Skip to main content

Forest Machine Technology (5 cr)

Code: 6M00BH55-3005

General information


Enrolment period
03.08.2019 - 01.09.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
02.09.2019 - 18.10.2019
Implementation has ended.
Credits
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Forestry
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Forestry
Person in charge
Manne Viljamaa
Course
6M00BH55

Objectives (course unit)

The student:
- knows the basics of operating and planning of forest machines and the basic factors affecting the operating characteristics of forest machines
- knows the equipment and their properties used in forest machines and knows how to choose different equipment in different situations
- knows the basic physics related to the functioning of forest machines.

Content (course unit)

Main features of forest machine structure, frame structures, stability, steerability, engine technology and emissions, hydraulics and transmission, brakes, tyres, chains and rollers, terrain features, off-road mobility, equipment, loaders, ergonomics of forest machines, administrative procedures, structure regulations, machine safety, basics of bus technology in machines, technique of harvester measurement, demonstrations with forest machine simulator, physical concepts - power, efficiency, pressure, power,flow, stability, lifting capacity, basics of electrotechnic and electrical measurements.

Assessment scale

0-5

Go back to top of page