The Effects of increased mechanization on time consumption in small-scale firewood processing

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 791-805

  Lindroos, Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blade saw; Comparative time study; Fuelwood; Poperator effects; Processor; Senior worker; Wedge splitter

Indexed keywords

HEATING; INVESTMENTS; MACHINERY; WOOD;

BLADE SAW; COMPARATIVE TIME STUDY; FUELWOOD; POPERATOR EFFECTS; PROCESSOR; SENIOR WORKER; WEDGE SPLITTER;

MECHANIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROCESSING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

CONSUMPTION; INVESTMENT; MACHINERY; MECHANIZATION; SAWING; SPLITTERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 59849121909     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.227     Document Type: Article

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