Influence of tree bunching angles on the productivity and costs of a full tree system

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Title: Influence of tree bunching angles on the productivity and costs of a full tree system
Authors: Miyajima, Ricardo Hideaki, de Britto, Pedro Caldas, Tonin, Rodrigo Petrongari, Millani, Thais Maria, Fenner, Paulo Torres
Contributors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
Publisher Information: 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Subject Terms: Feller-buncher, Skidder, Work time study, Forest harvesting
Description: The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of different angulations of the tree bunching on the time, productivity and costs of a full tree harvesting system composed by a feller-buncher and a skidder. The bunches were placed at 45°, 90°, 135° and 180° in relation to the alignment of the forest plantation in which they also represented the necessary angulation for the rotation of the feller-buncher for the formation of the bunches. A work time study was performed in order to obtain the productive time and consequently to estimate productivity and costs of each operation. The feller-buncher's productivity was influenced by the angulations worked and the number of trees per cycle. The feller-buncher presented higher productivities (105.70 m3 h-1) and lower costs (1.80 USD m-3) when operated at 45°. The skidder´s productivity was not influenced by the different angulations of the tree bunching. However it was related with the skidding distance, number of trees per cycle, and speed. The skidder´s productivity was estimated at 181.90 m3 h-1 with a cost of 0.75 USD m-3 when the skidder was operated at 5 km h-1 and 216.50 m3 h-1 with a cost of 0.63 USD m-3 when operated at 7 km h-1
Document Type: Article
Language: Portuguese
DOI: 10.18671/scifor.v47n124.07
Accession Number: edsair.dedup.wf.002..7f3d77b7db615360de31d9e1e0fa3d35
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of different angulations of the tree bunching on the time, productivity and costs of a full tree harvesting system composed by a feller-buncher and a skidder. The bunches were placed at 45°, 90°, 135° and 180° in relation to the alignment of the forest plantation in which they also represented the necessary angulation for the rotation of the feller-buncher for the formation of the bunches. A work time study was performed in order to obtain the productive time and consequently to estimate productivity and costs of each operation. The feller-buncher's productivity was influenced by the angulations worked and the number of trees per cycle. The feller-buncher presented higher productivities (105.70 m3 h-1) and lower costs (1.80 USD m-3) when operated at 45°. The skidder´s productivity was not influenced by the different angulations of the tree bunching. However it was related with the skidding distance, number of trees per cycle, and speed. The skidder´s productivity was estimated at 181.90 m3 h-1 with a cost of 0.75 USD m-3 when the skidder was operated at 5 km h-1 and 216.50 m3 h-1 with a cost of 0.63 USD m-3 when operated at 7 km h-1
DOI:10.18671/scifor.v47n124.07