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International Activities and Projects
ENTAM, the European Network for Testing
of Agricultural Machines, is made up of public institutions
who co-operate in order to improve their activities in the
field of agricultural engineering through common projects
and activities.
An international effort to guarantee independent
and harmonised testing systems
Regarding the voluntary or compulsory testing
in the field of agricultural engineering ENTAM testing stations
assess:
- performances
- safety
- environmental protection
- animal welfare requirements in animal husbandry.
According to the ENTAM agreement every testing
system is always based on official international standards
(ISO, EN, OECD). To reach the aim of a common testing activity
the different testing stations belonging to the ENTAM Members
work for a common system called Entam Common Methodology.
The ENTAM common methodology consist
of technical instruction which are discussed, approved and
updated unanimously by the specific Technical Working Group
held by the ENTAM Members. The ENTAM common methodology remains
confidential and is not published. On the Test section of
this web site you will find the test reports, a summary of
the test results and measurements made by the technicians.
The ENTAM Technical Working Group
is made up of the experts in a particular type of machine
or equipment designated by the ENTAM Members and its aim is
to define an ENTAM Common Methodology for testing that kind
of machine or equipment according to the international standards
assuring a uniform testing by the different testing stations
within the ENTAM.
The Team of Competence (according
to the agreement statements) is made of a restricted group
of experts chosen among those of the corresponding ENTAM Technical
Working Group and is in charge of the ENTAM recognition
of the test assuring the correspondence of the technical paper
data to the related ENTAM common methodology". The introduction
of the Team of Competence allow the network to be more flexible
and reactive in specialized mechanization sectors.
The ENTAM Technical Working Groups
("TWG") currently active are the following:
- The PLANT PROTECTION TWG, which is the first technical
working group established by the ENTAM Members. Today, thanks
to this TWG work, several common methodologies for crop
protection machines and equipments testing are available.
As it is possible to see with a simple search in the data
base, the testing of this kind of machines represent the
majority of ENTAM recognition released.
The ENTAM Members who work in this Technical Working Group
are: BLT - Austria (Franz Handler), CEMAGREF - France (Bernadette
Ruelle), CMA - Spain (Francesc Solanelles), ENAMA - Italy
(represented by DEIAFA - University of Turin: Paolo Balsari,
Paolo Marucco, Mario Tamagnone), HIAE - Hungary, (Gulyás,
Kovács), JKI - Germany (Heinz Ganzelmeier and Detlef Stieg),
PIMR - Poland (Jan Radniecki), NAGREF - Greece and ART -
Switzerland.
The Team of Competence is made of the expert by JKI, ENAMA,
PIMR, HIAE, CMA, the team of competence leader is Prof.
Heinz Ganzelmeier.
- The IRRIGATION TWG, in which CEMAGREF (France)
and EMA-Centre (Spain) are working side by side thanks to
their experts: Mr Bruno Molle (Cemagref - laboratoire LERMI,
Aix en Provence) and Mr Alejandro Sánchez de Ribera González
(Central Laboratory for Irrigation Equipment and Material
Testing, Madrid).
- The MINERAL FERTILIZER SPREADERS TWG is represented
by Krister Persson - Denmark (AU-DAE), Emmanuel Piron -
France (CEMAGREF), Ulrich Rubenschuh - Germany (DLG), Tomasz
Szulc and Jerzy Breczewsky - Poland (PIMR). The Team of
Competence Leader is Mr Krister Persson. Members who joined
the ToC are: CEMAGREF, DIAS, DLG, PIMR.
- The MIXER FEEDER WAGONS TWG is made by: Franz Nydegger
(ART), Carlo Bisaglia (CRA-ING representing ENAMA), Harald
Reubolt (DLG), Zsolt Kelemen and Szilvia Orosz (HIAE), Sylwester
Weymann and Radek CIECHACKI (PIMR).
The Team of Competence Leader is Mr Carlo Bisaglia, the
Team of competence is made by the same experts.
- The ORGANIC FERTILIZER SPREADERS TWG started its
activity in 2009, thanks to the work of Dominique Didelot,
Jacky Mazoyer, Marc Rousselet - France (CEMAGREF), Franz
Handler - Austria (BLT); Ulrich Rubenschuh - Germany (DLG),
Carlo Bisaglia - Italy (CRA-ING representing ENAMA), ENAMA
- Italy (represented by DEIAFA - University of Turin: Elio
Di Nuccio, Mario Tamagnone).
Technical group meetings occur whenever
an update or revision is needed and are hosted in one of the
Members' testing facilities. The "Plant Protection technical
group" meeting took place in Braunschweig on the 16th
and the 17th of July 2007, and on September 10th and 11th
2008 always in Braunschweig at the JKI headquarters. The technical
meeting for the "Mineral Fertilizer Spreaders" was
held in Groß-Umstadt, on April 3rd, 2008. A meeting of the
"Mixer Feeder Wagons" technical group took place in
Treviglio, the 28th of April, 2008. Further meetings are going
to be organized before the 2009 ENTAM annual meeting.
The participation of the ENTAM members delegates
is crucial for the correct definition and approval of the
ENTAM Common Methodologies.
Moreover ENTAM, is involved in many projects
both at national and international levels. National projects
are carried out by our partners in their own countries, while
international projects see the participation of various
national testing stations and other external bodies.
International projects
Safety First
New competences for a competitive European agricultural machinery
industry
A pilot project carried out within the Leonardo da
Vinci Programme (Phase II), Safety First was conceived as
a “laboratory” aimed at helping industry professionals to
adapt their everyday work competences in order to manage changes
deriving from regulatory harmonisation and technological innovation.
The project also contributed to the definition of a theoretical
reference model for higher education curricula updating,
in order to adapt the latter to current industry requirements.
Read
project details
National projects
Italy
Perequal
A requalification path for agricultural mechanisation workers
Funded by the Equal Community Initiative
(a laboratory for new ideas to the European Employment Strategy
and the Social inclusion process), the Perequal project is
aimed at supporting adaptation and development processes
of the Italian agricultural mechanisation sector which
is currently facing fast technological, economic, productive,
organisational and regulatory changes.
Read
project details
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