Mobile wood chipper exceeds expectations

Success Stories / TANA BioChipper
Mobile wood chipper exceeds expectations
Contractors in the wood chipping field say that they need an easy-to-move and easyto-use chipper. It has to be able to cope with ever-changing weather conditions, be
adjustable for right working position in demanding grounds and fill the chip container
fast and steady in order to keep the workflow cost-efficient for all parties.
TANA BioChipper is developed together with contractors handling soft
and hard wood as well as with sawmill
owners who need to chip left over materials. During the last two years TANA
BioChipper has been tested on multiple sites and improved accordingly. As
result, Tana is proud to present TANA
BioChipper, the new smart mobile
chipper with all necessary features for
effective chipping and intelligent management options, but no unnecessary
and expensive add-ons.
Sluing mechanism
increases productivity
and ergonomy
As the chassis of the TANA BioChipper
is universal, the machine can be easily
installed on most trucks. In addition,
the sluing mechanism of the chassis
allows TANA BioChipper to slide and
turn up to 240 degrees according to
the position of the crane.
- The moving chassis is a remarkable factor in adding feeding speed.
Another important advantage is the
possibility to adjust the cabin into the
best possible working position at a site
which makes operating much more ergonomic in demanding grounds, says
Harri Sorvoja from HS Tekniikka Ltd,
Finland.
Bigger infeed opening
and easy-to-change
full-width blades make
working efficient
Infeed table width
Input opening
2080 mm wide
1000 mm (W) x
720 mm (H)
Table 1: One of the key issues in productivity
of the chipper is the size of the infeed
opening. This especially helps the crane
operator on loading the materials and
increasing the production as well.
Maximum thickness on different
materials
440 mm diameter
of hard wood
550 mm diameter
of soft wood
Table 2: Besides narrower sticks, TANA
BioChipper can handle thick materials with
ease.
TANA BioChipper has two 1090 mm
full width blades at diameter of a 900
mm drum. Having an easy access to
the two blades means that they can be
safely changed in 15 minutes on-site
by the user.
- During our roadshow with TANA
BioChipper, customers told us that
with their current machinery chang-
Contact us: Tana Oy, www.tanarecycling.com, tel: +358 20 7290 240, marketing@tana.fi
ing the blades for complex drums can
take even four hours because there
are so many parts to loosen. This
makes changing blades almost impossible at the working site. Customers seeing the changing of the blades
on a TANA BioChipper have been very
impressed about how easy it is. Since
no unnecessary maintenance days for
the blade changing are needed, TANA
BioChipper gives much advantage in
cost effectiveness, Sorvoja continues.
In everyday use, easiness means
money for both the contractor and the
trucker: when the blades start to lose
sharpness the speed as well as the
quality of the chipping get worse. When
changing of the blades takes place in
only 15 minutes, work can continue effectively and both the trucker and the
contractor can happily add one extra
load to the result of the day.
Simple yet robust structure without
any extra parts, like screws for
transporation, which in cold
conditions usually freeze. When
compared to most European
chippers, probably more than a
half smaller spare part catalogue.
One good characteristics of a
great Tana engineering at work.
Success Stories / TANA BioChipper
How to manage the whole chain more productively with the TANA BioChipper
TANA BioChipper on-site
Power plant
Benefits for the customer
and the trucker:
• Because of the steady speed
of the TANA BioChipper,
the amount of loads per day can be calculated well in advance.
Routes and needed equipment can be planned ahead.
• More loads per day without idling, no half-empty containers.
Good control on-site
and remotely
Sites vary a lot when it comes to the
quality of the chipped raw material and
working distances. Especially in remote sites optimizing the speed of the
chipping as well as planning the routes
of the truckers are essential factors in
productivity and cost-efficiency.
TANA BioChipper has two intelligent and easy-to-use solutions for optimizing the operating of the machine.
Firstly, TANA Control System (TCS) is
an operator’s tool to adjust the machine according to the job with three
basic programs for warm-up, slender
tree trunks and logs. Whenever customization is required, the operator
can adjust certain parameters within
given limits which affect eg. fuel efficiency. Creating reports is easy on-site,
the operator just fills in the number of
the site and TCS gathers all requested
Benefits for the contractor:
Benefits for the crane operator:
• Steady and fast chipping operation
• Blades can be changed in 15 minutes at the site. No long maintenance
delays and / or transportation costs.
•If something happens, most
deviations are easily handled at
the site via internet with TANA
maintenance 24/7/365.
•Robust structure doubles the
lifetime of the chipper.
•Because of the mobility of the
TANA BioChipper and sluing chassis, the crane operator can
focus on feeding the chipper.
•Change the chipping settings
easily with TANA Control System (TCS) for different materials
(ie. branches and logs).
data for example about working hours
and fuel consumption automatically.
Then combined with the information of
cubic meters produced, our customer
can calculate the costs for budgeting
and pricing needs.
The information provided by the
TCS, helps both the operator and the
contractor. When the day is over, the
operator just powers down the machine. For the contractor, this gives
exact information about differences
between the sites in terms of costs
and income. This information can be
directly utilized in pricing as well as in
developing the work process.
Secondly, as TCS works as a
right hand for the operator, TANA ProTrack® remote management system
offers online connection between the
site and the maintenance. In case of
possible error situations TANA ProTrack® immediately alarms about the
state of the error as well as locates it.
Maintenance work can in most situations be done remotely with the maintenance team instructing the operator.
This saves both time and money when
the stoppage is as short as possible.
Does a contractor in the chipper
field need anything else but a TANA
BioChipper?
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Changing the cutting blades on
a TANA BioChipper can be done
on-site in fifteen minutes. No extra
maintenance work or crew required.
Two full-width blades, capacity of up
to 280 m³ per hour with the most
homogeneous particle size on the
market.