Smart Forwarder for sustainable and efficient forest operation and management

Project Information

Forwarder2020

Grant agreement ID: 727883

DOI 10.3030/727883

Project closed

EC signature date 26 September 2016

Start date 1 October 2016

End date 30 September 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 2 990 023,75

EU contribution € 1 984 839,38

Coordinated by

HOHENLOHER SPEZIAL-MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG
Germany

Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Forwarder2020 Corporate Identity
Forwarder2020 6-monthly newsletters
Field test & demonstration report UK
Field test & demonstration report LT
Forwarder2020 project website
Forwarder2020 printed and digital communications
Field test & demonstration report RO
Forwarder2020 project leaflet

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (2)

Fully functional forwarder prototype 2

Fully functional forwarder prototypes

Fully functional forwarder prototype 1

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Wiegesystems für Forstkräne auf Basis von künstlichen neuronalen Netzen

Author(s): Chris Geiger Daniel Greff Michael Starke Marcus Geimer
Published in: Landtechnik Agricultural Engineering, Issue 74/5, 2019, Page(s) 102-117, ISSN 0023-8082
Publisher: Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH
DOI: 10.15150/lt.2019.3213

Operational requirements and preferences towards forwarder technology

Author(s): Stelian Alexandru Borz, Daniela Rommel, Martin Ziesak, Gediminas Vasiliauskas
Published in: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Issue 12 (61) (1), 2019, Page(s) 1-12, ISSN 2065-2135
Publisher: Transilvania University Press
DOI: 10.31926/but.fwiafe.2019.12.61.1.1

Medvežių operatorius veikiančios vibracijos vertinimas

Author(s): Jarašiūtė, Deimantė;Vasiliauskas, Gediminas
Published in: Human and Nature Safety 2019, 2019, ISSN 2538-9122
Publisher: Aleksandro Stulginskio Universitetas

Conference proceedings (3)

SUSTAINABLE LOGGING PROCESS BY A FORWARDER WITH AN INNOVATIVE HYDRO-PNEUMATIC SUSPENSION

Author(s): Chris Geiger, Julius Happel, Marcus Geimer
Published in: The Sixteenth International Conference on Fluid Power, Issue 2019, 2019
Publisher: Conference
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000099902

Efficiency Optimisation of a Forestry Crane by Implement Hydraulics with Energy Recovery

Author(s): Chris Geiger, Marcus Geimer
Published in: VDI-MEG - 75th International Conference on Agricultural Engineering - LAND.TECHNIK AgEng 2017 - The Forum for Agricultural Engineering Innovations, Hannover, 10.-11. November 2017, Issue VDI-Berichte/VDI-Tagungsbände ; 2300, 2017, Page(s) 175-184, ISSN 0083-5560
Publisher: Deutscher Ingenieur-Verlag
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000077237

Hybridantrieb für den Ladekran einer Forstmaschine

Author(s): Felix zu Hohenlohe, Chris Geiger, Marcus Geimer
Published in: Hybride und energieeffiziente Antriebe für mobile Arbeitsmaschinen : 7. Fachtagung, 20. Februar 2019, Karlsruhe. Wissenschaftlicher Verein für Mobile Arbeitsmaschinen [Hrsg.] (2019) Proceedingsband (1000088252), Issue 67, 2019, Page(s) 117-125, ISBN 9783-731508731
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000091554

Intellectual Property Rights

Utility model (1)

Tandemachse

Application/Publication number: DE 20 2015 008 095 U1
Date: 2015-04-23
Applicant(s): HOHENLOHER SPEZIAL-MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG

Patent (1)

Bogie-Achse und Kranrückezug

Application/Publication number: DE 10 2016 010 553 A1
Date: 2016-08-31
Applicant(s): HOHENLOHER SPEZIAL-MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG