CERTIFICATION
To ensure you get credit for your certification, please make sure you have created a store account and signed in using the same email address you will be using for your certification. Once you have watched the video above, take the Certification Test to register for access to Charge and Booster Cartridges purchases
1. Watch the Video (No Audio)
2. Take the test below and pass 80% and above to access Cartridges
3. Recieve your certificate and congratulatory email
4. Go to "Shop All" and sign in with the same email address
Certification Information
Federal ATF Exemption
Rock Popper Systems come with a letter including an abridged version of our ATF SED Exemption. This letter explains that you are not in possession of a explosive device that requires a Federal Explosive license; meaning that it is legal for anyone who is 18 or older who goes through the Cartridge Certification Process to OWN a Rock Popper. This letter is not a “get out of jail free card” if you are participating in illegal activities with the Rock Popper System. Each State and Local authority can regulate the USE of the Rock Popper so it is important to check with the appropriate State and Local authorities.
Magnum Cartridges and Booster Charges
The Rock Popper uses a propellent based rock fracturing cartridge with a completely inert ignition system. The inert igniter is electrically initiated creating a very powerful ionization effect that initiates the propellent. This ignition system is much safer than other pyrogen or percussion (primer) based initiation systems aiding in the superior safety of the Rock Popper. Another safety feature is the method in which the powerful propellent utilized in both the .375 Magnum Cartridge and the .375 Magnum Booster Charge takes advantage of a synergistic loop and is thus basically self regulating. The synergistic loop is as follows: 1. The propellent burns creating pressure. 2. The pressure allows the propellent to burn faster creating more pressure. 3. The additional pressure generated allows the propellent to burn even faster and so on. Once the containing vessel (the bore hole) ruptures, the loop is instantly ended so generally no excessive pressure is generated. In other words the pressure the propellent generates is limited by the containment ability of the containing vessel (cartridge tube or rock or concrete). This is how the cartridge can be used on such a wide range of material such that the cartridge can fracture car sized boulders and then much smaller rocks without creating excessive flyrock. The harder the material the better it breaks using our system.
We recommend no more than 2 boosters per bore hole.
Water Assistance
Since the Rock Popper Cartridges are extremely water resistant they work in damp or completely submerged environments. This also allows for drilling a borehole much deeper than the Power Head Rod and Cartridge length. When you fill the borehole with water you are taking advantage of the incompressible properties of water allowing for a larger splitting plane across the entire length of the borehole wether it be 18” or 40”. Its almost like free power. Adding water will also fill any voids that may be present making materials that may not otherwise be blast-able, blast-able
Innovations and Features
Rock and masonry have a high compressive strength which is why they make great foundations for heavy loads. However they have a low tensile strength. The innovative Rock Popper takes advantage of the low tensile strength of rock and masonry and fractures by placing the force/power on the inside of the material. Hydraulic hammers and other mechanical means of demolishing are fighting against the high compressive properties of the material leading to slow demolition with high maintenance and equipment ware. The Rock Popper System is a quiet system (quieter than most people expect). Noise creation is much less than a large rotohammer or any hoe-ram, making your residential or commercial neighbors much happier during your demolition phase of a project. In most cases the, SDS drilling is the loudest part of the entire process. If blasting wet (i.e. with water in the borehole) the fracturing can be quieter than a clap of the hands.