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scissor type shear blade [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

The shear blades are set very low on the shear frame which allows shearing at ground level and results in more wood volume per tree harvested (M.P. Folkema et R. Legault, Evaluation of the Logging Development Corporation Processing Head, Model 421, January 1976, p. 6).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Chacune des deux parties tranchantes d'une cisaille, servant à l'abattage, à l'écimage ou au tronçonnage.

OBS

Le dispositif d'abattage du type "cisaille" est constitué par deux lames identiques qui pivotent simultanément autour d'un axe rigide et attaquent le bois de part et d'autre du tronc de l'arbre (Le machinisme forestier en matière d'abattage, Deuxième partie, dans : Courrier de l'exploitant et du scieur, no 6, 3e trimestre 1972, p. 1).

Spanish

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