Learn blast
monitoring.
Everything we know about measuring a blast, in the order you need it. Start with a moving picture, finish reading a real record.
I'm new to this
Five short pages with a moving picture on each. Twenty minutes, no maths first.
Start the conceptsI'm setting up a unit
Place it, set the trigger, know what it will do when the shot fires.
Open the guidesI need to check a number
PPV, g, distance, a word on a report. Get the answer and get back to work.
Open the calculatorFollow a path
Understand a vibration report
Read PPV, g and dominant frequency on a real record and know what they mean.
Set up your first ViB
From the box to a good first record, with the trigger you meant to set.
Design a quieter blast
Lay out a bench, load a hole, time the sequence, and know how sure the firing times are.
Predict the vibration
From the MIC to a site law with its P95 band, ending with a whole blast read on one clock.
Blast quality with VoD
Why velocity of detonation matters and how to use it to tighten a shot.
- 1The importance of VoD testing
- 2Working with Velocity of Detonation to get the best from your blast design
- 3Tighten your blast quality control with a VoD unit
Pick a topic
Vibration monitoring
What the ground does when a blast fires, how a unit records it, and how to read the numbers.
Displacement
How far the ground moved from rest — usually a fraction of a millimetre.
StartVelocity
How fast the ground is moving at each instant. Compliance limits are written in mm/s.
StartAcceleration
How fast the velocity is changing. This is what a ViB accelerometer senses.
StartFrequency
How many cycles a second. The same travel is a different speed and a different g at a different rate.
StartVelocity of detonation
How fast the explosive burns down the hole, why it matters, and how to measure it.
ShotTrack VoD fundamentals
How ShotTrack VoD units use Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) for accurate detonation velocity measurement.
StartThe importance of VoD testing
Is Velocity of Detonation testing just for specialists, or should every blasting operation be doing it?
Read articleWorking with Velocity of Detonation to get the best from your blast design
What VoD is, why measuring it matters, and how it protects your blast design and your budget.
Read articleTighten your blast quality control with a VoD unit
Practical steps for using a Velocity of Detonation unit to tighten blast quality control.
Read articleCompliance and limits
Standards, limits, reports and the arithmetic that turns a record into a verdict.
Read a real record
A real blast is many tones at once, so the trace is messy. The pure tone is the building block, so you can check the sums.
StartBlast vibration glossary
Every term you will meet on a monitoring job, explained in one sentence first. Tap a term anywhere on the site to see it.
StartAcceleration and velocity
Your trigger is set in g. Your limit is written in mm/s. See where the two meet, at the frequency your site actually produces.
StartVibration calculator
Estimate PPV, acceleration, safe distance and maximum charge from the scaled-distance law.
Open the calculatorBlast design and quality
Using measurements to design better shots and check that they went as planned.
Vibration calculator
Estimate PPV, acceleration, safe distance and maximum charge from the scaled-distance law.
Open the calculatorThe importance of VoD testing
Is Velocity of Detonation testing just for specialists, or should every blasting operation be doing it?
Read articleWorking with Velocity of Detonation to get the best from your blast design
What VoD is, why measuring it matters, and how it protects your blast design and your budget.
Read articleSetting up a unit
Placing, configuring and connecting ShotTrack hardware so the first record is a good one.
Getting started
How to set up your ShotTrack hardware, connect to the ShockAI platform, and get support.
StartVib-Nano set-up guide
Follow the easy set-up guide for the ShotTrack Vib-Nano vibration monitor.
StartVib-Nano onboarding & ShockAI help
Onboarding and help for the Vib-Nano app and the ShockAI cloud platform.
StartSetting a ViB up for a blast
Pick the job, read the numbers it needs, and know what the unit will do when the shot fires.
StartShockAI software
Uploading, reporting and sharing records on the platform.
New articles
The importance of VoD testing
Is Velocity of Detonation testing just for specialists, or should every blasting operation be doing it?
Read articleWorking with Velocity of Detonation to get the best from your blast design
What VoD is, why measuring it matters, and how it protects your blast design and your budget.
Read articleTighten your blast quality control with a VoD unit
Practical steps for using a Velocity of Detonation unit to tighten blast quality control.
Read articleDrill and blast vibration monitoring
How blast vibration monitoring supports compliance, performance review, and safer operations.
Read article