Ponsse launches the intelligent OptiFellingAssist solution to enhance precision, safety and productivity in timber harvesting
Ponsse introduces the world’s first felling assistant developed by a forest machine manufacturer, OptiFellingAssist enhances harvesting quality and supports operators with intelligent, productivity boosting assistance features. The new solution enables precise and productive felling cuts, reduces equipment wear, and increases safety.
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That’s a remarkable amount of work hours for a single machine, the Norcar 600 owned by Erkki Rinne is taken well care of, it even has the original Diesel engine.
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Kieran Anders is a forestry contractor working in the lake district. His work involves hand cutting and extracting timber using a skidder and tractor-trailer forwarder.
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It is not possible to eliminate chain shot, but there are simple steps that can be taken to reduce the risk.
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Arwel takes great pride in the fact that the mill has no waste whatsoever, “the peelings are used for children’s playgrounds, gardens and for farm animals in barns in the winter and the sawdust has multiple uses in gardens and farms as well.
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Timber hauliers need to encourage young blood in, and also look after the hauliers we have, we need make the sector a safe and positive place to work.
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“OptiFellingAssist makes the operator’s work easier and more efficient while improving the quality of the work. It supports successful fellings in every situation. The result is increased safety, reduced saw bar and chain wear, a more durable boom, and increased productivity with less stress. OptiFellingAssist helps the operator in pre‑tensioning for the felling cut, which prevents the saw bar from getting pinched and enables safer tree felling,” describes Timo Koskiahde, Product Manager, Information Systems, Ponsse Plc.
“It is also good to note that the OptiFellingAssist solution improves work safety and optimizes working time. The forest machine operator can focus on productive work when saw bars and chains do not need to be replaced as often,” Timo Koskiahde adds.
Assistive feed tracking
OptiFellingAssist assists with the vertical movement of the harvester crane according to feeding. This is especially useful in deep snow conditions where the harvester head must be fed to the felling height through the snow cover.
Assistive pre tensioning
The system performs the pre‑tensioning after gripping the tree to be felled, allowing the operator to proceed directly to the sawing phase. Combined with lifting during the felling cut, this ensures a complete cut-through and a high‑quality result.
Technical requirements and availability
OptiFellingAssist works together with PONSSE Active Crane and PONSSE Opti 5G 3.3 software or newer. The feature is available as an optional add-on for new PONSSE machines.
Further information
Timo Koskiahde
Product Manager, Information Systems, Ponsse Plc
timo.koskiahde@ponsse.com, Tel. +358 50 557 4653
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