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INFUSION SHOT FIRING [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A technique of shot firing in which an explosive charge is fired in a shothole, which is filled with water under pressure and in which the strata around the shothole have been infused with water.

OBS

Evidently a means of infusing coal with water by means of an explosion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
OBS

À titre de mesure préventive, les poussières peuvent être neutralisées par arrosage en cours de foration ou de transport des matériaux ou par infusion du massif avant l'abattage.

Spanish

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