US 12,392,593 B2
Method for installing a set of electronic detonators and associated ignition method
Franck Guyon, Auxerre (FR); Raphaël Trousselle, Paris (FR); Stephanus Johannes Marais Combrinck, Clontarf (AU); and Lou Dumanoir, Paris (FR)
Assigned to DAVEY BICKFORD, Hery (FR)
Appl. No. 18/252,325
Filed by DAVEY BICKFORD, Hery (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/FR2021/052319
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129774, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2013388 (FR), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003665 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F42D 1/055 (2006.01); F42D 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC F42D 1/055 (2013.01) [F42D 3/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a set of electronic detonators in blast holes of a mining face, the method comprising:
connecting said electronic detonators charged into the blast holes to a movable test device;
receiving, by said movable test device, a message sent by each detonator of said set of electronic detonators;
determining, by said movable test device from said message sent by each detonator, a set of values representing the total number of electronic detonators connected to the movable test device;
sending, by said movable test device to one or more detonators of said set of electronic detonators, a data set to store in memory comprising said set of values representing the total number of electronic detonators connected to the movable test device; and
storing said data set in memory saving means of one or more detonators of said set of electronic detonators.