PULSE DRYING METHOD Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F26B3/04 

FIELD: wood industry.

SUBSTANCE: lumber drying method includes preheating, drying, and additional holding. All the drying process modes are performed cyclically, wherein after the work operation, at the end of the pause operation, drying stresses and residual deformations in the dried wood are determined, and the duration of the pause operation and that of the subsequent work and pause operations are determined by the nature of the drying stresses and the magnitude of the residual deformations.

EFFECT: method allows to increase the lumber drying productivity and to improve the quality of the material to be dried.

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