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Influence of cutting attachment on work efficiency, fuel consumption and environmental pollution from plastic wire during tending of young forests with brush cutters

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dc.abstract.enPetrol brush cutters are among the most widely used devices for tending young forests. During this work, environmental pollution is generated by the combustion of fuel and by the discarding of pieces of the plastic cutting line. The aim of this study was to compare operating parameters and the degree of plastic pollution from the cutting line, and to determine fuel consumption during tending of young forest with the use of a petrol brush cutter equipped with different cutting attachments: a plastic wire head, and 2-, 3-, and 24-tooth cutting blades. Measurements were made in the course of work on 2–3-year-old oak plantations containing two vegetation types (herbaceous and mixed). It was found that the most efficient cutting attachment was the wire head, but its use was associated with significant wire and fuel consumption. In the mixed vegetation case, wire consumption was 575.89 g*ha−1, which is comparable to eighteen polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Similar performance and significantly lower fuel consumption were obtained with the 2-tooth blade. In addition, when using cutting blades, there was no wire consumption and thus no plastic pollution of the environment. It was concluded that, in order to eliminate plastic pollution and reduce fuel consumption while achieving satisfactory working efficiency, the use of wire heads should be abandoned in favor of metal cutting blades.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Użytkowania Lasu
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Ekonomiki i Techniki Leśnej
dc.contributor.authorNaskrent, Bartłomiej
dc.contributor.authorGrzywiński, Witold
dc.contributor.authorPolowy, Krzysztof
dc.contributor.authorJelonek, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorTomczak, Arkadiusz
dc.contributor.authorNaskrent, Ewelina
dc.contributor.authorSzwed, Tomasz
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-21T11:01:44Z
dc.date.available2025-05-21T11:01:44Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Petrol brush cutters are among the most widely used devices for tending young forests. During this work, environmental pollution is generated by the combustion of fuel and by the discarding of pieces of the plastic cutting line. The aim of this study was to compare operating parameters and the degree of plastic pollution from the cutting line, and to determine fuel consumption during tending of young forest with the use of a petrol brush cutter equipped with different cutting attachments: a plastic wire head, and 2-, 3-, and 24-tooth cutting blades. Measurements were made in the course of work on 2–3-year-old oak plantations containing two vegetation types (herbaceous and mixed). It was found that the most efficient cutting attachment was the wire head, but its use was associated with significant wire and fuel consumption. In the mixed vegetation case, wire consumption was 575.89 g*ha−1, which is comparable to eighteen polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Similar performance and significantly lower fuel consumption were obtained with the 2-tooth blade. In addition, when using cutting blades, there was no wire consumption and thus no plastic pollution of the environment. It was concluded that, in order to eliminate plastic pollution and reduce fuel consumption while achieving satisfactory working efficiency, the use of wire heads should be abandoned in favor of metal cutting blades.</jats:p>
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dc.description.number5
dc.description.points140
dc.description.volume98
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/forestry/cpaf005
dc.identifier.eissn1464-3626
dc.identifier.issn0015-752X
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/2790
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationforestry
dc.relation.ispartofForestry
dc.relation.pages706-711
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dc.titleInfluence of cutting attachment on work efficiency, fuel consumption and environmental pollution from plastic wire during tending of young forests with brush cutters
dc.typeJournalArticle
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