Ponsse Plc is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cut-to-length forest machines. The company is recognized as the technology leader with a strong focus on customers’ success and sustainable forestry. Ponsse’s user- and environmentally friendly forest machines offer high stability in difficult conditions – stability empowered by Murata MEMS sensors.
Ponsse is not only a company, but also a success story of its own. Born from one man’s dream and established in 1970 in Finland, Ponsse has grown into a global leader with over 19,000 forest machines manufactured. Today, thousands of forest machine entrepreneurs and operators all over the world rely on Ponsse’s state-of-art machinery in their daily work.
What makes PONSSE forest machines so successful?
“Our forest machines are based on environmentally friendly cut-to-length (CTL) logging, where trees are harvested in the forest with a special equipment developed for the purpose,” explains Aleksi Kivi, Product Development Engineer at Ponsse, “The CTL is an effective, sustainable and environmentally friendly method, as it improves the overall productivity, enables precise operation, and minimizes fuel consumption, emissions, as well as tree and soil damage.”
PONSSE forest machines are also particularly appreciated for their excellent ergonomics and stability offered even in harsh conditions. PONSSE Scorpion is a new generation harvester, masterpiece of the latest technology and, as Ponsse describes it, “a real beast of a harvester”.
“Our mission is to contribute to our customers’ success, and with PONSSE Scorpion, we really focused on designing as good a workplace as possible and considered operators’ wellbeing throughout the development,” Aleksi highlights.
And this is where Murata’s high accuracy combined gyroscope and accelerometer sensors come into the picture.
“PONSSE Scorpion includes an Active Crane management system which makes the crane easier to control and use. The operator does not need to manage separate functions for the crane but only to guide the harvester head to the right direction, at the right speed. Murata sensors positioned in the machine frame and crane detect the precise position and movement of the machine and enable optimized easy-to-use crane tip control and smooth levelling of the cabin. This greatly eases the operator’s job and improves both ergonomics and safety. Thanks to the sensors, monotonous, repeated tasks can be automated, and machine movements become logical and efficient. Efficiency in turn improves energy and environmental efficiency,” Aleksi explains.
Ponsse and Murata – a great match
Murata has collaborated with Ponsse for over 15 years already. There are many similarities between the two companies: Murata has a strong company philosophy – SHAZE – which matches well with the Ponsse Spirit and values focused on customer success, sustainability and innovation.
The collaboration between the two companies goes beyond a mere commercial relationship: products have been further developed together to ensure the best possible components for PONSSE forest machines. “Ponsse is an excellent partner for Murata because not only they are technology leaders in their field, but they are always interested in trying and developing new innovations. Additionally, they have great in-house capabilities to develop dynamic solutions and machine guidance systems,” says Juhani Pelttari, Senior Manager Business Development at Murata, “We have learned a lot through this fruitful collaboration, and further improved our offering based on Ponsse’s feedback.”
“Ponsse has chosen Murata as a supplier because Murata’s sensors were the first ones which actually met all our requirements, including performance and total cost. As a company with production and product development in Finland, we value the fact that Murata has also invested and continues to develop and manufacture MEMS sensors here. For us, it is a question of responsibility, and with Murata, we can be sure that the products are of high quality with a long lifespan, according to our specifications and available for deliveries when needed. As we utilize Murata sensors in all of our forest machines, supply security is a must,” Aleksi Kivi says.
“Currently, Murata MEMS sensors are utilized in all PONSSE harvesters and forwarders. And when we look towards the future of forestry it is increasingly about sustainability. Ponsse is already developing a concept of an electric forest machine, EV1, which will also incorporate Murata’s inertial sensors”, he visions.
Ponsse in Brief
Ponsse Plc is a company specializing in the sales, production, maintenance, and technology of cut-to-length method forest machines. It is driven by a genuine interest in its customers and their business. Ponsse develops and manufactures sustainable and innovative harvesting solutions based on customers’ needs. Founded by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgren in 1970, the company has always been the forerunner in cut-to-length forest machines. Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland, and has 13 affiliates and 30 dealers across the world. Over 19,000 PONSSE forest machines have been completed at the Vieremä factory for logging sites all over the world. Ponsse has 2,000 employees, half of them working in Finland and half globally. For more information, please visit www.ponsse.com
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