The lack of Internet connectivity in the forest is a major obstacle to the digital transformation of forest operations, which seeks to improve the performance of harvesting and transport operations, the safety of forestry workers…
Safety
This article was originally published in Paper Advance. Workplace safety and profitability are two fundamental values of any organization. If not carefully managed, corrosion of rotating and fixed equipment in a process can seriously compromise…
Each year, many forested areas in Canada are being severely impacted or threatened by forest fires. Communities located near those areas must often be evacuated and suffer enormous material losses. One of the priorities of…
Through the Forestry 4.0 program, FPInnovations has been working to bring internet and LTE networks to forest operations. Excellent progress has been made, and the efforts are still ongoing. An in-service full-scale trial of FPInnovations’…
We don’t need to tell you how tough of an environment logging is. This harshness of forestry conditions is why most of the components used in forestry equipment are made up of steel that could…
Over the past decade, cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been increasingly used in numerous buildings in Canada. Other mass timber products are also being used and developed, allowing designers to choose materials from a broad range…
PIT Group’s comprehensive market review of electromechanical brakes (EMBs) for commercial vehicles, namely Class 8 trucks, completed for the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of American Trucking Associations, reveals that the cost of a sufficiently…
The long-awaited online training program Smart Driver for Forestry Trucks is finally live, and you can watch it from the convenience of your home. Reducing fuel consumption and operating costs are two constant challenges for…
A leading cause of injury to truck or machine operators is falling from machines when entering and exiting. In support of continuous improvement of safety standards and awareness among forest operations workers, Safer Advisory Foundation…