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2018
 The
AXXIS™
Digital
Initiation
System
currently holds the world record for
the largest blast using electronic
detonators, firing 6,690 detonators
on FQM’s Kansanshi operation in
North-Western Zambia.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
04 Welcome to the world of AXXISTM
An overview of the world of AXXISTM

06 Footprint
Where we operate

08 The System
System features
How will the AXXIS™ system provide value?
Benefits of the system

11 Products
AXXISTM Blasting Box
AXXISTM Logger
AXXISTM Smart Line Tester
AXXISTM GIITM Detonator
AXXIS™ BLASTMAP™ III

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22 Underground CBS
AXXISTM Centralized Control Box
AXXISTM Centralized Blasting Box
AXXISTM CBS Logger
AXXISTM Portable Control Unit

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 WELCOME
TO THE WORLD
OF AXXIS TM
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AXXIS™ is a fully programmable, accurate, easy, and safe to use electronic blasting system. The
AXXIS™ system ticks the boxes on simplicity & functionality, making it the ideal tool for civil &
mining projects.

The AXXIS™ system was designed and developed in-house at BME, one of the largest
explosives companies in Africa. BME has been operating on the continent for over 30
years and is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange through its holding
company, Omnia Holdings Limited. BME currently has a presence in 24
countries on 4 continents.

In Australia, AXXIS™ is distributed by Advanced Initiating Systems Pty

Ltd. Advanced Initiating Systems Pty Ltd is an Australian company
that focuses on optimising blasting solutions in Australian mines.
BME’s holding company, the Omnia Group, is the majority
shareholder in Advanced Initiating Systems Pty Ltd and
together, we are able to give Australian customers peace
of mind both in terms of product supply, technical
support and performance.

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 FOOTPRINT Africa
• South Africa
• Lesotho
• Swaziland
• Botswana
• Zimbabwe
• Namibia
• Zambia
• Mozambique
• Malawi
• Tanzania
• DRC
• Rwanda
• Ghana
• Burkina Faso
• Sierra Leone
• Guinea
• Senegal
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• Mauritania
• Mali

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Outside of Africa
• Singapore
• Indonesia

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• Australia
• USA
• Canada
• Colombia
• Peru
• Chile
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 System features:

State-of-the-art blast and design AXXIS™ is one of the safest For safety, AXXIS™ offers a full
software allowing for complex initiation systems available. two-way communication between
timing designs for vibration control, the blasting box and detonators.
improved fragmentation, heave,
and better final walls.

During detonator logging, there is The high-strength downlines, Using the AXXIS™ system, you You can fire up to 500 detonators
no direct communication with the quality connectors and strength can program AXXIS™ detonators from one AXXIS™ Blasting Box.
detonators. of the detonator shells ensure to fire accurately at any time
fewer blast delays caused by between 0 and 15000 ms.

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leakage and fewer lost holes
resulting from cable damage.

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 How will the AXXISTM
system provide value?
• Faster loading
• Lower costs
• Higher productivity
• Faster ore exposure
• More space to mine
• Faster crusher throughput
• Higher productivity
• More processed value
• Lower carbon footprint
• Larger multiple blocks reducing
mine downtime for blasting
• Same results are possible with
a slightly expanded pattern,
thus neutralising the higher
detonator costs

Benefits of the system:

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• Accurate
• Safe
• Flexibility in timing designs
• Vibration and airblast control
• Finer, more consistent fragmentation
• Better control of muckpile shape
• High wall damage control
• Stock controls
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 AXXIS™ Blasting Box
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The AXXIS™ Blasting Box can be

used as a stand-alone unit with a
blasting line connected directly to the
detonators, or in a wireless configuration
with two or more AXXIS™ Blasting Boxes.

For a large blast, a total of twenty boxes can be

linked together, for a total of up to 10 000 detonators.
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Voltage

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24 volt rechargeable Li-ion batteries
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Battery life
15 hours x 500 detonator blasts (battery life dependent on the number of detonators in each
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Operating temperature range

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-20 to +60 °C
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User interface
Black and white LCD screen using two buttons to navigate through menus and fire blasts

Communications interface
USB port

Number of detonators per blasting box

600 / link 500

Wireless range between boxes

1000m-5000m line of site (depending on country’s frequency allocation)

Communication

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Two-way communication between blasting box and detonators.
All detonators are interrogated before blasting time.The blast can be fired using wireless
communication between a remote blasting box and the blast.

