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Main Prize 2005
Category Forestry Innovation
Prize
Category Wood Technology Innovation Prize N°1
Category Wood Technology Innovation Prize
N°2
Category Timber Products Innovation
Category Marketing and Training Innovation Prize N°1
Category Marketing and Training Innovation
Prize N°2
 Winners
2003
MAIN PRIZE
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Austrian Federal Chancellor Dr. Alfred Gusenbauer, winner Prof. Matti Kairi, Prof. Alfred Teischinger (Head of jury)
Prof. Matti Kairi (*1947), Finland
for the
Development of KERTO® - Laminated Veneer Lumber
Prof. Natterer describes himself as „civic engineer,
design engineer, professor, researcher and developer”.
His civic engineering bureaus in Germany and Switzerland as
well as the professorship for wood design engineering (the
only one in Europe) in Lausanne represent International Centers
of Excellence.
Generations of outstanding civic or design engineers and
architects have been trained by Prof. Natterer. As head of
the Institute for timber constructions at the ETH Lausanne
(IBOIS) he implemented innovative ideas and methods into the
traditional material research, development of structural connections
or conception of wooden structures.
Revolutionary wooden constructions are the main challenge
of Prof. Natterer. The implementa¬tion of completely new
solutions always served as a proof for the practicability
and reliability of the newly found techniques. The new findings
have always been offered for public use
Further information:
http://www.iez-natterer.de
CATEGORY FORESTRY
INNOVATION PRIZE
Terrestrial Laser Scanners for Forest Measurement
Applications
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Enda Keane, Heinrich Spiecker, Garett
Mullooly, Georg Erlacher
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Spiecker:
Prof. Spiecker is head of the Institute for Forest Growth
at the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, which is the first
research institution world wide that has been using terrestrial
laser scanning data to determine forest inventory parameters
as well as quality assessments of single trees.
Further information and contact:
http://www.ffu.uni-freiburg.de/Waldwachstum
or http://www.natscan.de
Enda Keane, Ireland:
Enda Keane has worked in the forest industry for ten years
as forest manager. In 2001 he formed a technology company.
In 2004 he and his partner Garrett Mullooly concentrated in
setting up TreeMetrics Ltd which is also involved in laser
scanning sector.
Further information and contact:
http://www.treemetrics.com
Project:
Terrestrial laser scanners have the potential to provide timber
growers and processors with significantly more information
about the quality and value of individual tree stems in a
forest than actual inventory methods. One major advantage
of scan data technology is that a significant amount of data
are captured and stored for subsequent analysis.
In essence, a 3D image of individual stems can be captured
in the field and subsequently measured in an office (virtual)
environment and, with the use of appropriate data processing
and interpretation software, the compilation and analysis
of large amounts of measurement data is possible. This will
lead to many advantages for forest owners/buyers in the areas
of Supply Chain analysis, Forest valuation and Optimisation
and simulation of forest harvesting.
CATEGORY WOOD TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION PRIZE N°1
Wood Welding
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Luc Delmotte, Frédéric
Pichelin, Mario Lehmann, Antonio Pizzi, Haruhiko François
Kanazawa, Stefanie Wieland, Jean-Michel Leban, Milena Properzi,
Balz Gfeller, Bo Borgström
Prof. Antonio Pizzi, Italy and South Africa, Prof.
Balz Gfeller, Switzerland and Team:
Prof. Pizzi is professor for industrial chemistry at the University
of Nancy (France) and additionally deputy director of LERMAB
(Laboratoire d’Etudes et Recherche sur le Materiau Bois),
also at the university of Nancy.
Prof. Galz Gfeller is Professor for Materials and Processing
at Berner Fachhochschule – Hochschule für Architektur,
Bau und Holz in Biel (Switzerland).
Both are leaders of very successful teams of young scientists
who were also awarded in June 13, 2005:
Dr. Luc Delmotte
Dr. Haruhiko Francois Kanazawa
Dr. Jean-.Michel Leban
Mario Lehmann
Dr. Frederic Pichelin
Dr. Milena Properzi
Dr Stephanie Wienland
Dr. Michaela Zanetti
Further information:
http://www.hsb.bfh.ch/hsb/de/holz/portrait/Organisation_Holz.htm
oder http://www.enstib.uhp-nancy.fr/fr/recherche
The Project:
The work has been carried out at two different institutions:
Berner Fachhochschule – Hochschule für Architektur,
Bau und Holz in Biel (Switzerland) and at LERMAB at the University
of Nancy in France.
Each institution is the originator of one of the two submitted
welding processes.
Two systems of welding wood without adhesives have been developed.
(1) Vibration welding used to weld two flat wood surfaces
to each other. (2) High speed rotation welding of wood dowels
into wood substrates, used to join several wood specimens
with everyday, inexpensive equipment
Both systems of wood-to-wood welding are based on the melting
and flowing of the amorphous, cells-interconnecting polymer
material in the structure of wood, mainly lignin, but also
hemicelluloses. This is caused by the high temperature reached
quickly at the interface, and at the interface only (>180°C
at the interface but still 20°C at less than 1 mm from
it) for an extremely short period (1 to 3 seconds). This causes
partial detachment, the "ungluing" of long wood
cells, wood fibres, and the formation of a fibres entanglement
network in the matrix of molten material which then solidifies.
Thus, a wood cells/fibres entanglement network composite having
a molten lignin polymer matrix is formed.
At the European level the use of this system, especially wood
dowels welding, will spare considerable amounts of adhesive,
in the thousands of tons, to the wood industry, it would render
certain sectors of the wood industry more or even totally
independent of the chemical industry and joinery totally environmentally
friendly as they would be composed exclusively of wood.
