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Tuesday 24 July 2007

Explosive tracking

A company that develops explosives tracking and management systems has developed a solution to detonator tracking by placing a RFID device within the detonator.  

The Global Tracking Solutions (GTS) innovation tracks detonators from construction to destruction.  

Mistakes can be made with paper-based detonation tracking, making electronic tagging and tracking the preferred method for tracking blast equipment.  

The company places a second identical RFID tag within the unit resulting in a product that contains a built in redundancy system.      

RFID gives the mining industry the ability to identify every detonator with individual detonator ID numbers now recorded onto the box.

Key contact:

John Moore

Global Tracking Solutions

jmoore@globaltracking.com.au  

www.globaltracking.com   

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