STUDY ON BALANCE SAWN TIMER IN PRIMARY WOOD PROCESSING IN KOSOVA: CASE STUDY CONIFEROUS TREE

The coniferous trees that are found in the Republic of Kosovo are mainly: pine, fir and spruce. Since the Republic of Kosovo does not have enough coniferous timber to fulfill the requirements, it is then forced to import such material from other countries. Importation is mainly done from Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. This study provides important information about sawmills involved in the sawing of trunks, the yield of the sawmill production, and how much the losses or wood residue like pieces, slats and sawdust will be. To accomplish the study, a number of coniferous trees were sawn into timber and appropriate measurements were made to determine the yield of cutting trunks. The results of the study without considering the add-on for drying are given below: The amount of sawn trunks was 18.158m3, sawn timber 13,710m3, wood residue, pieces and slats 2.626m3, sawdust 1.639m3, other 0.184m3. According to the study, it is seen that from cutting of trunks was produced 75.50% sawn timber, 14.46% wood residue, pieces and slats, 9.03% sawdust and 1.01% others. If worked with better technical measures by performing division of trunks according to diameters and by calculation of models by maximum sawing for each trunk diameter, sawing trunks yield would be higher.