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Project SLOPE1

WP 7 – Piloting the SLOPE demonstrator

Project SLOPE

T 7.2 – Preparation of Demonstrators

Cork, January 20th, 2016

Gianni Picchi, Raffaele Spinelli, Giovanni AmintiCNR-IVALSA

Technical Meeting, Cork 20.01.2016

Overview

• Status: concluded• Length: until month 19• Involved Partners Leader: CNR Participants: BOKU, COAST, COMPOLAB, GT, GRE, ITENE,

MHG, TRE Aim: Comparison of the current and innovative SLOPE system

for forest survey, harvest and timber supply chain.• Outputs: Deliverables D7.02 (finalized and approved)


Overview

• The objective of this task is to set up the tests for the new SLOPE system and for comparing it to the main alternative systems (current)

• Suitable demo sites have been identified in Sover (Italy) and Annaberg (Austria)

• Demos and tentative harvest periods have been agreed with landowners and harvesting companies, also according to their specific requirements

• An evaluation methodology had been established



Timeline of activities

Pre-demo activities are planned in synergy with other WPs(mainly WP4)

Jan DecApr Jun/Jul Sep/Oct Nov

Pre-test ofmachines

(workshops yards)

2016

May

Pre-test of machines(in forest, single

machines)

Pilot in Montesover

Pilot in Annaberg

Finalconference

(EIMA 2016)

Comparative analysis

Benefit analysis


not fulfilled 0-2partial fulfilled 3-4

moderate fulfilled 5-6mostly fulfilled 7-8

fully fulfilled 9-10

tree marking degree of fulfilmentcriterion forester/marking spray weighting result/valenceindependence from know-how 10 10 1independence from work experience 8 10 0,8independence from technical skills 10 10 1independence from weather 9 10 0,9cost-efficiency 9 10 0,9independence from power supply 10 5 0,5traceability after logging 3 10 0,3easy legibility 10 5 0,5minimum expenditure of time 8 10 0,8error rate 9 5 0,45usability 9 5 0,45robustness 9 10 0,9

Summe 100 8,5e.g. How important is independence from know-how for the degree of fulfilment of tree marking?

degree of fulfilment

CURRENT SYSTEM

tree marking degree of fulfilmentcriterion forester/visual and RFID marking weighting result/valenceindependence from know-how 5 10 0,5independence from work experience 8 10 0,8independence from technical skills 5 10 0,5independence from weather 5 10 0,5cost-efficiency 2 10 0,2independence from power supply 1 5 0,05traceability after logging 10 10 1easy legibility 5 5 0,25minimum expenditure of time 5 10 0,5error rate 9 5 0,45usability 5 5 0,25robustness 5 10 0,5

Summe 100 5,5

SLOPE

Business processes


Operations Supervisor

Forest Owner

Customer Harvesting Company

Freight Company

decision about harvesting operation

choosing forest stand

estimation of harvest yield

for calculations

searching for customer, harvesting company and freight company

planning harvesting

operation and transport

harvesting operation

transportation

take over at the mill

evaluation of quality and

quantity

partial paiment of harvesting company

payment of forest owner, final payment of harvesting company, payment of freight company

supervision

supervision

decision about harvesting operation

searching for customer

contract notes customer, harvesting company and freight

company

planning harvesting operation and

transport

harvesting operation

transportation

take over at the mill

choosing forest stand

estimation of harvest yield for

calculations

searching for freight company

searching for harvesting company

payment 30 days after service provision; harvesting

c. is payed by the forest owner, freight c. is payed by the forest owner or by the

customer

economic necessity, decision based on forest management plancutting maturity, composition of

tree species, age class, yield class, volume, stand density, quality

forest management plan (based on inventory data),

experienced estimation

tree species; approximate quantity, quality and price

approximate quantity; mill to supply

harvesting and fright company: contract with companies,

services, period of time, price (€/m3), time limits, terms of

payment, provision in the event of non-compliance

customer: contract involved companies, tree species,

quality, quantity, assortments, price (€/m3), period of time,

terms of payment, provision in the event of non-compliance

compositon of tree species, age class, approximate volume, terrain

conditions, harvesting method, harvesting period, approximate price

area, sea level, weather conditions, tree species, middle

diameter at breast height, approximate volume, surface, inclination, harvesting method

tree selection by expert or forest worker, selection of skid trailsorder, which

forest location and mill, period

of time, quantity, access-

bill millgrading data

dimension data, dimension bill from the mill within 30

days to the employer, payment within another 30

days

access-bill from customer, contact

between transport c. and forest owner


Processes analysis

Each process will be analyzed by identifying its work elements

working cycle conventional

description

empty run drive till stopping of the carriage

hookfrom the stoppage of the carriage until driving of the carriage

load runfrom starting of the carriage until the stoppage at the landing

land spool out and spool in of the towing rope

unhookfrom setting in motion of the forest worker till spooling in of the towing rope

manipulation with the excavator

warping of the stems when landing is difficult

expiry caused waiting times

carriage is waiting, because the processor driver is still working

interruptions ≤ 15 minutes

working interruptions less or equal 15 minutes

interruptions > 15 minutes

working interruptions superior 15 minutes

working cycle SLOPE

description

empty run drive till stopping of the carriage

hookfrom the stoppage of the carriage until driving of the carriage

load run with RFID reading and weighing by load cell

from starting of the carriage until the stoppage at the landing

land spool out and spool in of the towing rope

unhookfrom setting in motion of the forest worker till spooling in of the towing rope

manipulation with the excavator

warping of the stems when landing is difficult

expiry caused waiting times

carriage is waiting, because the processor driver is still working

interruptions ≤ 15 minutes

working interruptions less or equal 15 minutes

interruptions > 15 minutes

working interruptions superior 15 minutesCable yarder

Process analysis

• Aspects considered Time consumption (overall time needed for machines and operators) Productivity (output according to the elemental unit, e.g. m3, ha, etc) Accuracy (quality of the output, where applicable) Cost calculation (overall cost, including consumable elements) Work load (strain for operators, where applicable)


