Canadian Mine to Remotely Initiate Blasts with BlastPED
Further demonstrating the global spread of MST's underground communication solutions, Pugwash Mine in Canada has implemented BlastPED as their remote, centralized blasting system.
Pugwash had installed the PED System three years ago to provide personal paging and emergency warning communications. With the mine wide signal coverage and inherent reliability of the PED through-the-earth (TTE) transmission system already in place, it only required the introduction of the BlastPED Receiver/Exploders. The Pugwash engineers assessed the safety and productivity benefits of using BlastPED to initiate their blasts remotely. This provided the cost justification for the purchase of the BlastPED remote units.
The PED System now consists of:
- 1 PED Transmission Headend powering a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) antenna for mine wide signal coverage (already in place).
- 10 BlastPED Receiver/Exploder remote units.
- 100 Personal Pagers interfaced to cap lamps (already in place).
We thank the Pugwash personnel for their continued support, and are pleased they are gaining even further benefits from their original investment in our PED technology.