Geosysta at the 14th International Symposium of continuous surface mining

Conferences

Geosysta participated in the 14th International Sumposium of continuous surface mining (ISCSM 2018), held on 23-26 September in Thessaloniki, Greece, where professionals from all over the world presented their work and discussed the latest developments on continuous surface mining.

Geosysta was one of the main sponsors of the Symposium and presented the following papers:

  1. “A cloud-based real-time slope movement monitoring system”, where a robust cloud-based data management software application which is called Minefeed was presented. This application collects, stores and analyses any type of monitoring data and is used by the Public Power Cooperation to monitor all its mine slopes. The system incorporates a vast amount of data such as target survey measurements, inclinometers, piezometers, tiltmeters etc. This geotechnical monitoring system has evolved over many years and has been successfully used for slope monitoring in large surface mines.
An overview of Minefeed

The presentation was made by Chrysanthos Steiakakis, Civil and Mining Engineer, MSc, Co – Founder and CEO of Geosysta.

  1. “A Real-Time Event-Driven Database System for Maintenance Planning and Productivity Analysis in Continuous Surface Mining Operations”: This paper presents a real-time event driven data management application, which was developed for the surface lignite mines in northern Greece by Prof. Agioutantis and his colleagues. The mines operate using a continuous mining system, utilizing bucket wheel excavators, conveyor belts, spreaders and stackers. Each mine features its own control center installation comprising of PLCs, Aspect Servers, OPC servers and a SCADA system. The data management system is installed on the network backbone and draws data from the OPC servers. Data are then modified by control tower personnel and are used to generate reports for production monitoring, equipment performance and utilization as well as maintenance tasks. The system has been operational since 2011.

Stamatini Delmadorou, Civil and Structural Engineer, MSc at Geosysta presented this data management system.



			

	
	

		
					


	

			

	

		
About Amalia Tziovara

		

			Amalia is a Geologist with a Master in Business Administration (MBA) and more than 15 years of professional experience. She started her career as a geologist for EMVELEIA S.A. but shortly after she became a member of the Bid and Tendering Department of ADT - OMEGA S.A. and a Quality Assurance Manager. Her duties included among others: search for tenders, coordination and check of the required tender documentation, participation in the drafting of the technical offer, offer submission and monitoring the course of the tender, administrative support for contracts, handling and monitoring of quality control procedures.
Amalia joined Geosysta's Geological & Geotechnical Department in 2018. Her tasks include the elaboration of geological and geotechnical designs and administrative support.