EIMA 2016

Bologna (Italy), 10-13 November; Second biggest EU Agro-forest machinery fair; 235,000 visitors (2014 edition); Scientific and technical conferences organized

in collaboration with UNACOMA and ENAMA; Business oriented event, with growing interest

in forest machinery themes and precision forestry/agriculture technologies.

Available Greifenberg stand with intelligent machines prototypes and videos


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Project SLOPE

T7.3 – Trials recommendation and validation cycle

Cork, January 20th, 2016

Kühmaier Martin, Pichler Gerhard, Kastner Maximilian, Stampfer Karl Institute of Forest EngineeringUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna


Contents of the presentation


1. Overview

2. Introduction

3. Survey site Annaberg

4. Performed activities on the survey site

5. Prospective plans for the harvesting demo

6. Agreement regarding the Austrian Federal

Forests support

1. Overview

• Status: in progress• Length: until month 36• Involved Partners Leader: BOKU Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, COMBOLAB, MHG, BOKU,

GRE, TRE, ITENE Aim: Trials and Validation of the SLOPE system on survey

sites in Austria and Italy• Outputs: Deliverables D7.031, D7.032, D7.04 and D7.05


2. Introduction

• The objective of this task is to validate the new SLOPE system in a mountainous forest scenario

• The new system will be tested in Sover (Italy) in spring 2016 and Annaberg (Austria) in autumn 2016

• The efficiency of the SLOPE system will be measured by methods which were explained in D7.02

• This should lead to the strengths and weaknesses of the new system and support improvement




• Study site is located in the Austrian province Salzburg, in the village Annaberg im Lammertal

• Survey area (8 ha) lies on Promberg (905 m - 1144 m)• SLOPE harvesting area (0.42 ha; 1031 m - 1128 m)


• SLOPE harvesting area (0.42 ha; first section): first 200 m x 30 m section is the SLOPE harvesting area UAV+TLS survey was performed in autumn 2015 northwest exposed slope range of 60 % - 100 % small flatter part in the upper sector 30 % - 60 % 90 % spruce; 10 % firs and larches spread over the harvesting area 80 years old stock: 466 m3

number of stems: 345 basal area: 34.8 m2

mean dbh: 33.7 cm mean hight (hLorey): 30.2 m yield class spruce: 15.4 m3/ha/year




• SLOPE harvesting area (0.42 ha; first section): Preliminary clearing: Extraction of about 115 RFID marked trees

(150 m3) → this is about a third of the standing trees

• Additional harvesting area ÖBF agreement (second section): Also 200 m x 30 m about half a hectare Same forest stand characteristics Another 115 trees (150 m3)

• In total over the whole harvesting area of 400 m x 30 m about 230 trees (about 300 m3), which must be extracted during the SLOPE demo in autumn 2016 in Austria

Technical Meeting Cork 20.01.2016

Survey areaSLOPE harvesting area

Additional harvesting area ÖBF agreement


• Selection of the cable line in SAGIS and generating GPS coordinates (survey area, SLOPE harvesting area)

• Marking corner points and borders of the survey area and harvesting area with colour spray on the basis of GPS data in Annaberg

• Marking cable line adapted on terrain conditions with marking tape• Making a complete enumeration for the SLOPE harvesting area



Marking harvesting treeswith white colour spray

UAV survey by COASTWAY 05.10.-09.10.2015

TLS survey by TREEMETRICS 02.11.-06.11.2015



• Marking thinning trees with RFID tags (Smartrac Shortdipole Monza 5) and the aid of Treemetrics Forest Application (forest map based on UAV and TLS data)

• Motor-manual felling of the marked trees by forest worker

• Extracting trees with a modified CRG 15 carriage (RFID scanning unit) in combination with a SIBERIAN tower yarder


• Processing trees with an modified ARBRO (RFID scanning/marking, determining timber quality)

• Performing a time study for the new SLOPE system (modified carriage and processor head) and a cost calculation for the performance evolution



Mid-term Review 2/Jul/15

6. Agreement regarding the Austrian Federal

Forests support

• The Harvesting date must be fixed one month in advance

• Forestry workers of the Austrian Federal Forests will perform the felling operation

• The Austrian Federal Forests will provide a cable yarder operator and a processor operator

• The costs of a normal harvesting operation will be taken over by the Austrian Federal Forests

• Additional costs must be covered by the SLOPE project

Contact info

Martin Kühmaier: [email protected] Pichler: [email protected]

Maximilian Kastner: [email protected]

Thank you for your attention!!


References & Picture sources

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