Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining rock mass properties based on blasthole drill performance data including compensated blastability index (CBI)
US11713677B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V2210/16
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for determining intact versus fractured rock zones based on performance monitoring of an electric drilling machine when drilling a blasthole. The determination can be based on a calculation of compensated blastability index (“CBI”) values using transformed performance monitoring data collected in real-time as the drilling machine drills the blasthole.
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