User Manual

JKBMS
Overview
The Blast Management System (BMS) allows the user to
store, organise and access information related to drill and
blast operations in mines. The information can include pit
and blast geometry, geotechnical and blasting domains,
drilling parameters, costs, fragmentation distributions,
vibration results, specific reports, comments, etc.
Overview
The BMS uses an object based approach in a hierarchical
tree structure for the storage and management of blast data.
Information attached to an object is stored in a Microsoft
Access database linked to the program, either as a set of
data relevant to the object or as a pointer to a separate file
where the data is stored. This avoids duplication and keeps
the size of the BMS database to a minimum, and ensures
that other programs can continue to access external data
files without any limitations imposed by the BMS.
Although the BMS can store production data for drill and
blast operations, it is not intended to replace or act as a
continuous production reporting system. Its purpose is to
organise blasting information, in order to facilitate the
design, modification and analysis of blasts. Often, while
designing a new blast or making ongoing modifications to
a current blast, an engineer or blaster may need to include
specific parameters or review results from previous blasts.
The BMS can provide rapid access to that information in a
simple, intuitive format.
The program both complements and extends the use of the
JKSimBlast blast modules 2DBench, 2DRing and 2DFace.
This manual describes the setup for an open pit database,
highlighting its connectivity with the 2DBench module.
Apart from minor differences in the types and appearance
of some of the objects and their data, the process is the
same for the other blast modules.
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