An Evaluation of the MultDAT (Senior-model) Datalogger

In:
Harvesting Technical Reports
Report No:
H001
Report Date:
January 3, 2009
Author(s):
T Evanson

This report describes an evaluation of the MultiDAT Senior datalogger as installed on four different forestry machines: a Thunderbird TTY 70 cable hauler; a Madill 124 swing yarder; a Komatsu PC220 excavator loader; and a Tigercat 630 grapple skidder. The evaluation ranged from 8 to 15 days for each operation, and investigated set up time, ease of use, different applications and recommendations for improvement. This evaluation showed that the MultiDAT is an effective tool for contractors to monitor machine availability and utilisation. In terms of research, the datalogger can be used for shift-level studies and, if hardwired to machine functions, for time study.

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