Tigercat TH575 harvesting head achieves early market acceptance
The initial run of TH575 harvesting heads is proving highly productive in
a variety of debranching and debarking applications worldwide.
PARIS ON, JAN 24, 2008 – The initial run of Tigercat's new TH575
harvesting heads have accumulated thousands of operating hours over the course of
2007. Performance has been excellent and uptime, extremely high. The heads are
operating in spruce, pine and poplar applications in Canada as well as pine jobs
in Chile, Brazil and South Africa and eucalyptus delimbing and debarking in
Australia. Additional units have recently shipped to Australia, Russia and
western Canada with H822C, LH830C, H855C, H860C and H250B Tigercat
carriers.
Saskatchewan based contractor Almar Limbing has been operating the prototype
TH575 harvesting head mounted on a Tigercat H860C harvester in mixed spruce and
poplar since early 2007. The head has accumulated just over 4000 hours.
Nova Scotia's E&R Langille Contracting has put over 1,300 on the head in
heavily limbed spruce and mixed hardwood with excellent results. Darren Langille
notes that the third lower knife is an asset in many of his applications because
the limbs grow very close to the base of the tree.
The TH575 is specifically designed to match the high performance capabilities of
Tigercat track carriers in harvesting, processing and debarking applications.
According to Duane Barlow, Tigercat product manager for attachments, the
combination of a heavy-duty structure, taper-lock pins, isolation mounted valve
assemblies and clean hose routings will provide high uptime.
For fast cutting performance, the TH575 is standard equipped with a Hultdins
Supercut 100 main saw with an option for the Supercut 300. An optional Hultdins
Supercut 100 topping saw is also available.
"Three knife arms and two fixed knives provide excellent delimbing quality
and the patent pending three-wheel drive system achieves faster feeding speeds
and superior feeding power," says Barlow. He also points out the the unique
measuring control with a larger diameter measuring wheel improves accuracy. The
standard Motomit IT computer system can be programmed for up to eight species
and 100 preset selections per species with an option for full
value-optimization.
Depending on the options, the TH575 weighs between 2 300 and 2 700 kg
(5,200-5,900 lb). It is best suited to dedicated forestry carriers from 150-225
kW (200-300 hp) for harvesting softwood and hardwood in the 5-580 cm (2-23 in)
diameter range.
About Tigercat
Tigercat Industries designs and manufactures premium quality forestry and
off-road equipment with manufacturing facilities in Canada and Sweden and
worldwide distribution. The diverse forestry line includes complete full-tree
and cut-to-length harvesting systems.
Tigercat and the Tigercat logo are registered
trademarks of Tigercat Industries Inc. Other brands and product names are
trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Tigercat Industries
Inc.
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Contacts:
Paul Iarocci, Tigercat
Industries Inc.
519-442-1529 Ext. 314
email: piarocci@tigercat.com
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