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2010
Volume 13
Issue 4
Topic:
Forestry
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Dvoøák J. 2010. OPERATION TIME CONSUMPTION OF HIGH-POWERED HARVESTER IN SALVAGE FELLING, EJPAU 13(4), #12.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume13/issue4/abs-12.html

OPERATION TIME CONSUMPTION OF HIGH-POWERED HARVESTER IN SALVAGE FELLING

Jiøí Dvoøák
Department of Forest Harvesting, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Science, Prague, Czech Republic

 

ABSTRACT


In the Czech Republic, harvester technologies represent the second most-frequently used technology. Demand for high efficiency in this type of technology is conditioned by the need to cover acquisition and operation costs. The aim of this study is to monitor operation time of a high-powered Ponsse Ergo harvester. Felling process in the course of salvage felling was analyzed with the help of continuous chronometry. The analysis was conducted for harvesting of spruce ranging from 0.05–2.00 m3/stem. Operation time consumption for the processing of a tree ranges from 62 s to 171 s in relation to the respective tree volume, which represents 0.02–0.24 h/m3 of operation time.

Key words: harvester, operation time, productivity.

Jiøí Dvoøák
Department of Forest Harvesting,
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences,
Czech University of Life Science, Prague, Czech Republic
Kamýcká 129 Praha 6 - Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic
email: DvorakJ@fle.czu.cz

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