LUMBER DRY KILNS

The Teaford Company offers state-of-the-art lumber dry kilns. With built in flexibility, these dry kilns are specifically designed to meet the particular drying requirements of your sawmill. The fundamental purpose of a dry kiln is to dry lumber to a specific moisture content evenly. To accomplish this goal it is very important to invest in good airflow, heating, and humidity control systems.

Airflow

•  The Teaford dry kiln incorporates highly efficient fan shrouds to ensure low electrical costs in the drying process

•  Reliable fan technology from Smithco fans provides high airflows with even distribution

•  The Teaford dry kiln designs include mounting motors either externally or internally to the kiln environment, whichever you prefer for your application

•  Internal baffling forces airflow through the lumber.

•  External actuation of baffles provides an operator safe workplace

Heating

Teaford kilns can be heated as follows:

•  Steam Coils

•  Single Zone

•  Multiple zones

•  Thermal Oil Coils

•  Single Zone

•  Multiple zones

•  Direct Fired Natural Gas

•  Direct Fired Wood