IDS GeoRadar announces SLYX for slow movement analysis on tailing dams
23 March 2021
Pisa (Italy), 23 March 2021
Two of the leading players in the monitoring industry, Geopraevent and IDS GeoRadar, both Hexagon companies, today introduce SLYX Slow Movement Analysis, a solution that goes beyond standard analysis of tailing dams.
To reliably monitor slow movements over several months or even years is very challenging especially on fixed, but vegetated slopes such as tailing dams, where the smallest movement can be a precursor of a slope failure. SLYX measures very slow displacements with an unprecedented coherence in the resulting data.
The algorithm is based on an automatic selection of the most suitable measurements from the IBIS radar data and on a tailored evaluation for slow movements. This procedure gets even closer to the detection limits, accurately determining millimeter movements over extended time periods.
SLYX is integrated in IBIS Guardian with a dedicated interface for easier application. The analysis period and the measurement window for analysis are flexible and can be selected by each user.
“The reliable and accurate measurement of small, slow movements is difficult. With SLYX Slow Movement Analysis, we launch a powerful tool that allows us to do just that. The SLYX algorithms make it possible to detect large-scale mm movements over several days to months that would normally be lost in instrumental noise,” said Lorenz Meier, Geopraevent CEO.
Francesco Coppi, IDS GeoRadar Director of Monitoring Radar Product Management, commented: “Slow movements play an important role as early precursors for potentially catastrophic slope failures, as it could happen for tailing dams. SLYX represents a game changer in this field.”
About Geopraevent
Geopraevent operates more than 100 customized monitoring and alarm systems in the area of natural hazards worldwide. The specialized company offers comprehensive process understanding based on many years of experience and the interdisciplinary collaboration of physicists, engineers and electronics engineers with natural hazard experts. Geopraevent covers the entire process chain, providing ideal sensor technology, data and alarm transmission, system integration as well as safety and alarm concepts.
About IDS GeoRadar
IDS GeoRadar, a Hexagon company, provides products and solutions, based on radar technology, for mining, civil engineering and monitoring applications. The company is a leading provider of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Interferometric Radar solutions worldwide. IDS GeoRadar is committed to delivering best-in-class performance solutions and to the pursuit of product excellence, through the creation of application-specific, innovative and cost-efficient systems for a wide range of applications including mining, utility detection and mapping, civil engineering, geology, archaeology and public safety.
Hexagon is a global leader in sensors, software and autonomous solutions. Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.
