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Waratah Forestry Equipment announced the H225E—a new generation of its H215E head purpose-built for single-pass eucalyptus debarking. Designed for use on large, wheeled harvesters and excavators, the H225E is a powerful, high-capacity debarking head that productively dominates in the harsh application.

With a weight at 1690 kg (3,720 lb.), this new 200 Series head features a higher performance valve that allows for better oil flow and greater hydraulic working pressure capabilities (35 MPa or 5,076 psi) for more feed power.

The H225E also includes patented variable angle feed rollers for better bark separation cutting as well as debarking initialization and efficiency, improving debarking for varying diameters. Redesigned swept cast arms improve delimbing in harvesting or processing applications with lower knife improvements for reverse delimbing. The H225E features Waratah’s TimberRiteT H-16 measuring and control system for increased efficiency, accuracy and productivity.

The H225E features new delimb arm profiles, which improve delimbing and durability in plantation stands of consistent diameter or variable diameters of big timber. The length measuring system has been improved for more durability and placement on the log—or with optional measuring from the feed motors. Visit waratah.com.

Legna Software, a leading software developer in the wood products industry, announced the launch of Angel, a software-as-a-service platform developed to manage timber procurement and inventory management in one, easy-to-use, cloudbased interface.

“Angel ensures that all stakeholders in the value chain—loggers, truck drivers and executives in the sawmill—have access to the same data in real time, eliminating wasted time and costly errors,” says Woody Rich, CEO of Legna Software.

Accessible anywhere, Angel is a SaaS platform that consolidates data from three mobile applications used in the field by loggers, scale operators, and log yard managers. Angel improves workflow by capturing data at the source, preserving data integrity for all stakeholders in the supply chain. —Angel Loader enables loggers to create an eticket in the field, providing immediate visibility into what products are being loaded and where they’re being sent. —Angel Receiver allows scale operators to easily match electronic tickets generated in the field with an arriving load. —Angel Unloader enables log yard operators to capture load attributes and sync them to existing e-tickets in real-time. Visit legnasoftware.com/angel.

John Deere offers the Forestry Full-Tree Training Simulator for cost-effective and efficient operator training in a risk-free environment, all while avoiding wear and tear on equipment.

The Training Simulator allows operators to explore interactive virtual logging sites as if they were in the cab of a John Deere machine. This product offers realistic, true-to-life controls that can be swapped out to quickly convert the simulator to a different John Deere forestry machine type in a matter of minutes. The simulator is equipped with swappable John Deere controls, allowing quick interchange of joysticks and foot pedals to multiple machine types.

Operators can view the simulation through a single-display, 55" TV. The display screen offers highly detailed, realistic graphics allowing operators to create custom environments, switch between machines in the same environment or mimic stump to landing material flow.

The Forestry Simulator offers training for a number of Deere machines including the 953M/959M tracked feller-buncher w/FR22B head, 953MH/959MH tracked harvester w/H480 head, 953ML/959ML shovel logger w/grapple and FL85 head, 843L-II wheeled feller-buncher w/FD22B Head, and 848L-II skidder. Visit deere.com.