Dry Kiln Short Course 2013

Southeast Dry Kiln Club Dry Kiln Short Course 2013-July 16th to 19th, 2013

The Wood Products Extension Department is hosting a Dry Kiln Short Course with the Southeast Dry Kiln Club at Haywood Technical Community College at Clyde, North Carolina. This four day short course will take a pack of green hardwood lumber and dry it using professional industry methods in a conventional steam lumber dry kiln. This class will teach wood moisture concepts, taking lumber samples, proper sampling techniques, principles of schedules, methods to reduce stain and drying degrade, moisture content calculations, moisture meters, dry kiln equipment and dry kiln management concepts.

Phil Mitchell of NC State University is the contact person for this dry kiln short course. Please contact him at phone 704-515-5581 and email at phil_ mitchell@ncsu.edu.

Link to download the Short Course Brochure.

Harry Watt Teaching Lumber Drying

Lumber pack for drying

Class on a tour of dry kilns

Class Room Instruction on Dry Kilns, Schedules, Preventing Degrade, Moisture Sampling, Moisture Meters

Hands On Instruction Drying in a Conventional Steam Dry Kiln From Green

Tours of Industry Dry Kiln Operations

Wood Products Extension Department supports the wide variety of wood products businesses in North Carolina and assisting the Cooperative Extension network of county offices that serve the people of North Carolina.