Apparatus and method for applying an active ingredient to bark beetle infested wood and using a harvester head to install the apparatus

摘要

Equipment for the application of the active substance to bark-infested wood containing nozzles (8),on which nozzles (4) are placed at intervals,where each nozzle (4) is fed with an insecticide (17) through a high pressure hose (5),and through the intake (16) air from the high pressure hose (7),the high pressure hose (7) is also connected to the tank (18),to which the tube (5) for insecticide is connected, with the nozzles (8) arranged on the retaining jaws (14) of the harvester head (3) and on the head (3) is also placed the tank (18) of insecticide, with the nozzles (8) having a curve corresponding to the bending of the retaining jaws (14),where the device (1) contains a control unit (19) of a syringe arranged on the head (3),and a high pressure hose (7) for air is attached to the shoulder (2) of the harvester and a compressor is arranged on the harvester.