | Chapter 1 | Advances and Challenges in Science and Technology Vol. 2

 One of the plainest and most popular open pit excavating procedures is training-blasting technology. This authorizes the extraction of a meaningful amount of rock and valuable mineral material. Open pit excavating relies heavily on the operation of blasting engaging explosive energy, that is also the essential step in the exploding process that yields a matching granulometry. In the sense that each movement determines the outcome bound for a crucial component for the after operation that takes place in the occupied face, this operation is a part of a succession of interdependent movements. As a result, the explosive blasting movement shouldn't be viewed as additional act. The entire production technology process, containing blasting, needs to be regarded from a global view. The basic approach naive this optimization study requires analyzing the exploding operations completed activity at drilling diameters of 250 mm (the blasting science used in Rosia Poieni open pit excavating), as well as simulating the digging of the same rock capacity while optimizing the explosive charge distribution at disciplining diameters of 200 mm and 150 mm. Based on observations made in the goal, it was discovered that the time of the tamping in the mineralized rock, which results in the characteristic of blocks with ranges that are greater than those granted in the crusher container (1.2-1.3 m), is what causes the majority of problems in the case of dents with a width of 250 mm. That is why the method that successfully reduces their number-intermittent loads with in-between tamping-is adopted. It is necessary to employ smaller training diameters, but with output levels high enough to guarantee the decent development of the distillation process, in order to get a granulometry corresponding the main crushing movement, which will enable to decrease crushing costs. According to the results of the study, it is considered to apply a broken load in order to maintain the whole time of the explosive charge. It is advised to use an appropriate disciplining diameter (150-200 mm) and intermediate tamping at 2-3 m distance to limit the upper preventing area to a maximum of 7 m (to humiliate or completely remove the occurrence of bulky blocks) in areas place the rocks have a Protodiakonov coefficient f > 6.5. The research findings will help the operation's arithmetic and safety facets, limiting the explosive effect on the mountain system and the environment and threatening the overall cutting operation expenses. By employing less explosive gels (12-18 kg/dent) in a dry environment and determining the difference in explosive charge time with AM-1, the cost of booby traps and starting fabrics can be decreased.

Author(s) Details:

Mihaela Toderas,
University of Petrosani, Petrosani, 332006, Romania.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/ACST-V2/article/view/11924

Friday, 14 October 2022

Safety Factor of the Open-pit Bench from Rosia Poieni Quarry, Romania | Chapter 7 | Techniques and Innovation in Engineering Research Vol. 3

 In addition to field and laboratory studies of mechanical properties, development bench stability calculations should be performed. Based on this, it is possible to determine the failure curve with the greatest risk of slippage. On the other hand, the corresponding value of the safety factor. A level of +805 m was set as his daily operating limit for the Roşia Poieni open pit mine. The bench was created by cutting a 15 m thick horizontal slice equal to the height of the bench based on this plane. Thus, there were 23 benches in the Luginish region and 27 benches in the Kuratura region. The general approach angle was set at 35°. This is the angle at which the amount of tailings and the implied aperture factor are calculated. Stability analyzes were performed for the typical slope of the quarry (consisting of 24 benches) using a single bench, a two-bench system, and two methods (Fellenius and Jambu). The values ​​obtained are above 1.3 for the single-slope and two-bank systems and above 3.754 for the typical slope, corresponding to the values ​​imposed by the standards. A polygonal slip surface was also modeled. These landslide-prone areas occur on the slopes of the Russian Punic Quarry, due to the natural cracking system of the massif and secondary cracks caused by the operations used for drilling and blasting (development technology) There is a possibility. Stability assessment was performed using the Hoek graph analysis method and the safety factor values ​​found meet the requirement of 1.3 or higher. Under these circumstances, no additional measures are required to increase the stability reserve.


Author(s) Details:

Mihaela Toderaș,
Department of Mining Engineering, Surveying and Underground Constructions, University of Petrosani, 20, University Street, Petrosani, Romania.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/TAIER-V3/article/view/8429