Equipment Descriptions and Functions
Front End Loader
- Function: This equipment is equipped with a front-mounted bucket that can be raised and lowered. It's highly versatile and used for lifting, transporting, and loading various materials.
- Attachments: Buckets of different sizes, forks, and grapples for different types of materials.
- Wood Logs: Transports logs efficiently using grapples.
- Wood Chips: Scoops and loads chips using large buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves straw and bales effectively.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles loose bagasse and moves bales using specialized buckets.
- Other Biomass: Suitable for various loose biomass materials with appropriate attachments.
Backhoe Loader & Dozer
- Function: Combines a front-mounted loader bucket with a rear backhoe for digging. The dozer blade is used for pushing materials.
- Attachments: Loader buckets, backhoe, and dozer blades.
- Wood Logs: Handles small to medium-sized logs with loader buckets.
- Wood Chips: Scoops and transports chips using loader buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves loose straw and bales efficiently.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles bagasse using appropriate buckets.
- Other Biomass: Suitable for various loose biomass materials.
Loader with Attachments
- Function: Similar to front end loaders but with additional versatility due to interchangeable attachments.
- Attachments: Buckets, grapples, forks, bale clamps, and specialized tools.
- Wood Logs: Efficiently transports logs with grapples.
- Wood Chips: Scoops and loads chips using different buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves loose straw and bales with bale clamps.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles bagasse effectively with specialized buckets.
- Other Biomass: Adaptable for various loose biomass materials.
Sugarcane Loader
- Function: Specifically designed for handling sugarcane materials.
- Attachments: Specialized grapples and buckets for sugarcane.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Specialized for efficient handling of loose bagasse and bales.
- Other Materials: Not applicable for other biomass materials.
Telescopic Loader & Unloader
- Function: Features an extendable arm for reaching high or hard-to-reach areas.
- Attachments: Forks, buckets, grapples, and specialized lifting tools.
- Wood Logs: Lifts and places logs in high or hard-to-reach areas.
- Wood Chips: Loads chips into high-sided vehicles using large buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves straw and bales to elevated areas with ease.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Places bagasse in high storage areas.
- Other Biomass: Handles various biomass to elevated storage with appropriate attachments.
Stationary Radial Loader
- Function: Used for loading and stacking materials within a fixed radius.
- Attachments: Buckets, forks, and grapples.
- Wood Logs: Loads and stacks logs within a stationary radius.
- Wood Chips: Loads and moves chips effectively within a stationary range.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Handles straw and bales within its stationary range.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles bagasse effectively.
- Other Biomass: Suitable for stationary biomass handling within its range.
Tractor with Radial Loader
- Function: Combines a tractor with a loader that can rotate within a radial range.
- Attachments: Buckets, forks, and grapples.
- Wood Logs: Loads logs in radial range using grapples.
- Wood Chips: Loads chips in radial range with buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves straw and bales in radial range.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles bagasse in radial range.
- Other Biomass: Suitable for various biomass materials in radial range.
Telescopic Radial Loader
- Function: Combines the telescopic reach with radial movement for versatile handling.
- Attachments: Forks, buckets, grapples, and lifting tools.
- Wood Logs: Lifts logs to high, radial areas using grapples.
- Wood Chips: Loads chips to high, radial areas with large buckets.
- Rice Straw (Loose and Bale): Moves straw and bales to high, radial areas.
- Bagasse (Loose and Bale): Handles bagasse to high, radial storage.
- Other Biomass: Suitable for various biomass materials to high, radial areas.
Equipment | Wood Logs | Wood Chips | Rice Straw | Bagasse | Other Biomass |
Front End Loader | Transports logs | Scoops and loads chips | Moves straw and bales | Handles bagasse bales | Suitable for various loose biomass |
Backhoe Loader & Dozer | Handles logs | Scoops and transports chips | Moves straw and bales | Handles bagasse | Suitable for various loose biomass |
Loader with Attachments | Transports logs | Scoops and loads chips | Moves straw and bales | Handles bagasse bales | Suitable for various loose biomass |
Sugarcane Loader | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Specialized for bagasse | Not applicable |
Telescopic Loader & Unloader | Lifts logs to high areas | Loads chips into high vehicles | Moves straw and bales to elevated areas | Places bagasse in high storage areas | Handles various biomass to elevated storage |
Stationary Radial Loader | Loads and stacks logs | Loads and moves chips | Handles straw and bales | Handles bagasse | Suitable for stationary biomass handling |
Tractor with Radial Loader | Loads logs in radial range | Loads chips in radial range | Moves straw and bales in radial range | Handles bagasse in radial range | Suitable for various biomass in radial range |
Telescopic Radial Loader | Lifts logs to high, radial areas | Loads chips to high, radial areas | Moves straw and bales to high, radial areas | Handles bagasse to high, radial storage | Suitable for various biomass to high, radial areas |
This guide provides an overview of how each piece of equipment functions and the specific attachments used for handling different types of wood and biomass materials in various forms.