BlasToolsPro vs Dyno Nobel Explosives' Guide

BlasToolPro is a calculator/converter with more than 100 formulas to provide solutions for such topics as 1. Blast Pattern Design 1.1. Bench Height 1.2. Hole Diameter 1.3. Burden 1.4. Spacing 1.5. Sub-Drill Depth 1.6. Top Stemming 1.7. Deck Stemming 1.8. Base Charge Length 2. Delay Timing 2.1. Hole-to-Hole delays 2.2. Row-to-Row delays 2.3. Avoid supersonic face velocity 2.4. Estimating vibration frequency 2.5. Delay scatter 2.6. Out-of-sequence probability 2.7. Probability of close firing 3. Volume, Weight and Powder Factors 3.1. Volume of Rock per blast hole 3.2. Weight of Rock per blast-hole 3.3. Weight of Explosives per blast-hole 3.4. Loading Density 3.5. Powder Factor 4. Working with Angled Holes 4.1. Hole 'Look-out' distance 4.2. Required hole angle 4.3. Required hole length 4.4. Burden - two angled holes 4.5. Stemming - two angled holes 4.6. Collar distance - two angled holes 5. Pre-split Design 5.1. Pre-split spacing 5.2. Pre-split charge load 5.3. Pre-split stemming height 5.4. Pre-split hole diameter 5.5. Pre-split explosive diameter 6. Decoupled Charges 6.1. Coupling Ratio 6.2. Dropped explosive cartridge diameter 6.3. Decoupled Charge Effective Density 7. Wet Hole Formulas 7.1. No. of Cartridges to clear Water 7.2. Final Height of Water in Wet Hole 8. Abney Levels and Clinometers 8.1. Calculate Bench Height 8.2. Calculate Toe Burden 8.3. Face Angle 9. Scaled Distance and Blast Vibration 9.1. Actual Scaled Distance 9.2. Max Charge Weight 9.3. Minimum Distance 9.4. Predicting Vibration 9.5. Site specific k factor 9.6. Site specific b exponent 9.7. Distance from seismic data 9.8. Acceleration from PPV 9.9. Displacement from PPV 9.10. Explosive Quantity from PPV 9.11. K Factor Converting 9.12. Estimated p-wave velocity 10. Flyrock 10.1. Average Muckpile Displacement 10.2. Extreme Flyrock 10.3. Burden Velocity and Throw 10.4. Burden Based on Throw 10.5. Scaled Burial Depth 10.6. Stem Length and Collar Flyrock Potential 11. Detonation and Blast-hole pressure 12. Fragmentation Calculations 12.1. Rock Factor 12.2. Uniformity Index 12.3. Important Particle Size 12.4. Convert D50% to Dxx% 12. Weight and Bulk Strength 12.1. Absolute Bulk Strength 12.2. Absolute Weight Strength 12.3. Relative Bulk Strength 12.4. Relative Weight Strength 12.5. Equivalent Weight of Explosive 13. Overpressure Prediction 14. GPS Data Manipulation 14.1. Latitude/Longitude to Distance 14.2. Distance from UTM coordinates 14.3. Distance from State plane coordinates 14.4. Latitude/Longitude to UTM 14.5. UTM to Latitude/Longitude Supported Conversion Types: 1. Length - meters, kilometers, millimeters, centimeters, micrometers, thou, inches, feet, yard, miles 2. Weight - kilograms, grams, milligrams, tonne, grain, ounces, pounds, ton, imperial ton 3. Velocity - m/s, mm/s, km/s, in/s, ft/s, ft/min, ft/hr, mph, fu/fo 4. Area - m², mm², cm², km², hectare, in², ft², yd², acre, miles² 5. Pressure/Sound - Pa, kPa, MPa, GPa, psi, kpsi, bar, kbar, atm, dB 6. Volume - m³, mm³, cm³, liter, in³, ft³, yd³, gal 7. Time - second, millisecond, minute, hour, day, week, month, year 8. Density - kg/m³, t/m³, g/cm³, lb/ft³, lb/yd³, lb/gal, T/yd³, T/ft³ 9. Powder Factor - kg/m³, g/m³, lb/yd³, kg/t, g/t, lb/ton, t/g, t/kg, ton/lb 10. Linear Charge Weight - g/m, mg/m, kg/m, grain/ft, lb/ft 11. Energy Density - J/m³, J/cm³, kJ/m³, MJ/m³, cal/ft³, cal/cm³, kcal/ft³, kcal/cm³, Mcal/ft³, Mcal/cm³ 12. Specific Energy - J/kg, J/g, kJ/kg, MJ/kg, cal/g, cal/lb, kcal/lb, Mcal/lb, kcal/ton, Mcal/ton 13. Power - watt, kilwatt, horsepower 14. Temperature - celsius, fahrenheit, kelvin All formulas support metric and imperial systems. Detailed explanation is provided for each formula. All entered values are saved for subsequent use and re-use in different formulas.

Dyno Nobel's Explosives Engineers' Guide provides users with the full range of blasting tools and calculators. All Dyno Nobel product information is included and specific product specifications can be easily found and compared. Key Features Include: • Custom blasting calculators include: powder factor, overpressure prediction, rock and explosive charge per blasthole, wet hole, ground vibration prediction, scaled distance, presplit control, GPS and distance to the nearest structure. • Complete product specifications and application uses for Dyno Nobel products. • Real time Dyno Nobel updates are available through the News section including, press releases, videos, and news stories. • Unit conversions, blast design terminology, blasting definitions and formulas are all readily available. • Worldwide accessibility to all features, even in remote locations. Expanded Features in this Version Include: • A simpler, more essential look and feel, with the ability to adapt to refinements and changes to the latest smartphones on the most popular platforms. • The ability to select a region (America or South America) and preferred units (Imperial or Metric). The South America region is in Spanish and pulls that region’s specific Technical Data Sheets and other information from the Dyno Nobel South America website. • An updated GPS which not only includes maps with latitude, longitude and altitude, but also has the ability to save and compare any two locations. • An expanded calculator function which can now save results to a list and load past results from that list. • The ability to select individual product specifications to be compared in a dynamic format, allowing the user to see just the data he needs in simplified table. Another Practical Innovation from Dyno Nobel.