Breaking hard rock without conventional explosives — using controlled plasma discharge and hydraulic shock.
Traditional blasting is hazardous, regulated and logistically heavy. Our solution replaces chemical energy with electrical energy.
Explosives are effective — but costly to permit, transport and use safely.
Particularly inefficient in: urban areas, tunneling, selective rock removal
Electro-Impulse Rock Breaking uses electrical energy instead of chemical explosives.
Key effect: Breaking by current gradient + hydraulic shock, not chemical explosion
Five steps from borehole to controlled rock fracture.
Drilled into the rock
Small amount added
~10,000°C arc
Local pressure spike
Controlled break
Working experimental unit demonstrating rock fracture on granite and basalt samples.
Demonstration Video
Click to play — video will be added| Parameter | Traditional Blasting | New Technology |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | Risk of detonation, seismic shock, flying debris | No explosives; controlled discharge; low seismic impact |
| Ecology | Dust, toxic gases, noise | Minimal dust; no exhaust gases; low noise |
| Economics | High cost of explosives and logistics | Low cost per discharge (only electricity) |
| Selectivity | Frontal / uncontrolled destruction | Only the specified rock volume |
| Autonomy | Dependent on explosives supply | Operates from grid or diesel generator |
Sites where explosives are restricted, costly or unsafe.
Ore crushing, drift excavation
Urban excavation, foundations
Tunneling, metro, roads
Demolition of engineering obstacles