Nov 29, 2018
The Fall Southeastern Dry Kiln Club Meeting was held from November 8 – November 9 25, 2018 in Mt. Gilead, NC. The technical sessions started with Rob and Nick Girardi giving a presentation on continuous dry kilns (CDK). They focused on the advantages of the technology and provided interesting insights to the history and development.…
Oct 1, 2018
FALL 2018 SOUTHEASTERN DRY KILN CLUB MEETING ANNOUNCED Planning for the 2018 Fall Meeting is ongoing. The technical session will be hosted and a tour will be given by Jordan Lumber Company. Jordan Lumber has continuous pine kilns that measure moisture content during drying. The program is still being developed so there will be…
Sep 14, 2018
We hope everyone is safe from the dangers of Hurricane Florence. If you left your home to get out of the storm’s path, please be careful when going back to it. Here’s some information that we’ve compiled about returning to a house that’s been impacted by water from floods and hurricanes. If possible, please read through…
Jul 18, 2018
The NC State University Hardwood Lumber Grading Workshop was held at Hodges Wood Product Laboratory from June 19th – 21st. The hands-on program had 22 participants and included instruction by NC State’s Wood Product Extension Professor Phil Mitchell and NHLA’s Tom Byers. The three-day workshop was designed to give “rules” conscious employees a more carefully manufactured product,…
The 49th Annual Dry Kiln Operator’s Short Course was held at Hodges Laboratory by NC State’s Wood Products Extension from June 5-8. The program had 24 participants and included instruction by NC State’s Phil Mitchell, Frederik Laleicke, Guillermo Velarde, University of Kentucky’s Terry Conners, and guest lectures by Dan Mathews (SII Dry Kilns), Mike Sanders (USNR), and…
May 30, 2018
The Spring Southeastern Dry Kiln Club Meeting was held from May 24 – May 25, 2018 in Conover, NC. The technical sessions was very informative and well received by the attendees. Claus Staalner from Brookhuis-America gave an introduction to in-line moisture meters and explained the differences between linear and transverse measurements. Next was Thomas Monroe…
May 11, 2018
The Wood Products Extension and the Department of Forest Biomaterials will be exhibiting at the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta, GA. Our booths will be number 1 and 2 in Building C – Exhibit Hall Level. We’ll make sure to bring some of our most recent program materials and hopefully we can showcase some of…
Jan 19, 2018
Lumber is often air-dried for months prior to being kiln dried. The air-drying yard manager must decide when to stop air-drying and move the lumber to the dry kiln. The Air-Drying Estimator Excel spreadsheet is based on previous air-drying of lumber research. The intent of the Air-Drying Estimator is to help the air-drying yard manager…
Nov 17, 2017
The moisture content of wood in an environment held at the constant conditions of temperature and relative humidity will come to an equilibrium with its surroundings. The air temperature and relative humidity will determine the equilibrium moisture content (EMC) conditions, and the moisture content of wood in that environment will approach the EMC of the…
Oct 17, 2017
Fall 2017 Southeastern Dry Kiln Club Meeting (Jointly with OVLDA), Alcoa and Vonore, TN, Nov. 2-3, 2017 (see below for more information) 2017 Upholstery Frame Workshop, Conover, NC, Nov. 9, 2017. (contact Harry Watt: harry_watt@ncsu.edu or 704-880-3067 or see brochure) Profitable Small Sawmills and Firewood Businesses Workshop, Spring or Summer of 2018. (contact Harry Watt: harry_watt@ncsu.edu…
