Publication detail

Difference in the magnitude of power saw vibrations affecting the operator during forest felling

STANĚK, L. NERUDA, J. MERGL, V.

Original Title

Difference in the magnitude of power saw vibrations affecting the operator during forest felling

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This study deals with a question whether the magnitude of vibrations affecting the power saw operator during the tree felling is still the same or not. For this purpose, the tree felling was broken down into several partial operations (pruning of lower tree part; cutting of buttresses; felling; delimbing) at which the values of vibrations were recorded and mutually compared. The vibrations were measured during the felling of 121 trees with the activity being made by one feller with one type of power saw and one type of power saw chain, and the felled trees included both live and dead standing trees. The vibrations were measured on the front and rear handles of the power saw in compliance with standards EN ISO 22867, EN ISO 5349-1 and EN ISO 5349-2. As to the mutual comparison, research results demonstrated a difference in 69.23% of cases. A maximum increase of vibrations during the experiment (17.0 m s(-2)) was recorded on the rear handle during the partial activity of Delimbing live trees, the lowest increase of vibrations (0.320 m s(-2)) being localized in the same partial activity, only on the front handle.

Keywords

safety and health protectionstem, wood moisture, forestry, work hygiene, dead standing treed, delimbing

Authors

STANĚK, L.; NERUDA, J.; MERGL, V.

Released

1. 3. 2023

Publisher

Sciendo

Location

Warsaw, Poland

ISBN

2454-034X

Periodical

Central European Forestry Journal

Year of study

69

Number

1

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

59

Pages to

67

Pages count

9

URL

https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/forj-2023-0003

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/244296

BibTex

@article{BUT183329,
  author="Luboš {Staněk} and Jindřich {Neruda} and Václav {Mergl}",
  title="Difference in the magnitude of power saw vibrations affecting the operator during forest felling",
  journal="Central European Forestry Journal",
  year="2023",
  volume="69",
  number="1",
  pages="59--67",
  doi="10.2478/forj-2023-0003",
  issn="2454-034X",
  url="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/forj-2023-0003"
}