Komatsu Forest launches an aggressive thinning professional with claws: the new Valmet 901harvester.4. It has a new cabin, improved transmission and a new control system. With the improved environment for the market operator, high productivity and versatility, the Valmet 901.4 is a safe bet for a profitable thinning. www.komatsu.com.br.

Sierra DigiTally is a high technology system for counting timber. It integrates equipment and stock control program that contributes for significant cost reductions in timber industries and companies that use wood as raw material. www.sierrais.com/DigiTally

Harvesting mechanisation is a concerning issue nowadays not only for managers of big reforesting companies but also for those less equipped service rendering companies. Qualified labour scarcity and growing costs coupled with rising work conditions, required by the new humanitarian and social order, as well as by certification processes, limit the application of manual and semi-mechanised systems in the cutting and processing of plantations at economic scale.

The Press-Dryers manufactured exclusively for sliced wood veneers, with thicknesses of 0.6 to 1.2 mm, in an atmosphere with controlled internal temperature and moisture controlled in each chamber. This control is performed through PLC and moisture sensors of high temperature. The automatic feeding system is of the conveyor belt type with handling of the veneers by vacuum, which offers uniform and constant feeding. www.benecke.com.br.

Boilers of 17 to 200 t/h with pressure of up to 100bar for generation and cogeneration plants. Applications: Energy generation plants; Cogeneration plants; Saturated steam generation in large quantities for use in industrial processes. Advantages: Superheated stability in steam generation at high pressures and temperatures; High efficiency of the boiler; Installation of the flooring level, avoiding onerous civil works, facilitating the maintenance and operation; ICAVI combustion system. www.icavi.ind.br.