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 AXXIS™ Logger

The AXXIS™Logger is a
small, robust unit that is
used to scan each detonator
connector and allocate a delay
period to that connector.
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The unit has a touch screen interface

and a numeric keypad for entering
detonator firing time values and connector IDs
(should this be necessary if a connector has
been damaged). The AXXIS™ Logger can be used
directly to programme delays by blasters, but can also
be used in conjunction with AXXIS™ BLASTMAP™ III.
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Voltage

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9 volt Li-ion rechargeable battery
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Battery life
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15 hours continuous room temperature operation

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Operating temperature range

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-30 to +60 °C
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Battery charging
4 to 4.5 hours to full charge

Storage
-40 to +70 °C

Shock
MIL-STD-810F, Method 503.4

Logging modes
Manual / increments / double prime / AXXIS™ BLASTMAP™ III Downloads

User interface
Touch screen and numeric keys

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Communications interface
USB port

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 AXXIS™ Smart Line Tester
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The AXXIS™ Smart Line Tester is a

small low current device that is used to
test a surface line, which has a number of
detonators connected to it, for leakage,
current consumption, and functionality.
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• Device for safely testing lines for leakage before blasting time
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• Safely testing functionality of the detonators

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Maximum number of detonators

The maximum number of detonators on a line that can be tested is 50.
The reason for this is that the leakage tester generates a very low energy current for
safety reasons.

Maximum current output

20 mA

Power supply
Li-ion Batteries

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 AXXIS™ GII™ Detonator

The AXXIS™ GII™

detonator is a standard
size detonator that will
function in all standard sized
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boosters that are used in

non-electric blasting.

AXXIS™ GII™ detonators use 2-core

double insulated downline cables. Higher
resistance to electrostatic discharge and high
induced ground currents make the GII™
detonator safer to use in all mining conditions.
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 Case of detonator
Magnesium aluminium alloy / copper alloy

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Fits any standard booster

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Cable type

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Twin core copper cable, double insulated
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Spool description
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Cable spooled in shrink-wrapped spools with detonator feed from centre of spool for safety
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Standard lengths
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10m - 20m - 30m - 40m - 50m - 60m - 70m (other lengths available on request)
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Connector
Yellow pin-hinged two-way connector with intelligent electronic data capability

Firing time range

0 to 15 000 ms

Accuracy
0 to 5000 ms < 1ms scatter
Operating temperature
-20 to +60 °C

Storage temperature
-30 to +50 °C

Shelf life

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At recommended storage temperature - 48 months

Safety function
AXXIS™ GII™ detonators do not include any permanent energy source and there is no direct
communication with the detonator during logging. AXXIS™ GII™ detonators will only function
with AXXIS™ Blasting Boxes. Special security PIN codes are required to operate the system.
A deadman’s switch disarms all detonators if the blast needs to be aborted at short notice.

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 AXXIS™ BLASTMAP™ III

Complete blast
planning, design, and
analysis software. Powerful,
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easy to use, flexible, accurate.

AXXIS™ BLASTMAP™ III is software

for designing blast timing for use with
AXXIS™. It is a powerful and modern
software that allows design of the blasts from
hole layouts to charge quantities, deck charging
and blast timing.
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• Design a blast from scratch (pattern, hole diameters, explosives, rock type) using survey information

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about the block geometry and surface

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• Carry out detailed charge and timing designs based on actual hole positions

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• Calculate costs and quantities based on actual drilling information

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• Import any text or xlsx data file
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• Export design information to text/csv file.

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• This allows for other software, such as drill navigation software to drill according to design
• Multiple deck capability for designing specialised blasts, such as layered blasts, and for vibration
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• Blast timing design and simulation. Both non-electric and electronic timing designs can be carried out
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• The software is optimised for use with AXXIS™ electronic delay detonators. Wave interference
modelling for optimising timing for either vibration control or optimal fragmentation
• Powerful contouring capabilities for blast timing, surface and floor elevations, vibration maps, and
energy distribution in a blast
• Powerful reporting capabilities for blast design records and communicating critical design issues
such as costs, quantities, and energy.

Minimum software requirements

• Operating system: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
• Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4.0

Minimum hardware requirements

• Ram: 4 Gb
• Disk space: 500 Mb

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• Processor: Dual Core 2.00 GHz
• Operating system type: 32 bit

Recommended hardware requirements

• Ram: 8 Gb
• Disk space: 500 Mb
• Processor: Core i7 2.00 GHz
• Operating system type: 64 bit

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System overview
The AXXIS™ Underground Centralized Blasting System
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initiates blasts from a safe and convenient place on surface.

