News Articles - July 2010 (2)

Road construction - Rototilt excavator attachment
2018-02-22 10:51:21

Dig (or grab!) in whichever direction you want to with this innovative attachment!

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 10:46:50

 

Improved chainsaw motors for harvesters

Volvo green truck technology at IAA

FP Innovations – Skidding logs tops forward versus butts forward

Husqvarna – Improved trading conditions

Caterpillar – Enhancements to Cat HF201 and HF221 felling heads for tracked feller bunchers

 

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Valmet: New forwarder features
2018-02-22 10:45:19

These include features to handle steeper terrain.

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Research Results - Tare weight impact on transportation efficiencies
2018-02-22 10:43:14

This research looked at how the tare weight of timber transport trucks affected their operational efficiencies.

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What lubricants should be used for different forestry machines?
2018-02-22 10:17:07

This table includes all the major forestry machines used, and the oil types for their various components.

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New products - New backhoe loaders from JCB
2018-02-22 10:00:16

The new backhoes from JCB have up to 16% better fuel consumption than the previous model.

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Global Market for CTL (shortwood) machines worth one billion Euros
2018-02-22 08:35:00

This article gives some detail of the facts and figures behind this.

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Exhibitions
2018-02-22 08:19:04

19-22 August 2010 - Maderexpo - Montevideo, Uruguay.

24-27 August 2010 - Tra and Teknik: Wood Products and Technology - Göteborg, Sweden.

2-4 September 2010 - FinnMETKO - Finland.

17-18 September 2010 - Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show - Starkville, Mississippi USA.

23-26 September 2010 - Argentina Forest Fair - Posadas, Misiones, Argentina.  NEW!

7-9 October 2010 - Sabie Forest Fair - Sabie, South Africa.

15 November 2010 - Expocorma - Santiago, Chile.

13-15 April 2011 - Expoforest 2011 (and XVI Seminar on harvesting and wood transportation) - Brazil.

11-13 October 2011 - Austrofoma - Rein, Austria. NEW!

29-31 March 2012 - AusTimber (and conference) - Mount Gambier, South Australia.

5-8 June 2013 - ElmiaWood - Jonkoping, Sweden.

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