Apparatus and process for loading emulsion explosives
US6070511A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42D1/10
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and process for the production of any emulsion explosives composition and loading it into a blast hole (7) which utilize a loading conduit (4) having a shear inducing means (5) and a liquid lubrication source (b) adapted to provide a layer of liquid lubricant between the conduit (4) and emulsion explosives composition being pumped through the loading conduit (4). The conduit also comprises a mixing means (8) located at or near the outlet of the conduit (4), the mixing means (8) incorporates at least some of the liquid layer into the emulsion explosives composition.
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