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A Higher Look at Creating Safe Blasting Operations in Mines & Quarries

This article will NOT discuss using drone data to design a safer blast. Rather, it will discuss how drones can improve safety conditions in blasting operations as a whole.

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7 Ways Drone Data Empowers Construction Drill & Blast

Drone Data helps construction drill & blast companies in many ways, but here are the 7 we chose to highlight...

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Webinar Summary: Guidelines for Perimeter Control and Pre-Split Design

Nathan Rouse, Director of Thoroughbred Drill & Blast Consultants discusses why blasters and mining and quarry operations should invest in pre-splitting and what they need to know to pull it off correctly.

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Why You Need To Be Recording Your Blasts

Capturing blasts on video provides drillers, blasters and their crews valuable information on the shot performance. When analyzed we can see exactly how the rock moved, displacement, excess energy being released, ejections, and ideally a muck-pile achieving the desired fragmentation.

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Webinar Summary- Reading the Rock

Technical Specialist and Solutions Engineer Elijah Williams discusses how to accommodate rock characteristic information into your blast design. From drone to drill- adding data to your blast design creates safer more effective blasts.

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The Story of Eli

I chose to join Strayos because I saw a unique opportunity within the industry to grow a platform that I saw huge potential in. I want to share the technology that helped me in my own work.

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digitilization

Overcoming Oversize - Webinar Summary

What if you could reduce your oversize by 30 percent or more?

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Webinar Summary- Violence Factor: A New KPI for Assessing Blast Performance

Dr Anthony Konya presents on using Violence Factor (VF) to assess blast performance. This new KPI will help blasters and site managers to evaluate and improve blast performance.

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Customer Spotlight- Aggregate Resources Industries

ARI, Inc, has dedicated itself to providing the best service possible to its customers and employees. To further that goal it has embraced technology and digitalization to improve operational efficiency, safety, and drill & blast outcomes.

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The Anatomy of A Healthy Blast

Just like the human body, a blast only functions properly when every part of its anatomy is in good shape. It’s important to get all of these principles right to ensure a healthy blast.

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The State of Digitalization in the Drill & Blast Industries - Webinar Summary

The drilling and blasting industry is on the verge of unprecedented transformation. New developments in technology have provided all the building blocks for more automated and self-optimizing operations. Now, the biggest challenge is putting them all together.

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Webinar Summary- Optimizing Fragmentation Using Measure While Drilling and 3D Analytics Data

Traditionally, drilling data has been difficult to capture and combine with blast design information. Now, new technologies like 3D image analysis and Measure While Drilling(MWD) data allow blasters and site managers to "see" inside the bench in ways never before possible.

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ai

What the Muck?

Using Drones and Artificial Intelligence is making post-blast analysis faster, easier, and more accessible than ever.

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data

Automated Blast Hole Volume Analysis

A more accurate shot volume calculation that allows users to optimize shot designs to achieve more even powder factor across the bench.

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How Drone Data is Empowering Boretracking Operations

Traditionally, the logistical challenges of boretraking have made it impractical for many companies to implement across all of their sites. Maine Drilling & Blasting has leveraged drone data and Strayos' AI to overcome these challenges and expand their bore-tracking program.

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4 Ways Your Data Protects You

When things go wrong, and they will, you need to be able to show that you did everything you could to prevent the disaster- otherwise its your assets on the line. Data is your insurance policy.

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computer vision

Finding the Seam: Auto Detecting Geology with Drones to Optimize Blasting

Bench geology is easier than ever to add to your blast design. With automated detection and modeling you can optimize your blast. Prevent ore loss, reduce dilution, avoid flyrock, and more.

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Connecting the Solutions- Mining & Quarrying Companies Need an AI Powered Dashboard

Data silos are a well known obstacle for the quarrying industry. Ravi Sahu and Kevin Vonesh have an answer- an AI powered Solutions Dashboard.

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TLDR- AI's Explosive Impact in Drill and Blast

Mining Magazine EMEA editor Craig Gutherie spoke with Strayos CEO Ravi Sahu about the need for AI to assist drillers and blasters with creating the best shot possible.

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Accuracy When it Matters Most

Maurer & Scott's Zach Tobias shares 3 stories of how drones and Strayos helped him pull off tricky shots that could have gone horribly wrong- but thankfully didn't.

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Customer Spotlight Maurer & Scott

In 2017 many companies offered drone 3D photogrammetry solutions. Zach Tobias had to find the best. What he found in Strayos blew his mind.

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How Maurer & Scott Helped their Client Prevent a Fly Rock Disaster using Strayos

Maurer & Scott's Technical Specialist Zach Tobias shares the story of how using drones with Strayos'3D Blast Profiling tools they were able to help their client avoid a fly rock disaster.

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How Maurer & Scott Increased Production 10x for Their Client

By incorporating drones and Strayos into our workflow, we were able to increase production at this quarry 10x.

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Drones, Drills, & Data

Three technologies enabling massive improvements in drilling are Drones, AI, and smart drills. Used individually, they give a huge advantage, but when combined, they allow the modern driller to accomplish a level of insights never before seen.

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Strayos' Flagship Webinar Was a Fantastic Success

The Untapped Potential of Drone Data in Drilling & Blasting Strayos, in collaboration with Maurer & Scott, hosted its first Webinar on September 29, 2020. It was an amazing success. There were more

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