TY - CONF A1 - Krebs, Holger A1 - Hasenfelder, Uta A1 - Schäfer, Diana A1 - von Oertzen, Alexander T1 - Investigations of non-electric detonators and conclusions T2 - EFEE 8th World conference on explosives and blasting N2 - More than 5 million non-electric detonators are used annually in Germany for blasting operations. The relative usage of non-electric detonators amounts to about 50% of all civil blasting operations in Germany. BAM, as the notified body for explosives in Germany, tests non-electric detonators for the purpose of EU-type approval under the civil explosives directive, but also in the context of general investigations, e.g. when misfiring occurs. BAM has all facilities to test these detonators according to the European standard EN 13763. The presentation will cover the test facilities of BAM and address some issues of delay time accuracy. Several advantages and disadvantages of the non-electric ignition system will be discussed in the context of case investigations, and conclusions for mining operations and the advoidance of misfiring will be drawn. T2 - EFEE 8th World conference on explosives and blasting CY - Lyon, France DA - 26.04.2015 PY - 2015 SN - 978-0-9550290-4-2 N1 - Serientitel: Lyon conference proceedings – Series title: Lyon conference proceedings SP - 123 EP - 127 AN - OPUS4-33202 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -