Diptek Pulse
Measures each hole (depth, water height, collar position and toe RL) and uploads every record the moment it's captured, so nothing waits for the end of the shift.
Fast in normal conditions,
trusted in difficult ones
Designed & built in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Meet Pulse
Two sensors.
One tool
A handheld blast-hole survey instrument. LiDAR measures routine holes in an instant; an integrated probe verifies the difficult ones, without changing tools.
THE HEAD
Every sensor, held level over the collar
LiDAR, RTK GPS and the probe live in one sealed head at the end of a carbon pole. The operator stays upright, 1.5 m clear of the hole.
LIDAR
<1 s
Dry holes, no contact
A single LiDAR measurement captures hole depth without dipping, typing or switching tools.
RTK GPS
cm
Actual collar XYZ, every hole
Centimetre-level positioning compares drilled against design before charge and floor-control decisions are made.
INTEGRATED PROBE
10–20 s
Wet and difficult holes, verified
Where water, mud or deviation blocks the laser, the probe drops on its cable to the toe, measuring full depth and the water column in the same workflow.
350
holes an hour, per device
Average field performance in WA iron ore: a 1,500-hole shot done in under three hours with two operators.
The full workflow
From the hole to the cloud, step by step
The old dip-tape routine, then Pulse: RTK collar position, dry and wet holes, and the sync that follows every capture.
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The old way: dip, spray, type
One person dips each hole with a weighted tape, reads it by eye and sprays the depth on the ground. A second follows with a tablet and types it in. 15–60 s a hole, and water is only estimated.
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Lock the collar with RTK
Satellites plus a base-station correction fix the collar's easting, northing and RL to centimetre level, so every reading lands on the right hole.
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Dry hole: LiDAR only
The LiDAR measures straight to the toe in an instant. No contact, no second tool.
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Wet hole: LiDAR, then the probe
The LiDAR stops at the water and flags the hole. The integrated probe drops on its cable to the toe: full depth and water column in 10–20 s.
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Synced after every capture
Position, depth, water and time go straight to the Diptek cloud, then on to Orica BlastIQ, Maptek BlastLogic or your other mine systems through a direct API.
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Hole after hole, one tool
Continuous capture across the whole shot: up to 350 holes an hour.
9×
Faster than conventional methods
Complete surveys up to nine times faster than dip tape once walking back and tablet entry are counted. That means fewer hours on the bench, lower FTE cost, and data that's in the system before the shift ends.
Integration
Live to the cloud, straight into blast software
Each record uploads from the bench as it's captured, then passes to the systems your mine already uses. No exports, no re-typing.
Every hole, visible from the office
- Captured
- Redrill
- Backfill
- Missing
Measured hole records delivered to BlastIQ automatically.
BlastLogic
Designs in, measured records back, both automated.
Third-party systems
Connectors built for other mine software.
BlastIQ is a trademark of Orica Limited. Maptek and BlastLogic are trademarks of Maptek Pty Ltd.
Compare
Pulse vs the alternatives
Measurement capability
Dip tape
Single-sensor QA/QC tool
Diptek Pulse
Dry hole depth15–60 s, dipping + data entryInstantInstant
Wet hole depth15–60 s, dipping + data entryCan't measure wet holes10–20 s
Challenging holes depthAngled, deep, small diameter30–60 s, dipping + data entryCan't measure these holes10–20 s
Water column heightEstimatedCan't measureMeasured
Depth accuracyOperator-dependentUnknownCentimetre level
Collar positionNot capturedNot capturedRTK-surveyed XY
Integration / data flowYesUnknownAuto sync, with a direct API to your drill and blast data management system
Operator postureBending at every holeBending at every holeUpright
Specifications are indicative and subject to change.
Case study
The value case for a working mine
A worked example for a large open-pit operation running two Pulse units in dry-hole conditions against a conventional dip-tape QA/QC crew.
WORKED EXAMPLE
One 1,500-hole shot
Measure
Dip tape QA
Diptek Pulse
Difference
Survey rate, per operatorIncl. dipping, walking back and tablet entry~40 holes / h~350 holes / h~9× faster
Time to survey the shotTwo operators~19 h, two shiftsUnder 3 hSame-shift results
Operator hours in the pit~38 h~4.5 h−88% exposure
Bend-and-lift at the collar1,5000Manual handling removed
Manual data entriesHole, depth, water~4,5000No transcription errors
Collar positions surveyedNone1,500, RTKDrilled vs design, every hole
Water columnEstimatedMeasured, every wet holeRight product, right hole
Blast outcome & incident preventionCharging on verified data, fully auditableUnverified, hand-keyed recordsTime-stamped audit trail, every holeBetter blast outcomes, investigation-ready records
MODEL YOUR SITE
Indicative only. Assumes ~40 holes an hour by tape (dipping, walking back and tablet entry), ~350 with Pulse, and 1,700 productive field hours per FTE a year.
- Operator hours saved / yr
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- FTE redeployed
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- Bend-and-lift avoided / yr
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- Manual entries removed / yr
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