Paradigm software offers predictive blast optimization through 3D modeling and real-time data analysis, enabling precise control over outcomes like fragmentation, vibration, and flyrock to enhance safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in both surface and underground mining operations. The Global Blast Report software is designed to standardize and streamline blast documentation across international operations.
Austin Powder’s Global Blast Report (GBR) is a sophisticated, globally compliant blast reporting tool designed to standardize and streamline blast documentation across international operations. It generates multilingual, jurisdiction-specific reports, ensuring regulatory compliance and facilitating clear communication with clients and authorities worldwide.
Today, the process of turning a massive wall of rock into money is more about geological science and technology than ever before. Watch this video to see how Austin is at the forefront of developing both, through a predictive blast modeling software called Paradigm.
See how Austin Powder delivers high-quality blasting results through experienced blasters, a globally shared knowledge database, and an array of modern technologies to advance the safety, reliability, and efficiency of breaking rock.
See the Mining Now Interview with Cameron McKenzie and Al Romphf on the impressive advantages of Paradigm Blast Optimization Software
Paradigm, our premier blast modeling tool, has undergone significant development, with improvements to surface blast modeling features and new underground functionalities. One feature we’re especially excited about is the Blast Data Cloud, which enables transparency in blast designs across teams and real-time collaboration between individuals separated by thousands of miles. This functionality helps Paradigm stand out from competing packages and supports our business’s safety, technical, and commercial aspects.
“These tools enable Austin Powder to consistently deliver safe, productive, compliant, and predictable results to all our customers on each and every blast,” says Mario Julio Alcedo-Guardia, Global Director of Field Operations.
Paradigm users can now easily visualize elevation through color overlays on a textured 3D model. This tool helps identify floor areas that may be out of compliance with the intended design.
Paradigm users can now import and display measurementswhiledrilling data from drills equipped with compatible data acquisition system. This feature is intended to help blast designers make informed decisions about where to load explosives in the column to help avoid flyrock and excessive overpressurerelated incidents
A new, data-driven model is being developed to improve the predictability of blasting-induced air overpressure. This proprietary model is a culmination of field data collection and analytical work done by Austin Powder’s Technical Team and Blastechnology Australia. The model is expected to be finished in 2025. This tool will be the first of its kind on the market and was developed with the help and support of numerous blasters and technical managers who collected thousands of data points under various, yet controlled, conditions. Innovative thinking by our colleague Dirk Carolan led to the use of UAVs (drones) to install overpressure monitors at different elevations, providing a unique perspective. Data collection was led by Adam Nichols, Isaac Erickson, Nick Adams, Evan Smart, Ricardo Medina, Dave Klingspor, Roger Goodweiler, and others, while the mathematical models were developed by Alan Romphf and Cameron McKenzie. This new overpressure model will help our blasters and customers—especially those working near communities—understand the environmental risks of their blast designs and make informed decisions about blasting parameters and timing based on site-specific weather conditions.
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