VARI-STEM®

 

Vari-Stem Blast Improvement / Blast Control Plugs are quickly becoming one of the most widely used and accepted stemming plugs in the industry. First introduced in 1997, they are now being used worldwide.

Vari-Stem Plugs are used in vertical and horizontal blasting applications within the following industries:

• Aggregates & Mining
• Bridge & Tunnel Construction
• Excavation & Foundation
• Highway & Road Construction
• Blasting & Drilling
• Demolition
• Construction Explosives
• Utility & Pipeline Construction

Vari-Stem Plugs work by wedging the stemming material between the drill hole wall and our plug. Upon detonation of the explosives, the plug is forced upward into the stemming material and locks. When the plug “locks," the explosive gases and energy are prevented from venting through the drill hole, and instead are contained within the rock mass for milliseconds (ms) longer than non-plugged blasts.

Vari-Stem contains the explosive energy within the rock mass where it belongs!

Blasting is the first step in the aggregate and mining production process and the results happen in milliseconds! If you can make the rock smaller during the first step of the process, all other processes and phases will benefit.

Increased Fragmentation, Fracturing and Cap Rock Breakage. Reductions in Fly Rock, Air Blast, Stemming Ejection, Dust, Noise and Oversized Rock. These are all direct benefits and results of containing the blast energy within the rock mass for milliseconds longer than normal, simply by using Vari-Stem.

 

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At an average of only $80.00 per blast you can 
Save Thousands of Dollars in Secondary Breakage and Downstream Costs,
as well as Reduce your Cap Rock, Fly Rock, Air Blast and Nuisance Complaints.

Utilizing Vari-Stem is one of the few things you can do today, that will Improve your Blast Performance, Safety and Productivity tomorrow!

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