Rock Science Engineering

Engineered Solutions for Safe (Non-Explosive) Rock Breaking

Magnum Buster ^TM

Compact and portable the Magnum Buster (Boulder Buster) is an ideal tool for reducing and demolishing boulders, rock and concrete structures on projects that demand versatility and power and in locations where conventional explosives are not allowed or are inappropriate. Easy to reduce these oversized structures without having to evacuate the immediate area. 

The next generation Magnum Buster has replaced the original Boulder Buster as an advanced user-friendly design that delivers significantly increased productivity and lower cartridge consumption.

The Magnum Buster separates itself from the competition as it requires only a single (in-hole) cartridge to produce effective breakage results. The cartridge inside the tool itself is no longer required.

This design not only saves substantially on cartridge consumption but also improves productivity by speeding up the cycle time between shots.

The Magnum Buster is the most powerful, productive and cost effective non-explosive rock breaking technology available on the market today.

Boulder Buster Conversion

The conventional Boulder Buster can now be converted to operate with the single cartridge efficiency of our Magnum Buster^TM.  We have developed a special Gas Injection Liner that can be inserted into the cartridge breach of any conventional Boulder Buster, totally eliminating the requirement for (and cost of) a Rim Fire cartridge.  Click the menu button titled Boulder Buster Conversion for more deailed information.

McCarthy Industries is a leading practitioner in the art and science of mechanized NON-EXPLOSIVE rock fragmentation systems and has been at the leading edge of developing the technology platforms required to move successfully from technical vision to commercial viability and operational reality.

Rock excavation systems and rock fragmentation technologies have been dominated by the drill and blast method for more than a century. Our new propellant based non-explosive technology employs a small propellant charge directed into a drill hole filled with water that fractures rock and stubborn concrete in an efficient tensile-hydro-fracturing breakage mechanism - a true advancement in state-of-the-art rock fragmentation technologies.

Non-explosive rock fragmentation offers great advantages to the mining and construction industries of the present and will become the essential technological building block of fully automated rock excavation systems of the future.