Supervisory controlled forest machines

Abstract

The article presents structural diagrams of an automated control system for technological processes and information flows of logging operations. The article includes subject and research methodology. The study in a field of logging operations confirms the fact of increasing rate of using special forest machinery like forest harvesters for conducting timber-logging operations. One of the main advantages of forest harvesters is the automated functions that allow the control system to optimize the cutting of the tree trunk, taking into account the price of the assortment and its optimal parameters. The majority of forest harvesters in service are equipped with a continuous pull-through harvesting head. It is shown that reducing production and resource losses, preserving the natural environment and adequate measures for the reproduction of wood resources becomes possible due to the transfer of management of forestry processes to a qualitatively new level through the use of modern automated control systems for technological processes and information flows (APCS IP). The development of a software decision support system (DSS) was conducted according to the results of the data process analysis. The automated decision support system provides support for operator activities and a model for making a decision on the appointment and execution of timber-logging operations.