Logset has launched TH65 Euca, a new harvester head designed harvesting and debarking medium-sized eucalyptus trees.
Finland-based forest machinery manufacturer Logset Oy has launched a new harvester head designed for harvesting and debarking medium-sized eucalyptus trees. The TH65 Euca is the third harvester head designed for harvesting eucalyptus in its TH-series.
According to Logset, one of the most important steps in the development process was producing an optimal debarking result during the first feeding. Another important quality was to make sure that the harvester head is kept clean of bark, so the work is not interrupted due to cleaning.
– The Logset harvester heads have basically all the qualities needed for harvesting and debarking eucalyptus. Designing special harvester heads for eucalyptus was not a big step for us. In the TH65 Euca, the feeding wheels and delimbing knives are equipped with parallel feed, which means that the eucalyptus stems are well centered in the harvester head. The stem maintains this position even when moving through the harvester during debarking, explained Jonas Hedström, Development Manager at Logset.
The TH65 Euca’s dimensions are similar to the Logset harvester head TH65. It weighs 1 100 kg and can be mounted on a Logset 8H GT harvester or on track-based machines weighing 20 – 35 tonnes.
– The demand for a medium-sized harvester head has grown among our customers who work with eucalyptus. With the TH65 Euca, I’m glad to say that we can now respond to this demand, remarked Pascal Réty, Vice President of Sales at Logset.
