Acta Facultatis Technicae

The AFT scientific journal is published by the Technical University in Zvolen in its publishing house since 1997. It is intended for a broad scientific and professional public. The journal publishes original full research papers from the field of

• manufacturing and automation technology
• development trends in hydraulic elements, systems and fluids used in agricultural, forestry and manufacturing technology,
• robotics and informatics,
• energetic and environment,
• quality and reliability of machines and devices,
• machinery and mechanisation in agriculture and forestry,
• machinery in manufacturing processes,
• characteristics and manufacturing of agricultural and forestry materials and products,
• marketing of machinery and technical systems safety.

Manuscripts are submitted by e-mail to elena.pivarciova@tuzvo.sk or peter.koleda@tuzvo.sk. The manuscript has the standardized number ISSN 1336-4472. The submission deadlines are twice a year – January 30 and June 30.

The paper is carefully formatted according to the template of the journal.

Papers are published in English.

Editorial Board

doc. Ing. Miroslav Dado, PhD.

doc. Ing. Ján Kováč, PhD.

prof. Ing. Jozef Krilek, PhD.

doc. Ing. Marián Kučera, PhD.

doc. Ing. Miroslava Ťavodová, PhD.

Witold Biały (PL)
Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management

Igor Ďukič (HR)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry

Jiří Dvořák (CZ)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences

Ladislav Dzurenda (SK)
Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Wood Sciences and Technology

Roman Gálik (SK)
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Engineering

Zhivko Gochev (BG)
University of Forestry, Faculty of Forest Industry

Radek Knoflíček (CZ)
Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Zdeněk Kopecký (CZ)
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology

Ján Kosiba (SK)
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Engineering

Dražan Kozak (HR)
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Mechanical Engineering Faculty

Antonín Kříž (CZ)
University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Stanisław Legutko (PL)
Poznan University of Technology

Oleg Machuga (UA)
National Forestry University of Ukraine, Lviv

Milan Malcho (SK)
University of Zilina, The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Stanislav Marchevský (SK)
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Ján Mihalík (SK)
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

Miroslav Müller (CZ)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Engineering

Nataša Náprstková (CZ)
UJEP in Ustí nad Labem, Faculty of Production Technology and Management

Jindřich Neruda (CZ)
Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology

Alena Očkajová (SK)
Matej Bel University, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Marián Peciar (SK)
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Krzysztof Zbigniew Rokosz (PL)
University of Technology

Juraj Ružbarský (SK)
Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies

Ruslan Safin (RU)
Kazan National Research Technological University

Sergey Spiridonov (RU)
State Institution of Higher Professional Education, Saint Petersburg State

Dana Stančeková (SK)
University of Žilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Vladimír Štollmann (SK)
Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Forestry

Marian Šušniar (HR)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry

Paweł Tylek (PL)
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry

Valery Zhylinski (BY)
Belarusian State Technological University