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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:56:01

“Alternative supply chains for logging residues under access constraints”

“Impacts of bucking and delimbing alternatives on pulpwood and energy wood yields in young thinning stands in Finland”

“Effects of harvesting method on the amount of logging residues in the thinning of Scots pine stands”

“Comparing two different approaches in modelling small diameter energy wood drying in logwood piles”

“Fuel chip supply system with low price mobile chippers”

“Modelling of wander ratios, travel speeds and productivity of cable and grapple skidders in softwood sawtimber operations in South Africa”

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:55:59

“An index for logging cost changes across the US South”

“Environmental impacts of roundwood supply chain options in Michigan: life-cycle assessment of harvest and transport stages”

“Reconstruction of road defects and road roughness classification using Artificial Neural Networks simulation and vehicle dynamic responses: Application to experimental data”

“Comparative environmental and energy profiles of potential bioenergy production chains in Southern Europe”

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Tigercat skidders achieve optimal torque and speed with their EHS transmission system
2018-02-22 10:55:52

The impressive benefits of the Efficient High Speed system are fully explained to us.

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:55:51

“Description and evaluation of Prehas software for pre-harvest assessment of timber assortments”

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Safety guidelines for felling trees with chainsaws
2018-02-22 10:55:50

WorkSafeBC provides training safety standards for chainsaw felling.

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Rottne produces a new forwarder with a large load capacity
2018-02-22 10:55:34

The Rottne F20D has a rated payload of 20 tons.

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:55:31

“Productivity and cost evaluations of energy-wood and pulpwood harvesting systems in first thinnings”

“Assessment and optimization of forest biomass supply chains from economic, social and environmental perspective – A review of literature”

“Simulation-based evaluation of supply chains for stump fuel”

“Using the ComBio decision support system to assess whether energy wood and/or pulpwood should be harvested in young forests”

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:55:28

“The effect of mechanization level and harvesting system on the thinning cost of Mediterranean softwood plantations”

“A comparison of productivity in five small-scale harvesting systems”

“Applying airborne LiDAR for forested road geomatics”

“Determining observer and method effects on the accuracy of elemental time studies in forest operations”
plantation spacings”

“Grade and value variations in Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis veneer due to variations in initial

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Newsflash - What's happening in Forest Engineering?
2018-02-22 10:55:27

Herzog develops a new Synchrowinch for steep slope logging

Fecon Inc. Announces Fecon UK Ltd and Tri-State Bobcat as new dealers

FAE develops new mulchers for excavators  

Kobelco opens a new U.S. excavator plant  

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Recent research publications
2018-02-22 10:55:26

“An alternative method for determining particle-size distribution of forest road aggregate and soil with large-sized particles”

“Examining the optimal method to extract logging residues from small-scale forestry in the Nasunogahara Area, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan”

“Labour consumption models applied to motor-manual pre-commercial thinning in Finland”

“Biomass production from traditional coppice management in northern Italy”

“Stochastic simulation and optimization of mobile chipping and transport of forest biomass from harvest residues”

“Storage dynamics and fuel quality of poplar chips”

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