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Research results - Using activity-based costing for Cut-to-Length Harvesting
2018-02-22 11:07:01

If your harvesting and transport activities involve producing and transporting many different assortments of timber, are you sure that you are allocating your logistics costs correctly?

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 11:06:59

John Deere predicts 2017 forestry equipment sales to be similar to 2016.

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Research Results - Using acoustics on harvesters/processors to measure wood stiffness
2018-02-22 11:06:58

Harvesters and processors commonly use diameter and length measurements to optimise trees into logs. However, in the future, harvesting and processor heads will be able to do much more than this.

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Stability and traction of steep slope tethered feller-bunchers
2018-02-22 11:06:56

Researchers have shed more light on the performance of felling machines in steep slopes.

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 11:06:46

New Log Max dealer for Finland

Logset appoints a new Marketing and Communications Manager

Morbark releases their new M18R tracked chipper

Ponsse Chairman Juha Vidgrén wins Finland's Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2016

USA news - Komatsu America appoints Midlantic Machinery as their forestry distributor for Delaware and Maryland

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Square debarking chains? Yes, practical innovation with great results
2018-02-22 11:06:39

Function Chains have used their logging experience to produce flail chains and drums that last longer and debark better.

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Research results - Performance of dust suppressants and stabilisers on roads
2018-02-22 11:06:29

FPInnovations and Université Laval have carried out research that investigates a number of suppressant and stabiliser products.

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Research results - Roadside bundling of logging residue
2018-02-22 11:06:27

Research has been carried out on a prototype truck mounted logging residue bundler.

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Research organisations - SCION of New Zealand
2018-02-22 11:06:22

Scion is a New Zealand research institute with its head office in Rotorua. Its purpose is to build the international competitiveness of the New Zealand forestry industry and a stronger bio-based economy.

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SP's heavy duty 761 LF harvester head takes to the market
2018-02-22 11:06:22

Since the prototype 761 LF was presented at Elmia, the head has been in testing across a wide range of conditions.

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