Manipulating Chain Type and Flail Drum Speed for Better Fibre Recovery in Chain-Flail Delimber-Debarker-Chipper Operations

A chain-flail delimber-debarker-chipper (CFDDC) was adapted for treating smaller trees than normal by replacing the standard flails with lighter ones, and by reducing flail drum rotation speed. The machine produced 16 full containers (24 t each) for the standard configuration and 24 full containers...

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Main Authors: Rick Mitchell, Mark Brown, Natascia Magagnotti, Andrew McEwan, Raffaele Spinelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry 2020-01-01
Series:Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering
Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/339741