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SOFOR 4.0
Project
- Acronym: SOFOR 4.0
- Record: IN852A 2016/107
- Execution: 2016-2018
- Task performed: coordinator
- Consortium: SEISTAG + CERNA INGENIERÍA + FORESCULTURA
- Grant: GAIN (Axencia Galega de Innovación)
- Support: Xunta de Galicia
- Funds origin: FEDER fonts 2014-2020
General description
- Target: a new model for forestry business: open, collaborative and based on win/win relations
- Challenge: making industry and small properties match together
- Idea: to integrate properties in order to create critic mass, and to integrate producers with the industrial needs
- Development: protocols for SOFOR constitution and TIC tools develoment
- Impact: optimization of the chain from forest to industry
2016 summary of works
At SOFOR-4.0 there are two main objectives.- The first one is to integrate small properties.
- The second one to integrate forest owners with industry.
During 2016, CERNA has worked on the field of a data model suitable for forest certification, management, and harvesting. The model should support future apps. Those apps should be compatible with different frontends such as websites, desktop applications and mobile applications. The tools should allow a more efficient management of forest resources. That efficiency is critical in a context of small plots of lands. Moreover, efficiency is important as long as production is focused on the external market and for that reason production-costs should be kept competitive at worldwide scale.
During the first year of activity, FORESCULTURA has worked on the field of forest harvesting monitoring. The company has worked in two fields. From one hand, FORESCULTURA tested its technology to estimate and keep under control the labour costs considering the plot dimensions. On the other hand, the company has developed its own tools to enable low-cost and fast estimation of wood volume. The tools applied during 2016 allow a more efficient organization of harvesting work in the context of the exploitation of small properties in order to feed small sawmills.
During 2016, SEISTAG has coordinated the project. The company provided its own experience on R&D management to organize the collaboration. Because of this, at the beginning of 2017 the efforts of the partners of the consortium have achieved one SOFOR and expect to achieve two more SOFOR in the first months of the year.
2017 summary of works
During the 2017 annuity, validation tests have been started in the field and factory.
At the level of forest exploitation, demonstration tests were carried out on plots of lands with aid application and directly on the material to be cut. Thanks to the demonstration experiences, corrections were made to models. Those corrections were implemented in the measurement system. In addition to this, price simulators were implemented into the models.
The factory tests consisted in the design of new cutting schemes based on the conditioning of: (i) the thickness, (ii) the start of the cut with the smaller diameter and the analysis of statistical data of products obtained, and (iii) the quality evaluation of the tables according to the transformer itinerary.
During this annuity, the profile of the forest mediator in terms of skills, training and characteristics has also been addressed. Within the CERNA partner, several people have been identified to develop that task. In addition to this, a review of forest management instruments has been carried out. These tools have been implemented in the SOFOR support application with web interface and app.