Development of the timber industry of the Far East through the introduction of new equipment and advanced technology (1966 – 1970)

Abstract

In this article the author discusses questions of the development of lumbering industry of the Far East on the basis of the comprehensive mechanization of logging operations. The development of research facilities and the industry in the Far East is considered in details in the article. The author analyses work of the management of the logging companies on introducing new equipment for timber harvesting such as: a removable attachment to the chain-saw «Druzhba-4»; jaw loaders; imported vehicles; gasoline MP-5 chain saws; Soccorso-RBS-50M; MAZ-501,509 hauling cars, etc. The article reveals the main guidelines of work of the Far Eastern research Institute in the field of development of new technological processes of conducting logging operations. Specific examples show the transition of the timber industry enterprises of the Far East to the new technology of narrow strips harvesting method. The new technology, called «Primorskaya», had a number of advantages and because of the hard work of the communist party and economic management of the enterprises in the considered period, it started being used in most logging enterprises of the Far East and had led to high productivity in the industry.