P a g e | 1 Nitro Sibir Australia – Python Maxisplit Case Study The Product: Nitro Sibir Australia (NSA) manufactures Python Maxisplit as part of its commercial explosives product range. Python Maxisplit is a packaged presplit product designed for smooth wall blasting application. Python Maxisplit is manufactured in NSA’s purpose built presplit manufacturing facility in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The Python Maxisplit design consists of a continuous casing film that is filled with a high energy watergel explosive, clipped at 400mm intervals creating individual chubs. The entire length is centre traced with a 10 gram detonating cord initiation system. An annotated design is displayed in Figure 1 and the actual product is displayed in Figure 2.

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