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HEAD PENALTY [2 records]

Record 1 1986-06-25

English

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

Effective use of the KFF’s accumulator head permits the harvesting of small-timber stands, which may be high on fibre but uneconomical to harvest by conventional methods (E. Heidersdorf, The Koehring Feller-Forwarder: Longer-Term Data Collection from two Hardwood Operations, June 1978, p. 11).

CONT

Effective use of the KFF's multiple-stem accumulator felling head greatly reduced the production penalty associated with small timber(E> Heidersdorf, The Koehring Feller-Forwarder : Longer-Term Data Collection from two Hardwood Operations, June 1978, p. S-1).

French

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

Tête d'abattage qui possède, outre son dispositif de préhension, un autre mécanisme servant à retenir quatre ou cinq arbres au fur et à mesure de leur abattage, de façon à les déposer au sol en un seul mouvement.

CONT

La tête d'abattage à pince collectrice augmente la productivité, surtout dans les peuplements d'arbres de faible diamètre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
CONT

Head penalty in a flooded evaporator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)

Spanish

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