Precision instruments for detonation velocity and detonator delay measurement.
Precision measurement systems for explosives testing, mining, quarries, underground excavation and energetic materials applications. Designed in Geneva, Switzerland, trusted worldwide since 1936.
Geneva, Switzerland, established 1936
Company
Innovative technologies since 1936.
Kontinitro SA is a limited company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1936, the company quickly specialized in precision measuring instruments for the explosives industry. High performance chronographs have been developed to measure very short time intervals, in order to determine propagation speeds of several tens of thousands of meters per second.
For the past several decades, we are proud to have loyal customers in over 60 countries. Our work of precision and the quality of our products is, for our customers, a guarantee of confidence. We have been leaders in Velocity Of Detonation measuring instruments for more than 30 years.
Measuring instruments
Built for one purpose, refined for decades.
Technology fields
From the laboratory to the blast hole.
V.O.D for explosives and propellants
Velocity Of Detonation measurement
Our Explomet instruments allow you to check the detonation or combustion speed of your products to match the expected standard. Detonation speed greatly influences rock fragmentation, propulsion speed and detonator delays. Confirming the correct V.O.D saves a lot of resources, and therefore money.
Delay control for detonators and ignitors
Detonator delay measurement
Our Detomet allows you to verify the accuracy of your detonator delays, the actual speed of your shock tubes, detonating cord and more. Precisely measured delays avoid timing errors and guarantee perfect synchronization of your explosions.
V.O.D in mining and quarries
Large scale field measurement
Our measuring instruments and accessories no longer have to prove their worth for large scale V.O.D tests, or for V.O.D measurements on the field. For more than 30 years, we have been working in close collaboration with European quarries to make field V.O.D measurements as simple and efficient as possible.
Underground excavation and tunnels
Timing accuracy for safer blasts
We work on instruments allowing the times of electronic detonators to be calculated in a simple, fast and efficient way, with the Detomet 2.0 and the Detomet High Capacity. The timing accuracy of electronic detonators is a key factor for trouble free blast control.
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