Inventors:
John B Halander - Salt Lake City UT, US
Casey L. Nelson - Murray UT, US
Clark D. Bonner - West Jordan UT, US
Assignee:
Dyno Nobel, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
C06B 47/00, C06B 31/00, C06B 31/28, D03D 23/00, D03D 43/00
US Classification:
149 45, 149 1, 149 46, 1491096
Abstract:
A method for manufacture and delivery of an emulsion explosive having a discontinuous oxidizer solution phase, a continuous fuel phase, and an emulsifier, the method comprising: (a) providing an emulsion manufacturing system; (b) conveying an oxidizer solution phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (c) conveying a fuel phase to the emulsion manufacturing system at a pre-determined pressure; (d) forming an emulsion from the oxidizer solution and the fuel phases using only a portion of the pre-determined pressures so as to provide a usable residual pressure after the formation of the emulsion; and (e) utilizing the residual pressure to non-mechanically deliver the emulsion to a pre-determined location.