The article reflects the contemporary problems of the transport component of the process of logging. The analysis of the financial costs during the development of annual allowable cut, taking into account the construction of roads. The recommendations, the implementation of which contributes to the efficient and cost-effective management of air timber harvesting using a helicopter. The characteristics of the cargo helicopters and slinging mechanisms for logging operations. The calculation of the cycle time of the helicopter on the harvesting operations. Conclusions in areas conducive to efficient use of helicopter logging.

Keywords: Helicopter timber harvesting, Logging operations hoisting mechanisms, cycle time,

Presented article provides the results of experimental studies related on the centrifugal impregnation of pine wood process. The studies were carried out respecting influence of the percentage of summerwood and latewood in the impregnated samples on the speed of centrifugal impregnation (impregnant consumption per processing time), and the impregnation depth (the ratio of the volume of absorbed liquid to the total volume of the pore space of a wood sample). On the basis of these results it is shown that the percentage of latewood in a sample does not significantly affect the speed of centrifugal impregnation, while the percentage of latewood affects the impregnation depth (regression model obtained). Furthermore, it is shown that the inner space filled with the impregnant after centrifugal impregnation occurs uniformly along impregnation front trace. The conclusion follows with a list of promising directions for further research on the subject of wood impregnation process using centrifuges.

Keywords: pine wood, centrifuge, impregnation, impregnation front centrifugal method, deep impregnation, summerwood, latewood, uniformity of impregnation