TreeStar acoustic harvester head
TreeStar TM enables a harvesting crew to make quick and informed decisions on which trees to cut and how to segregate logs to precisely match a sawmill’s requirements. It saves time, reduces wastage and avoids sending logs to the wrong production destination by allowing in-forest grading of stems and logs to clearly identify their quality at the very start of the production process.
Features
- Fits the most commonly used harvester heads
- Automatically tests wood at processor head operating speeds
- In-cab display showing the tree’s sonic velocity
- Log assessment with head optimiser for value-based log making
- Easy to operate
- Low maintenance
- Robust, industrial-strength design and construction suitable for high duty cycle operation
- Offers up to 76% accuracy compared with standing tree acoustic tool on initial trial with Sitka spruce.
Benefits
- Offers quick, efficient and cost-effective operation
- Compatible with existing harvesting machinery
- Provides reliable indication of wood quality
- Allows segregation of timber at the earliest point in the production chain
- Can be used in forest, on landings and in roadside operations
- Helps avoid sending logs to the wrong production destination and associated costs
- Assists value recovery during thinning
- Enables identification of timber suitable for carcassing
- Decision making process for log lengths to be cut to meet specification for carcassing or pallet processing operation
- Offers operatives a safer working environment than manual testing within an operational environment