Research projects
July 30, 2024 2025-07-18 5:47Research projects
Research projects
Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures COST Action FP1004
Gochev Zh., Member of Management Committee, COST Action FP1004, Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures COST Grant System, Start date: 30/05/2011, End date: 29/05/2015, Action FP1004, Forests, their Products and Services, Brussels.
Integrated use of woody biomass for energy
Agreement for Scientific and Technical Collaboration / Slovakia 01/8, Topic No. 863 (11/28/2011–10/02/2014), Comprehensive use of wood biomass for energy, Contract for bilateral scientific and technical cooperation between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Slovakia, Agreement for Scientific and Technical Collaboration / Slovakia 01/8, Team led by Assoc. Prof. Zh. Gochev, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science / R&D Division – University of Forestry.
“Investigation on CNC machines, technologies and tools”
Working team
Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Gochev, Ph.D. – supervisor
Assistant Prof. Eng. Petar Nikolov
Eng. Daniel Koynov – MSc student
Eng. Georgi Kovachev – MSc student
Summary
The proposed project will be developed in the following directions: investigations on CNC machines from woodworking and furniture industries of Bulgaria, analysis of the production process, the work, it characteristics, tools, their possibilities and principles of work as well as the whole complex of problems which the bearing determine of the new technical resolution. The CAM systems of graphic programming for CNC machines will be investigating, theirs application, opportunities, a method of work, options, computability with different CAD products and requirements towards the hardware for some CAM systems as well.
The research works will be carried out in the production conditions of the firms “GYUL” Ltd. – Asenovgrad, “MOSKOM” Ltd. – Novi Han, University of Forestry – Sofia etc.
By this project that is proposed to be realized in the frameworks of 2 (two) years, will be consolidated and developed the experience on automatic operation with modern CNC machines for working of wood and wood materials with advanced information technologies, for increasing performance and accuracy of mechanical processing.
The results will be exploited as in the practice, so in the instructional process as well.
On the ground that will be developed curriculum for educational qualification degree “Master” for the students of the University of Forestry in direction “CNC MACHINES, TECHNOLOGIES AND TOOLS“
Key words:
CNC machines, technologies, tools, education, CAD/CAM systems and modules
Innovawood-edu project: expanding good practice in education in the forestry-wood chain sector through the Innowawood network
Contract - No-2006 IRL/06/B/F/NT-153170 (2006–2008)
The aim of project is to create a transnational network for improving VET (vocational education traning) in the forestry-wood sector.
Project information
InnovaWoodEDU is an eighteen month Transnational Network project involving 14 organisations in 13 countries, with an estimated total budget of 400 thousands euro – of which the European Commission (Leonardo programme) will contribute approximately half the total project’s funding.
EDU partners
Innovawood (IE), University of Forestry (BG), European Network for Forest Entrepreneurs (DE), Aidima (ES), Teak oy–Teuve Adult Education Center (FI), Center de Formation Professionelle Forestiers CFPF (FR), Waterford Intitute of Technology (IE), Lietuvos Misku Institut (LT), Latvian University of Agriculture (LV), Warsaw Agriculture University (PL), Instituto Superior de Agronomia ISA (PT), Institut National al Lemnului (RO), Slovenski Lesarski grozd (SI), Berner Fachhoshschule Hochschule fr Architekture bau und Holz HSB (CH).
Key Objectives
Project Results
Web based database that includes:
Comparatively investigations on working capacity of wide band saw blades with setting, swaging and satellite teeth
Working team
Assoc. Prof. Zhivko Gochev, Ph.D. – supervisor
Assistant Prof. Eng. Petar Nikolov
Eng. Plamen Denev – MSc student
Eng. Daniel Koynov – MSc student
Summary
The proposed project was developed in the following directions: comparatively experimental investigations on working capacity of wide band saw blades with setting, swaging and satellite-tipped teeth by sawing of pine and poplar logs.
The research works were carried out in the production conditions of the firms “Fagus Ltd. – Pernik, GP “Chakarov&Davidkov” – Boboshevo and Yundola Training Centre belong to University of Forestry.
They give answer to the questions what teeth do we use in the band saw blades: spring setting, swage setting, stellite tipping teeth when sawing of poplar and white pine wood and what are their advantages and defects as well. The quantitative and qualitative аnalyzes according to cutting processes and wear-resistance of teeth were made.
The results were processed in the laboratory “Cutting of wood and woodworking tools” of the University of Forestry – Sofia. They will be exploited as in the practice, so in the instructional process as well.
The technology modes and the directions on the efficient use will be developed based on the investigations of the wide band saw blades with spring setting, swage setting or stellite tipping, according to the concrete production conditions.
The received solutions can be used in the workshop for processing round wood of Yundola Training Centre as interested from everybody as well companies from the practice. Moreover the samples of different band saw blades wee made as well photo materials showed separate technological stages of the teeth preparation. These materials will be used for the student needs out of the Speciality “Woodworking and furniture production” in the University of Forestry.
Key words:
band saw blade, spring setting, swage setting, satellite tipping teeth, efficiency

