Charging machine /ˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ məˈʃiːn/ – a device for the mechanized supply of granular, cartridgeed and fluid (water-containing) explosives into charging cavities (holes, boreholes, boilers, chambers) during open-pit and underground mining, as well as for the preparation of explosives (igdanite, water-containing explosives) in loading process.