Precision
Drilling &
Blasting
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Precision
Controlled
Rock Blasting
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Precision Rock
Excavation
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 When
properly done, all blasting
within the explosives
industry is precision. The
days of digging holes under
stumps and pouring homemade
explosives in until you
think you have enough to
blow it to pieces are
rapidly coming to an end.
How do you use explosives as
a safe tool in densely
packed urban areas?
Explosives are a form of
energy just like gasoline
and electricity. Automotive
engineers design motors to
use small amounts of energy
in impulses to develop
useable amounts of torque.
Electrical engineers design
power plants to generate
huge amounts of energy, but
our electrical appliances
use only what is required to
operate them. Energy comes
in a variety of forms that
we all use every day of our
lives without even giving it
any thought. This available
energy we consume every day
is harnessed in precisely
controlled amounts that are
safe and reliable when used
correctly.
 What
if we apply this principle
to explosives, and use it to
break rock in construction
areas? How is this done?
You drill small holes into
the rock on a pattern that
allows each hole to remove a
very small amount of rock.
You calculate and use only
the amount of explosive in
each of those small holes
necessary to break the rock
just around each hole. You
detonate each hole in a
sequence that allows only a
fraction of the total amount
of explosive used to fire at
any one time. You control
the firing sequence of each
hole in such a way that each
hole that is firing, is
moving the rock towards a
hole that has already been
fired.
It works much like the
domino principle. You can
take 50 pounds of dominos in
a box and drop the whole
thing onto the top of a card
table all at once. Or you
can line up 50 pounds of
dominos on the same table in
such a way that all the
dominos will fall in a
controlled sequence. In
both examples, 50 pounds of
dominos fell on the table.
The difference is, one
example transferred all the
energy of the falling
dominos onto the table at
once. The other example
transferred the energy of
the falling dominos to the
table in a controlled
sequence and over a longer
period of time.
This is a very brief
description of how Precision
Controlled Rock Blasting is
performed. Lots of small
holes with small amounts of
explosive moving small
amounts of rock in a precise
sequence that never allows
more than a fraction of the
total available energy to be
released at any one time.
We use this principle to
chemically fragment rock in
urban or congested
construction areas, safely,
reliably and economically.
Using a combination of
Precision Controlled Rock
Blasting technique,
precision drilling and blast
design, Dykon Blasting Corp.
is able to offer blasting
services in areas of
construction where rock is
encountered in urban areas
or near privately owned
businesses or utility
service lines. Mechanical
breakage is very
 expensive
and time consuming. Often
times, our tax dollars are
at stake because our
infrastructure development
is where most of the utility
rock excavation is
encountered. Often times,
blasting is a far cheaper
means of rock excavation
than ripping and mechanical
breaking. Tax dollars that
are collected from the
public are optimized and can
be used for further
development of much needed
utility and road
construction.
We have assembled a few of
our most recent Precision
Controlled Rock Blasting
Projects for you to look
at. The links to these
various projects can be
found below. We have
digital still pictures and
movie clips of these
projects. Each one also has
a brief description and
links to related areas of
interest where available.
We at Dykon Blasting Corp.
appreciate your interest in
our work and we invite you
to take a look at these
extraordinary projects.
Remember always that safety
comes first in everything
that you do. Good luck and
thanks again.
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