In the master's thesis, weinvestigated differences in efficiency, psychophysiological
workload and noise exposure between working with a gasoline-powered chainsaw and a
battery-powered chainsaw when felling coniferous and deciduous trees with a breast
diameter ranging from the third to the sixteenth thickness class. During ten days of field
measurements, we conducted a time study, measured heart rate and noise exposure while
felling trees with the Husqvarna 543 XP gasoline chainsaw and the Husqvarna 540i HP
battery chainsaw, and measured the diameter and length of the produced assortments to
calculate work efficiency. The difference in work efficiency during productive time
between the two chainsaws is statistically insignificant, but generally higher when working
with the battery chainsaw. During the main productive time work efficiency with the
gasoline chainsaw was 6,15 min/t, and with the battery chainsaw was 5,77 min/t. The
psychophysiological workload during felling with the battery chainsaw is statistically
significantly lower than during felling with the gasoline-powered chainsaw, as the working
and relative working heart rate during the entire productive time were 45,9 bpm and 32,5 %
for the battery chainsaw, and 49,4 bpm and 35.0 % for the gasoline-powered chainsaw. The
noise exposure of the worker is lower when using a battery-powered chainsaw, namely 5,3
dB(A) and 0,4 dB(C) compared to using a gasoline-powered chainsaw. The results of the
master's thesis indicatetheergonomicadvantages of battery-powered chainsaws, which will
play an important role in the increasing electrification of forestry in the future.
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