Award for the Cut Coach!

The tension simulator from SERRA is a “KWF Profi”

The German Committee for Forestry and Forest Engineering (KWF) recently awarded the Cut Coach from SERRA Maschinenbau GmbH in Rimsting, Bavaria, its professional mark of approval, “Profi”. This tension simulator for logs up to 40 cm in diameter is a training device for bodies such as fire brigades, forestry educational institutions, and trade associations. The log is clamped at three points and bent in different directions. It teaches saw operators how to find a safe cutting pattern and avoid the high risk of accidents caused by trapped power saws and trees rebounding in situations that have to be remedied in a hurry, for example following a storm. 

The Cut Coach was developed at the suggestion of and in collaboration with the renowned Bavarian forestry training center for private forest owners (Bayerische Waldbauernschule) in Kehlheim and has been in use there since 2009 – as well as in many other European countries. The Cut Coach was subjected to rigorous testing before the decision was made. KWF Profi forestry equipment meets all the requirements of current technical standards regarding economics, safety, ergonomics, and ecology.