Equipe Jean PAIN
Image of a branches' chipper

Wood heating and handling process

Comparison of the handling between the firewood and the dry chipped material for automatic boilers
Step Firewood
(traditional)
Chipper manual feeding chipper mechanized feeding
Chipped material
(small boiler)
Chipped material
(medium boiler)
Chipped material
(small boiler)
Chipped material
(medium boiler)
Cut 1 1 1 1 1
Trimming   1 1    
Sclicing in 1 or 2m 1        
Slitting 1        
Putting in pile 1        
Charging trailer 1        
Chipping   1 1 1 1
Unloading on roadside 1        
Re-loading on roadside 1        
Transport and unloading to customer's home(1) 1 1 1 1 1
Putting in drying heap 1        
Handling to recut 1        
Re-cutting 0,50m 1        
Last putting in pile 1        
Handling for feeding 1 1   1  
Feeding boiler 1 1 1 1 1
Total handlings 14 6 5 5 4
( 1 ) - tipping trailer for chipped wood

As it is shown, using an automatic boiler greatly reduces the amount of handling of wood before use. Moreover, the chip boiler can use all types of wood and small branches, which are neglected when usign the firewood.

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