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Newsletter August 2018

Just out! Read our third newsletter:

TECH4EFFECT NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2018

  • Two new partners in TECH4EFFECT
  • Field tests: Cable-assisted timber harvesting on steep terrain
  • Consortium meeting and field trip to Warsaw
  • Field tests: forest road bearing capacity
  • Latest publication on fuel savings

 

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BOKU

Field tests: forest road bearing capacity

What´s going on under your truck wheel? BOKU is preparing for field tests in the North of Austria. Special soil sensors have been burried to investigate the impact of harsh weather conditions on forest road bearing capacity. High resolution soil parameters and weather data are captured and transmitted to BOKU for analysis, contributing to work package 3 – harvesting.

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Two new partners in TECH4EFFECT!

Confirming the high relevance of research and innovation in TECH4EFFECT, two additional organisations have recently joined the TECH4EFFECT consortium. The Department of Forest Work Science and Engineering from the University of Goettingen (Germany) is continuing the work previously done at Freiburg University on timber harvesting and site impact. The South African Stellenbosch University is a key connection point to the South African forestry sector, especially to provide machine derived data to the efficiency portal and associated research.

 

 

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Field trip and consortium meeting in Warsaw

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LUKE

Publication: Modifying the settings of CTL timber harvesting machines to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

Following extensive field trials, LUKE just published results on experiments with Ponsse harvesters:

  • Adjustment of machine settings had an effect on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
  • Large energy saving potential in the Nordic and Baltic regions alone:
  • Potential savings may amount to almost 50 million litres of diesel per year.
  • Stem size also had a strong effect on fuel consumption and productivity.

Read the abstract or download the full pdf!

Whatch the video produced during the field trials: http://www.tech4effect.eu/fuel-economy-tests-harvesters/

 

Figure 1: The machines studied in the experiment, upper-left the Ponsse Beaver, upper-right the Ponsse ScorpionKing, below the Ponsse Ergo.

2 Positions in precision forestry at NIBIO

Two positions are currently available at NIBIO in precision forestry, one post doc position and one researcher position:

For details on the post-doc position check out: Post-doc job add

For the researcher position: Researcher job add

Publication out: operational UAV based approach for stand-level assessment of soil disturbance after forest harvesting

The first TECH4EFFECT publication in 2018 coming from Bruce Talbot et al. from NIBIO is now avialable for free download, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research:

Operational UAV based approach for stand-level assessment of soil disturbance after forest harvesting

Read the abstract or download the whole publication: http://www.tech4effect.eu/media-corner/publications/

25 – 27 September 2018, FORMEC, Madrid, Spain

This years yearly FORMEC (Forestry Mechanization) meeting takes place in Madrid, Spain, from 25 – 27 September 2018. Register to meet serveral TECH4EFFECT partners:

  • Bruce Talbot from NIBIO in Session A1: The TECH4EFFECT Efficiency Portal: architecture, challenges, and preliminary outcomes of an ambitious benchmarking system (25.09; 15:00 in Room F1)
  • Johanna Routa from LUKE in Session B1: Productivity and cost-efficiency of mechanizing tending with Cutlink device in spruce seedling stands (26.09; 10:10 in Room F1)
  • Bruce Talbot and Rasmus Astrup from NIBIO in Session B3: Developments in post-harvest site assessments and their potential for improving operational and environmental performance (26.09; 8:30 in Room M0)
  • Gernot Erber from BOKU in Session D1: First accuracy test of a novel mobile device based application for value-optimized bucking in motor-manual harvesting operations (26.09; 15:10 in Room F1)
  • Robert Prinz from LUKE: Manipulating work setting to reduce fuel consumption in CTL timber harvesting machines (26.09; 14:50 in Room D3). Download the presentation here!

Have a look at the full program for details!

UPDATE: FORMEC proceedings now available: https://www.formec.org/proceedings.html

 

 

 

 

24 – 27 September 2018, FowiTa, Göttingen, Germany

The Forstwirtschaftliche Tagung (FowiTa) in Göttingen (Germany) is the main meeting of German foresters. University of Göttingen will present the project poster.

More information available at: https://www.fowita-konferenz.de.

14 – 16 September 2018,BOSTER, Beaulard di Oulx, Italy

BOSTER is the biggest Italian event focused on the enhancement of forest resources and the sustainable management of the mountain territory. CONAIBO has a stand to present TECH4EFFECT.

Have a look at the website for details: www.fieraboster.it