CONSTRUCTION

ENGINEERING

BLASTING MATERIALS
SAFETY FUSE

PRESENTED BY-
GUIDED BY:- PROF.ASMITA LAKHOTE
TEJAL NARVEKAR
BE (C ) R.NO-41
Fuses
Fuses are required to ignite
explosives
There are in the form of a small
rope of cotton with core of
continuous thread of gun powder
The rate of burning is about
1cm/sec
They enable the person firing the
charge to move to a safe distance
before the explosion takes place.
SAFTEY FUSE

It means the slow-burning commercially used blasting

fuse.
It usually consisting of a core of powder overspun with
yarns and tapes and which may be treated with a
waterproofing compound.
Mainly intended to convey fire to the blasting caps or
explosive mass while minimizing the danger to the
employee lighting it.
Use of safety fuse

No one shall be permitted to carry detonators or primers of

any kind on the person.
The minimum length of safety fuse to be used in blasting shall
be as required by applicable state law, but shall be no less than
thirty inches.
At least two employees shall be present when multiple cap and
fuse blasting is done by hand lighting methods.
Safety fuse shall only be used where sources of extraneous
electricity make the use of electric blasting caps dangerous.
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