Author:
Karpachev S,Kaznacheeva N
Abstract
Abstract
In this article, an innovating multi-operational forest machine with a bundling device (MOFMB) is proposed. MOFMB is based on the tractor processor (TP) and it is planned for felling trees, delimbing-bucking operations and making bundles from logging residuals. Two technologies of the MOFMB operation are considered. The first technology provides for sequential operation of the MOFMB mechanisms without combining the operations of felling and processing trees. The second technology provides for parallel operation of the MOFMB mechanisms with a combination of felling and tree processing operations. As a result of simulation experiments, it was found that the tractor achieves the highest productivity in the case of parallel operation of its mechanisms with a combination of operations of felling and processing of trees. At this case, the utilization of the manipulator on the tree felling and the processor on the tree processing and logging residuals packaging will be maximum.