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Tag: violence factor

Richard Ash presented key ratios 56 years ago that could be applied throughout surface blasting conditions to give comparisons between multiple types of operations. Photo: iStock.com/Xesai

The 4 most costly blasting mistakes you can make

April 9, 2021By Anthony Konya

Improperly addressing certain mistakes will lead to increased drilling and blasting costs and performance decreases. Precision Blasting Services’ Anthony Konya explains why.

The fragmentation pictured here resulted from the use of Multivariate Blast Design. Photo: Anthony Konya

New methodology to optimize quarry blasts

January 13, 2021By Anthony Konya

An innovative approach to blast design has produced results that were previously unfound in the aggregate industry.

Blast performance based on violence

January 8, 2020By Anthony Konya and Dr. Calvin J. Konya

Violence factor is a revolutionary KPI that managers can quickly use to assess blast performance.