Additives for Explosives - ADEX™
Our PIBSA (polyisobutylene succinic anhydride)-based emulsifiers for explosives have nearly 20 years of proven performance in the industry. Explosives present a hazard when they become unstable during storage, and they are useless if they don't explode in the borehole. Both were common occurrences until Lubrizol introduced its PIBSA-based emulsifiers for explosives in the 1980s. Explosives made with our emulsifiers are:
- Stable for years in storage - this helps customers with inventory control and shipping.
- Make reliable emulsions - they "shoot" when they are expected to, thus protecting workers and improving productivity on construction, mining and quarrying sites.
Our emulsifiers for explosives can be tailored to meet customer needs.
- Our scientists and engineers consider the customer's process equipment and final product requirements when recommending an emulsifier.
- We make sure that our emulsifiers are compatible with the customer's raw materials when making a product recommendation.
- We have products for both packaged and bulk emulsion explosives, which can be sensitized with either micro-balloons or chemically-generated gas bubbles.
- We can provide a ready-to-use fuel phase, or a concentrated emulsifier, which can be diluted at the customer's plant.
- Our products are suitable for use in all types of process equipment such as jet and static mixers, or pin and colloid mills.
- We are able to work with customers to provide solutions to most field needs.
- We can supply products that meet a range of performance requirements, thus allowing customers to customize products to meet their blasting needs.
The Products
Emulsifiers: Our product line is quite versatile. We have a series of key building block emulsifiers that when used alone provide unique performance characteristics. Our customers also take advantage of the benefits of blending our emulsifiers. When blended with each other, or with Lubrizol's SMO, our product line can provide tailored solutions to our customer's blasting needs.
Cross-linkers: Our cross-linkers make the emulsion stiff or rubbery. The explosive will then harden and "lock" itself into a bore hole, fractured hole or up hole. This patented cross-linking technology provides solutions to severe loading conditions.
Crystal Habit Modifiers: Our crystal habit modifier adds strength to AN prills during the production process. Unlike competing technologies, our crystal habit modifier is compatible with most emulsions.
Waxes: We offer micronized waxes with a variety of melting points suitable for use in packaged emulsion explosives.
Oils: As the oil experts, we can make emulsions from virtually any oil the customer wants - from general to specialized. We also can give customers different variations of a product, depending on shipping or formulation needs.
Optimum Flexibility in Delivery
Our global, multi-plant capability offers optimum flexibility to our explosives customers, ensuring world-class service and batch-to-batch product consistency. Our ability to multi-source presents our customers with the opportunity to enjoy lower freight costs and more timely delivery, resulting in lower inventory and carrying costs. For many customers our forward warehouses and bulk storage facilities offer the luxury of drawing product on an as-needed basis.
For more information, please contact us at:
Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
9911 Brecksville Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44141
Kent Stephens: 216-447-5439
Tom Wolak: 216-447-5441
