Quarry Open Day @ DST Quarry
Conference Activities @ Alfândega do Porto
Quarry Open Day @ DST Quarry
08:00
Registration & Welcome
9:00
Welcome message
9:15
D&B Software training session
D&B Software training session
In this module you’ll learn about topography modeling, free face control and overview on patter design
10:30
Coffee Break
11:00
D&B Software training session
D&B Software training session
In this module you’ll learn about charge design, electronic and non-electric tie-ups, blast results analysis like vibration and fragmentation and blast report generation.
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Revolutionizing Blast Design for Enhanced Efficiency and Safety
Juan Navarro | Modeling & Simulation Specialist | MAXAM
Explore the forefront of blast design innovation with a revolutionary approach and methodology, integrating cutting-edge digitalization techniques. Prioritizing enhanced efficiency and safety, we customize explosive density to rock properties, ensuring optimum results with every blast in both Open Pit and Underground operations.
15:00
The future looks great but let’s not forget the lessons of blasters-past!
Nathan Rouse | President Thoroughbred D&B Consultants
How can we successfully advance drill and blast technology if we forget the lessons of our past? What efforts are we taking to preserve the lessons of the past for today and the future? Join Nathan and let’s try to understand what we can do to save those lessons so we don’t have to relearn them in the future.
15:30
Hydrogel Stemming: Shaping the Future of Drill & Blast
Mason Trouchet | Director Of Business Development | Shockwave Gel Technologies
Shockwave Gel Technologies brings a world-first innovation in stemming material. Reliably generating greater pressure wave impedance and causing greater fragmentation with reduced dust and noise, Trouchet also reveals how simple it is to consistently achieve superior blast results with vastly less carbon emissions than traditional aggregate stemming.
16:00
Coffee Break
16:30
How Unrivaled Blast Digital Twin Redefines Blasting Efficiency and Environmental Acceptability
Thierry Bernard | Founder, GM | DNA-Blast Group
Thierry Bernard | Founder, GM | DNA-Blast Group
17:30
New Inventions in Explosive Initiation Systems
Arnaldo Arancibia | Co-Founder President | Nextdet
To present new methodologies in blasting initiation systems, such as the Next3e device, which is an electronic adapter without explosive charge for its manufacture, transport and storage.
18:00
