BOKU and Konrad are working on enabling advanced operation progress monitoring and performance evaluation through pooling sensor information on cable yarders. The first field test has taken place during a downhill yarding operation with a Konrad Mounty 4000 yarder to test the system under real-life conditions, contributing to work package 3 – harvesting. Stay informed […]
Just out! Read our latest newsletter: TECH4EFFECT NEWSLETTER MARCH 2019 Consortium meeting and field trip T4E Bucking App to assist motor manual bucking Prize for oral presentation to TECH4EFFECT partners SGGW field trip for silvicultural case study Publication: Decreasing fuel consumption of excavator-based harvesters with machine control system Publication: Spatial distribution of the potential forest […]
Ponsse 8-wheeler Wisent forwarder loading during thinning operations in Joensuu, Finland
Ponsse Scorpion harvester with a multi-stem processing harvester head in action during thinning operation in Joensuu, Finland
The 52 edition of the symposium ‘Forestry Mechanization’ or FORMEC will be held together with the 42 edition of the Council on Forest Engineering (COFE). This is the first time for a COFE meeting taking place in Europe – in Sopron, Hungary. Join also the field trip to Forchtenstein in Austria to attend AUSTROFOMA, the […]
The 25th world congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizationstakes (IUFRO) takes place in Curitiba, Brazil, and focuses on Forest Research and Cooperation for Sustainable Development. Congress themes include: Forests for people Forests and climate change Forests and forest products for a greener future Biodiversity, ecosystem services and biological invasions Forests, soil and […]
This years KWF Thementage focus on the topic of ‘Forest access today – novel ways in logistics’. Franz Holzleitner from BOKU will give a presentation on ‘Smart sensing technology to monitor road bearing capacity’. Don’t miss this chance to meet TECH4EFFECT partners and pick up our project flyer in the KWF info desk. Have a […]
European forests are considered a crucial resource for supplying biomass to a growing bio-economy in Europe. This study aimed to assess the potential availability of forest biomass from European forests and its spatial distribution. We tried to answer the questions (i) how is the potential forest biomass availability spatially distributed across Europe and (ii) where […]
Austrian Foresters are meeting this year in ‘Stift Seckau’ close to Knittelfeld to discuss forests and climate change. Gernot Erber from BOKU has been selected to present our TECH4EFFECT project poster. Registration is open until 3. May! Check out the event page for more details!
6 – 10 October 2019, FORMEC – COFE, Sopron, Hungary13. February 2019 - 13:58
IUFRO29 September – 5 October 2019, IUFRO, Curitiba, Brazil13. February 2019 - 13:45
26 – 27 June 2019, KWF Thementage, Richberg, Germany12. February 2019 - 15:03
Österreichischer Forstverein23 – 24 May 2019, Österreichische Forsttagung, Seckau, Austria10. February 2019 - 9:13