The system allows real time local monitoring with remote
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Centralized Blasting System is modular in design. It consists

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1. AXXIS™ Centralized Control Box which is installed on surface,

2. AXXIS™ Centralized Blasting Boxes located at blasting points
throughout the mine.
3. AXXIS™ logger to read UIDs of the AXXIS™ GII™ electronic
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 Benefits of the system:
• Pre- and post-blast diagnostics allows for the identification of any safety hazards or production issues
• Graphical User Interface identifies location of blast boxes throughout the mine
• Reduction of lost blast
• Ability to initiate electronic detonators and non-electrics improving productivity
• Timing off set can be customized for ring and slot blasting
• Fast programming cycles
• Reliable, easy to use and convenient

Features
• Central point for blasting with the blasting signal power available from only this one point.
• Monitoring via the local network with easy to use Graphical User Interface.
• Remote monitoring through the internet using a web browser.
• Basic information of the AXXIS™ Centralized Blasting Box is visually conveyed through a status light.
• AXXIS™ Centralized Blasting Boxes provide the ability to independently isolate the specific section from the firing command. As the
Blasting Boxes are connected in series, leaving them in the off state, will allow connected and armed Blasting Boxes deeper in the
mine to blast despite a Blasting Box being off.
• Proprietary uplink protocols enable monitoring over existing cables obviating the need to run additional cabling.
• AXXIS™ Centralized Blasting Boxes fire once during the two-minute blasting period
• Centralised Blasting Box is fitted with the option of initiating non-electrics using the BME starter block
• The system can initiate 100 electronic detonators in parallel with individual timing off set
• The system is equipped with a pre-programmed timing off set to initiate non-electrics
• File transfer via Bluetooth functionality
• Robust and rugged design for underground environment
• Pre-blasting information is available through the interface that will report problems prior to blasting

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Controlled firing of up to 100 AXXISTM Centralized Blasting Boxes

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Graphical User Interface displaying the status and data of the system in real time

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EC Firing Light
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Lights up for 120 seconds during the blasting period
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Alarm Light
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Latches to indicate that either power was lost and restored to the AXXISTM Centralized
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Control Box or a cable fault has occurred

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Centralized Control Box must be in OFF mode)

Mains Supply
110-250VAC

Construction
The circuitry is fitted in an IP65 plastic enclosure which is housed in a , lockable steel cabinet
with a polycarbonate window which allows examination of the AXXISTM Centralized Control
Box status

Unit Dimensions
Plastic enclosure 260mm x 200mm x 100mm
Steel enclosure 460mm x 320mm x 150mm

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Unit Mass
12.5kg

Temperature Range
-5 to 45°C

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Only AXXISTM Electronic Delay Detonators and AXXISTM stoping Electronic
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110-250VAC

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Nominal Voltage
EC 24V
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Firing Capacity
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A maximun of 100 AXXISTM EDDs or 10 AXXISTM stoping EDDs can be initiated per blast.
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Control Voltage
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Modified 110-250VAC 50Hz in firing mode; does not fire at less than 100VAC 36VAC in cable
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network test (standby) mode

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Status Light
Tri-coloured light indicating multiple states. Refer to attached information on the light of the
AXXISTM Centralized Blasting Boxes

Firing Switch
Inhabits firing when in OFF mode position; does not affect operation of supply status light

Construction
The circuitry is sealed in an IP65 plastic enclosure which is housed in a lockable steel cabinet
with a polycarbonate window which allows for examination of the AXXISTM Centralized Control
Box status

Unit Dimensions

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Plastic enclosure 163mm x 125mm x 66mm
Steel enclosure 285mm x 215mm x 95mm

Unit Mass
6.2kg

Temperature Range
-5 to 45°C
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Function

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The AXXIS™ Logger is a portable device that is used to read the UID and allocate delays to
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Mass
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376g
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Logging Mode
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Manual/Automatic
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Voltage
3.7 V Li-Ion rechargeable battery

Operating Temperature Range

Operation: -20 to +50°C
Storage: -40 to +70°C

Sealing
IP65

User Interface
Touch panel, finger or gloved finger input

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Communication Interface
Bluetooth

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Controlled firing of up to 100 AXXISTM Centralized Blasting Boxes

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Mains Supply
110-250VAC

Construction
The circuitry is sealed in an IP65 sealed plastic enclosure which is housed in a portable
water and dust proof, sealed and lockable case.

Unit Dimensions
Inner enclosure 170mm x 135mm x 85mm
Outer case 263mm x 232mm x 125mm

Unit Mass

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2.5kg

Temperature Range
-5 to 45°C

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CONTACT US
For Australian orders or queries, contact BME Australia

Queensland:
Phone: +61 738 079 887
Fax: +61 738 070 546
Address: 28 Computer Road, Yatala QLD 4207

For global orders or queries contact BME:

Phone: +27 11 709 8765

Email: info@bme.co.za/info@axxis.co.za
Website: www.bmeexplosives.com