Productivity of a prototype truck- mounted logging residue bundler and a road-side bundling system

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-559

  Lindroos, Ola ^a   Matisons, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Petter ^b   Nordfjell, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Sveaskog Förvaltnings AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Compaction; Composite residue logs; Densification; Road side landing; Slash; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSIFICATION; MACHINERY; OVENS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRUCKS;

BIO-ENERGY; BULK DENSITY; CONTINUOUS FEEDING; DRY MATTERS; LOAD CAPACITY; LOGGING RESIDUES; ROAD TRANSPORTS; SLASH;

ROADS AND STREETS;

AUTOMOBILE; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DENSITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MACHINERY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TRUCKING;

EID: 77956951565     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.148     Document Type: Article

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