Woody crop harvester

Biosystems Engineering has designed and built a woody crop harvester-chipper in collaboration with the Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre and the WA Department of Environment and Conservation.

The pre-production prototype of the woody crop harvester-chipper is a world-first in engineering and innovation.

The machine is an efficient upright biomass harvester-chipper that can cut and chip woody biomass in one continuous operation, analogous to how farmers harvest forage crops.

The harvester delivers chipped biomass via a chute into a truck. It will be field evaluated in New South Wales and Western Australia this year to determine its capabilities.

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