Modern Russian forestry machine-building development trends

Abstract

Modern Russian forestry machine-building development trends

Shegelman I.R., Skrypnik V.I., Kuznetcov A.V., Vasilev A.S.

Incoming article date: 13.04.2016

The paper describes and analyzes the main development trends of Russian forestry machine-building in modern conditions. Russian forestry machine-building enterprises do not use presently available perspectives in import substitution in connection with the depreciation of the rouble. Neither do they use the opportunities for producing integrated multifunctional machines. Development and production release of forestry machines for assortment harvesting based on Russian-manufactured tractors fitted with technological equipment of foreign manufacture is the first step on the way of creating domestic vehicles of analogous purpose. These machines will be fully complete with home-produced technological equipment. This will allow reducing the costs on the production of these machines and on their timber-harvesting operations

Keywords: forest harvesting technology, felling, limbing, cutting into lengths, skidding, forestry machine-building, development