KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Your partner in
industry and mining
Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Gaisbauer
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY
PROJECT
PLANNING
RISK
REDUCTION
Many years of experience in industry in
the technical field, as head of
department, company management
Organisation consultancy, industrial maintenance, resource efficiency
Feasibility studies, planning, supervision
Industrial safety, mining safety,
abandoned mines
Underground mining and borehole mining
Prospecting , extraction and processing of mineral resources, roadheading and maintenence of underground cavities, use of abandoned mines
Visitor´s mines
Visitor´s mines in abandoned and active mines, potential use of abandoned mines, emergency prevention
Salt production and salt processing
Halite mining, solution mining, brine production, abandoned salt mines, processing of rock salt, brine purification, evaporation technology, drying, mixing, compacting, packaging of salt
Industrial production processes
Mechanical, chemical and thermal process engineering, processing of minerals, evaporation, drying, sieving, mixing, crushing, separation, packaging, fluid and bulk material transportation
Education
Professional experience
Certificates & distinctions
Education
Montan University Leoben, field of study: mining engineering
(Graduation 1984 with distinction)
1985 – 1986
Site manager for tunnelling
1987 – 2005
Executive positions in the underground salt mines at the „Salinen Austria“
1992 – 2005
Operations manager in mining production and visitors‘ mines,
head of mining department
Fields of focus:
- development of mining technology
- Solution mining for salt
- Automation of all production processes
- Planning and construction of the new visitor´s mine in Hallstatt
2005 – 2013
Plant manager of the „ Saline Ebensee“ and board member of the „Österreichische Salinen AG“ (responsible for technology, production and tourism)
Fields of focus:
- Planning and construction of a new potassium sulphate manufacturing plant
- Plant expansion and increase of production capacity of 50 %
- Restructuring of all maintenance processes
- Optimisation of energy consumption
2006 – 2013
General Manager of the „Salinen Tourismus GmbH„
(Manager of the Visitor‘s Salt Mines)
Since 2013
Owner of the Engineering Firm for Process Engineering and Mining
in Altaussee / Austria
1978
„Matura“ – school leaving certificate from the „Bundesgymnasium Gmunden“ with distinction
1984
Awarded the „Rektor-Platzer“ ring by the Montan University Leoben
for graduating with honours
2000 - 2015
Lecturer at the Montan University Leoben for the Science of Salt Mining and Solution Mining
2007
Awarded with Mine Rescue Team Badge of Honour by the Federal Minister for Employment and Industry
since 2014
Publicly appointed expert for mining
2015
Expert for occupational safety
Underground mining and borehole mining
Prospecting , extraction and processing of mineral resources, roadheading and maintenence of underground cavities, use of abandoned mines
Visitor´s mines
Visitor´s mines in abandoned and active mines, potential use of abandoned mines, emergency prevention
Salt production and salt processing
Halite mining, solution mining, brine production, abandoned salt mines, processing of rock salt, brine purification, evaporation technology, drying, mixing, compacting, packaging of salt
Industrial production processes
Mechanical, chemical and thermal process engineering, processing of minerals, evaporation, drying, sieving, mixing, crushing, separation, packaging, fluid and bulk material transportation
Consulting in technical/economical issues
Expertises, calculations, cost-benefit-calculations
Project planning
Feasibility studies, calculation of costs, planning, mine closure
Industrial maintenance
Total productive maintenance, preventive and condition-based maintenance, CIP-processes, TPM
Industrial safety and mining safety
Improvement of occupational safety, safety issues in active and abandoned mines, geomechanics, emergency planning
I look forward to hearing from you!
