. Seasoning of wood; a treatise on the natural and artificial processes employed in the preparation of lumber for manufacture . laning mills; etc. The Pocket Dry Kiln Pocket dry kilns (see Fig. 37) are generally built inbatteries of several pockets. They have the tracks leveland the lumber goes in and out at the same end. Eachdrying room is entirely filled at one time, the material isdried and then removed and the kiln again recharged. The length of Pocket kilns ranges generally from14 feet to about 32 feet. The interior equipment for this type of dry kiln isarranged very similiar to that used
. Seasoning of wood; a treatise on the natural and artificial processes employed in the preparation of lumber for manufacture . laning mills; etc. The Pocket Dry Kiln Pocket dry kilns (see Fig. 37) are generally built inbatteries of several pockets. They have the tracks leveland the lumber goes in and out at the same end. Eachdrying room is entirely filled at one time, the material isdried and then removed and the kiln again recharged. The length of Pocket kilns ranges generally from14 feet to about 32 feet. The interior equipment for this type of dry kiln isarranged very similiar to that used in the Apartmentkiln. The heating or radiating coils and steam sprayjets extend the whole length of the drying room, and arearranged for the use of either hve or exhaust steam, asdesired. Inasmuch as Pocket kilns have doors at one end only,this feature ehminates a certain amount of door exposure,which conduces towards economy in operation. TYPES OF DRY KILNS 201 In operating Pocket kilns, woods of different textureand thickness should be separated and placed in dif-ferent drying rooms, and each kiln adjusted and operated.
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