Safety and Reliability in Initiation Systems with Electronic Detonators

摘要

Initiation systems use initiators to trigger the detonation of explosives. A newdevelopment is to use electonics in the detonator to improve the accuracy of the time delays, and in some cases, to facilitate a higher degree of flexibility through programmable delay times. This report studies possible defects and causes of failure for detonators with electronic time delay. A market study is presented and conclusions are drawn.