Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2023.1722
Design of a Planting Module for an Automatic Device for Forest Regeneration
Paweł Tylek
orcid.org/0000-0002-4384-6095
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Engineering and Forest Techniques Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Grzegorz Szewczyk
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Engineering and Forest Techniques Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Mariusz Kormanek
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Engineering and Forest Techniques Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Józef Walczyk
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Engineering and Forest Techniques Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Janusz M. Sowa
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Utilization Engineering and Forest Techniques Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Marcin Pietrzykowski
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Bartłomiej Woś
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Forestry Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology Al. 29 Listopada 46 31-425 Kraków POLAND
Paweł Kiełbasa
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Production and Power Engineering Department of Machines Exploitation Ergonomics and Production Processes ul. Balicka 116B 30-149 Kraków POLAND
Tadeusz Juliszewski
; University of Agriculture in Cracow Faculty of Production and Power Engineering Department of Machines Exploitation Ergonomics and Production Processes ul. Balicka 116B 30-149 Kraków POLAND
Ryszard Tadeusiewicz
; AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering Department of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering al. Mickiewicza 30 30-059 Kraków POLAND
Florian Adamczyk
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Marek Danielak
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Jacek Wojciechowski
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Jan Szczepaniak
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Marek Szychta
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Tomasz Szulc
; Łukasiewicz Research Network-Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering ul. Starolecka 31 60-963 Poznan POLAND
Abstract
Forest regeneration by means of seedlings grown in container nurseries is usually performed
manually with the use of the standard dibble bar or the tube dibble. Manual placement of a
large number of seedlings in the soil requires a lot of work. Manual removal of the soil cover
and digging the soil in spots with a diameter of 0.4 m requires, under average conditions, about
38 man-hours/ha, while planting with a dibble bar requires about 34 man-hours/ha. Additional
work time is needed to carry seedlings over an area that is being afforested. At present,
forestry does not have automatic planters that would enable the establishment of forest cultures.
The aim of the paper is to present the concept of an autonomous robot and an innovative
technology of performing forest regeneration and afforestation of former agricultural and reclaimed
areas. The paper also presents the design solutions of the key working unit, which is
a universal, openable dibble, cooperating with a three-toothed shaft to prepare a planting spot.
The solution proposed enables continuous operation of the machine, i.e. without the need to
stop the base vehicle.
Keywords
container seedlings, planter, forest regeneration, autonomous work, precision forestry
Hrčak ID:
290891
URI
Publication date:
13.1.2023.
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