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    Benefits of inclined hole drilling in large open-pits and quarries by use

    of new top hammer technology


    llpo Auranen M.sc.
    Tampe/la, Ltd., Tarnrock Blasthole Drills Division, Tampere, Finland
    (presently Tarnrock Inc., Da/las, U.S.A.)

    INCLINED HOLE DRILLING Recent innovations in hydraulic percussive


    drilling have expanded the hole size to
    Traditionally large blast holes over 127 mm cover the range from 127 to 250 mm.
    in diameter have been drilled by rotary or Hydraulic top-hammer drilling has special
    down-the-hole methods. Most of the blast features that affect the drilling and
    holes are drilled vertically, which has been blasting cycle. Improved extraction methods
    favourable from the drilling point of view. are mainly related to the good inclined hole
    drilling capability of hydraulic percussive
    Blasting, however, could be done better and drills.
    more economically at most mines with holes
    that are inclined from the vertical.
    Inclined hole blasting also has some Benefits of inclined holes
    benefits regarding secondary breaking and
    hauling. Improved toe removal

    Drilling inclined holes, which is everyday When using inclined holes the geometry of
    practice when using top-hammer drills for the toe makes more efficient use of the
    hole sizes below 127 mm in diameter, has not reflected shock wave as a greater area of
    gained much foothold with larger hole the wave is released against the overburden
    drilling. to be removed rather than against the toe
    itself. This is seen clearly in Fig. 1,
    The reason for this lies primarily in the where vert1cal holes are shown to produce
    drawbacks of the main large-hole drilling considerable overbreak to the quarry floor.
    method used, namely rotary drilling. When a hole misfires or when subdrilling is
    Inclined hole drilling with rotary drills is not sufficient vertical holes also produce
    very difficult especially in hard rock "stumps" wh1ch tend to accumulate as the
    types, mainly because of the high feed force bench is worked back. With incl1ned holes
    required. success1ve blasts will ma1ntain the grade
    level. (Fig. 2)

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    W. J. Atkinson et al., Mining Latin America
    © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1986
    lnclined blast holes allow better control of The amount of fines w1ll be reduced, a
    the bottarn of the bench. This results in factor which 1s 1mportant espec1ally 1n coal
    less subdrill1ng which creates a more even m1nes . Another benef1t of incl1ned holes 1s
    bench level on the bench below. Even better fragmentat1on wh1ch reduces the cost
    benches requ1re very 11ttle broken rock for of secondary break1ng, load1ng, haul1ng,
    crush1ng and gr1nd1ng.
    levelling and this reduces the need to
    redr1ll through loose broken rock to f1rm
    Decreased backbreak
    rock below, a job wh1ch can be time-wast1ng
    and expensive.
    When blast1ng w1th 1ncl1ned holes more of
    the energy of the explosive 1s d1rected
    towards the free face than w1th vert1cal
    holes. Only a small part of the energy
    causes backbreak on the wall. The ab111ty
    to dr111 1ncl1ned holes and also to vary the
    1ncl1nation becomes 1ncreas1ngly 1mportant
    D ....., 1n successive blasts s1nce the hole bot toms
    0 llldlno-1111
    can be drilled accurately to the des1gned
    locat1ons. This allows better toe geometry,
    !ill] · -
    and so reduces the amount of subdr1lling
    Fig. 1 The benef1ts of 1ncl1ned holes. requ1red. Consequently less darnage 1s
    lnclined drilling results 1n a more caused to the bench below.
    product1ve reflected shock wave 1n the
    cr1t1cal toe port1on of the hole.

    Fig. 2
    With 1ncl1ned holes successive blasts will F1g. 3
    Effect of hole incl1nation on back break .
    mainta1n the grade level.

    Greater utilization of explosive energy

    More eff1c1ent use of the shock wave energy


    of the blast also allows consumption of
    explosives to be decreased. Alternatively
    this enables increases in the burden, and
    therefore a higher yield for the same
    specific charge.

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