Technology
Machinery
Robotic Forester is a semi-autonomous forest regeneration system which will cover all the main regeneration operations such as: soil preparation, planting and early tending/cleaning
Tree Planting
Planting
The PlantmaX is a continuously advancing tree planting machine
Stand Tending
Pruning
The PATAS mechanical delimber is a compact tool designed for delimbing various plantation forest trees
Forest Nurseries
The FiberCell paper is filled with growing media and remains intact until a good quality root plug is formed in the nursery
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May/June|Nontethelelo Ramantswana
Moving seedlings from nurseries to planting sites requires packaging, and with speedy packaging automation and eco-friendly renewable packaging this has been made faster and more efficient than ever
May/June|Muedanyi Ramantswana
Weeding
The 2m dribble bar spray system is an innovative spray kit developed by Eradispray. The inspiration for this design comes from the standard “T” dribble bar used for the line clean.
Site Preperation
Residue management
The BL4/EX/VT is the latest FAE forestry mulching head designed for use with excavators. It has the Bite Limiter technology which is ideal for clearing dense woody vegetation.
The M-planter M-160R is a one-headed planting tool which has the ability to create a mound, rip, plant, fertilize and water a seedling at planting
May/June|Saulo Guerra
Soil Preparation
Nowadays, some options are available on the market that perform both the clearing and realignment, subsoiling and fertilizing operations simultaneously
March/April|Muedanyi Ramantswana
ISOBUS is an open standard of interconnection of electronic systems developed to meet the forestry and agricultural machinery.
In forestry dealing with residues such as stumps is complex, slow and expensive. The Dipperfox Stump Crusher 850 Pro is a robust stump removal tool which can be attached to an excavator-based carrier.
January/February 2021|Muedanyi Ramantswana
The AGRAS T20 is a drone from DJI which has the ability to spray autonomously on a variety of terrains
Mulching in forestry typically involves a process of using a machine to clear, grind or cut down vegetation or residues.
Digital Technology
The FPT (Forest Pro Technologies) is a digital application which works with a GPS system which records the precise location of forest plants during the re-establishment phase.
January/February 2021|Saulo Guerra
The irrigation machine is designed to identify the seedling planted on the ground and then irrigate autonomously.
November/December 2020|Nontethelelo Ramantswana
All BCC growing systems are designed to give young forest seedlings and cuttings the best possible start in life with a well-developed root system and rapid infield establishment after planting
November/December 2020|Muedanyi Ramantswana
Novelquip’s Machine Management System (MMS) is a digital technology platform which facilitates precision in mechanised planting
The Faka Plenty is a planting tool manufactured by Silvix Forestry and it is designed to improve ergonomics, productivity, and planting quality
Stand assessment
Survival of a tree stand is critical for the efficient utilization of the stand, resources and to yield a good return in forestry
September/October 2020|Saulo Guerra
IPEF, through its Cooperative Program on Forest Mechanization and Automation (PCMAF), released the findings from a study called
It is an excavator based machine with trident rod attachment which is used for deep soil preparation when dealing with cohesive soils with pedogenic horizons.
September/October 2020|Muedanyi Ramantswana
The ASTA-system is a documentation system developed by Risutec which shows seedling and soil cultivation locations as well as planting and stand tending areas in real time.
The MP3000 high pressure water planting is a unit which integrates soil preparation and planting activities
July/August 2020|Muedanyi Ramantswana
The Novel MPAT is a machine designed to prepare single pits for forest regeneration purposes.
July/August 2020|Saulo Guerra
The novel KOMATSU FOREST BR D61EM PLANTER is a machine designed to prepare the pit, plant and irrigate eucalypt seedlings
The Ellepot Propagation System is a nursery system whereby the growing medium is wrapped in a degradable paper
November/December 2020|Saulo Guerra
The Bracke Planter P11.a (Brazil version) is a single excavator-based machine designed to prepare the soil, plant, irrigate and fertilize eucalypt seedlings.
General
In mid-November we had the privilege to attend the ForestTECH conference which was offered both physically and virtually. The conference predominantly focuses on New Zealand and Australia’s forest issues, however, the content is globally relevant
