AutoStem Gen i and ii
High energy pyrotechnic blasting cartridges.

The original AutoStem Cartridge: The AutoStem i
- Cartridges available in diameter of 32mm (1.26 inch)
- Suitable for use in a borehole of maximum 34mm diameter (1.34 inch)
- world’s first drop-and-go cartridge, requiring no stemming or tamping effort.
Product sizes available:
- 20g (120 per box, NEQ: 2.4kg) – cartridge length: 220mm
- 40g (100 per box, NEQ: 4.0kg) – cartridge length: 270mm
- 60g (90 per box, NEQ: 5.4kg) – cartridge length: 320mm
- 80g (80 per box, NEQ: 6.4 kg) – cartridge length: 370mm
- 100g (60 per box, NEQ: 6.0kg) – cartridge length: 420mm
Suitable for:
- Civil blasting in built up areas
- Oversize management in quarry pits
- Slyping, footwall and hangingwall clearing
- Concrete breaking
- Trenching
- Residential blasting
Boosters available in cartridges sizes of 60g and 100g
Standard Cartridge assembled with ignitor
Optional assembly to accomodate a detonator/shocktube initiation
Product is fully accredited in all major global markets including:
- CE mark of approval (European Union);
- USA (Department of Transport)
- Canada (Ministry of Natural Resources)
- South Africa (SAPS) and continental Africa
- Australia (Chamber of Mines)
- Continental South America (Brazil, Chile, Mexico)

The first dual stemming blasting cartridge: The AutoStem ii
- Cartridges available in diameter of 43mm (1.69 inch)
- Suitable for use in a borehole of maximum 50mm diameter (2.0 inch)
- Dual-stemming technology, product will function even in fractured ground
Product sizes available:
- 150g (52 per box, NEQ: 7.8kg) – cartridge length: 242mm
- 200g (42 per box, NEQ: 8.4kg) – cartridge length: 292mm
- 300g (30 per box, NEQ: 9.0kg) – cartridge length: 372mm
Suitable for:
- Low-height benching blasts
- Hard embedded rock blasting
- Very large oversize management
- Tunnelling blasts
- Trenching blasts
Standard Cartridge assembled with ignitor
Optional assembly to accomodate a detonator/shocktube initiation
Product is fully accredited in all major global markets including:
- CE mark of approval (European Union);
- USA (Department of Transport)
- Canada (Ministry of Natural Resources)
- South Africa (SAPS) and continental Africa
- Australia (Chamber of Mines)
- Continental South America (Brazil, Chile, Mexico)
AutoStem Accessories
AutoStem Cartridges meet international safety requirements

The World's safest and most advanced high performance blasting technology.