CATEGORY WOOD TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION PRIZE N°2
Virtual Hot Press
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Jan Söderlind, Bo Borgström
Dr. Heiko Thömen, Germany:
Dr. Thömen is scientific member of the Department of
Wood Technology at the University of Hamburg (Germany). He
is leading a research team concerning wood panels.
Further information:
http://www.bfafh.de/bfh-pers/thoemen.htm
The Project:
In close cooperation with the Department of Wood Science
and Engineering at the Oregon State University the Department
for Wood Technology at the University of Hamburg developed
a physical-mathematical model for the description of hot press
processes within panels.
The application-oriented software called Virtual Hot Press
(VHP) is available at the market since 2003.
VHP is software for simulation and visualisation of the main
parameters concerning processing and products during the hot
press process of Medium Density Fibreboards (MDF), particleboards
and Oriented Strand Boards (OSB). For instance following parameters
for the optimisation of the processing speed can be predicted:
temperature in the panel, density profile perpendicular to
the panel surface (vital for mechanical properties) and the
development of the tensile strength perpendicular to the grain.
The software is an important instrument for the European Panel
Industry helping to reduce costs and time replacing try and
error methods. Also the early detection of possibly wrong
developments will contribute to a increasing the competitiveness
of the European Panel Industry.
CATEGORY TIMBER PRODUCTS
INNOVATION PRIZE
Development and Production of Vacuum Bonded Wood
Structural Elements
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Karl Moser, Manfred Brandstätte
Dipl. Ing. FH Karl Moser, Germany:
Karl Moser is CEO of the Merk-Project GmbH, a structural
company owned by the Finnforest group Germany. Additionally
Karl Moser is President of the German Society of Wood Research
and board member of the Cooperation of industrial research
units.
The Project:
Karl Moser was the first one to develop multifunctional
wood based structural members called “Dickholz”
respectively “Leno®”. The oversized elements
(biggest size so far: 0.40 x 4.80 x 25.00 m) are made of crosswise
bonded boards comparably with plywood. In special cases also
panels or other two-dimensional materials can be used in combination
with wooden boards.
The gluing is made by using a especially developed vacuum
method.
As the product can easily be produced according the individual
requirements – direction of the boards, amount of layers,
strength properties and surface qualities. The specific production
process is improving the dimensional stability of the used
boards; therefore even low quality wood can be used. Thus
Dickholz represents a real added value product for the European
market.
Further information:
http://www.merk.de
CATEGORY MARKETING AND TRAINING
INNOVATION PRIZE N°1
European Wood
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Jan Söderlind, Bo Borgström
European Wood:
European Wood is a cooperation project, formed during 2004
and intended to continue for the upcoming few years, by the
national wood export promotion organizations FrenchTimber,
German Timber Promotion Fund, Nordic Timber Council (representing
Finland, Norway and Sweden) and ProHolz Austria. The aim is
to increase and stimulate wood consumption through generic
wood promotion in China.
Further information:
http://www.europeanwood.org
The Project:
European Wood in China has originated from the experiences
of the successful work of the national export promotion organizations
in Japan, and the prospects of relieving output pressure in
Europe through export of large volumes from Europe.
China is of great interest for export from Europe, since it
is the biggest (1,3 billion inhabitants) and most rapidly
developing construction market in the world. China to-day
builds approximately 1,9 billion square metres non-wood per
year, and is in principle the most virgin market for wood
solutions.
By introducing European wood construction methods, as infill
wall systems, interior wall systems and roof systems, all
in wood, shortcomings in the prevailing Chinese construction
system can be solved, without changing the actual structure
of the building. This gives bigger possibilities for acceptance.
CATEGORY MARKETING AND TRAINING
INNOVATION PRIZE N°2
Interdisciplinary und Interuniversity Postgraduate
Training and Research: “Wood Based Building Design for
Sustainable Urban Development”
left to right:
Gerald Schweighofer, Yoshiaki Amino, Peer Haller, Wolfgang
Winter, Tero Paajanen
Prof. DDI Wolfgang Winter and Team:
In order to realise high-level teaching with cosmopolitan
outlook, the course is organised by the alliance of three
centres of excellence from TU Wien (Institut für Architekturwissenschaften,
Tragwerksplanung und Ingenieurholzbau) represented by Prof.
Wolfgang Winter and Dr. Yoshiaki Amino, TU Dresden (Lehrstuhl
für Ingenieurholzbau und baukonstruktives Entwerfen)
represented by Prof. Peer Haller and Politecnico di Torino
(Dipartimento die Progettazione Architettonica e di Disego
Industriale des Politecnico die Torino) represented by Prof.
Clara Bertolini- Cestari.
Further information:
http://www.iti.tuwien.ac.at
The Project:
The central subject of teaching focuses on the application
of wood for the development of sustainable cities. The students
will obtain the necessary skills for directing the design
and construction of major timber buildings in urban context
and the development of timber building systems and wood-based
materials on the basis of technical and economic mastery of
wood.
Concerning their main competence the three Institutes cover
different seminars:
Wood based material design for future buildings at TU Dresden
Restoration of historic timber buildings at Politecnico di
Torino
Urban multi-storey buildings in natural materials at TU Wien
These seminars will be supported by many foreign universities.
Especially, there is the intention to reinforce the relationship
with the universities in Eastern Europe and Asia. Regarding
the market potential of these zones, international talents
will play the role of bridge.
The first course will start in October 2006 and close in June
2008. In following this course will be organised every two
years.
Fotos von Franz Pflügl, www.pfluegl.at
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