REMOTE INITIATOR RECEIVER

摘要

An expendable remote initiator receiver 1 for initiating at least one shock tube connectable to an explosive charge. The receiver 1 includes: (i) a shock tube interface 6 that directly interfaces with a shock tube connected to an explosive charge, (ii) a spark initiator that initiates a spark at the shock tube interface to initiate the shock tube, (iii) multifunctional shock tube interface adaptor 8 mounted and connected to the shock tube interface 6, the multifunctional shock tube interface connects the ground of a printed circuit assembly (PCA) to the shock tube needle 10 to allow a spark to occur upon initiation by the spark initiator and also holds the PCA securely, (iv) configuring means adapted to allow the receiver to be field bondable such that the receiver can be configured to any transmitter, (v) zeroiser configured by software to allow the configuration of the receiver to be blanked so that the receiver cannot be initiated by any transmitter until such time as the receiver is field-bonded by the configuration means, (vi) a multifunctional battery cap 3 adapted to withstand ±25KV electrical static discharge (ESD) events and allows for the receiver to stand upright, and (vii) antenna 2 capable of withstanding ±25KV ESD events.