PAMUDO PIYWOOD

The Underwood Lumber Company, Lakeview, Oregon, recently completed the installation of a Moore Reversible Cross-Circulation Kiln.

This new kiln is constructed entirely of wood and is 27 f.eet wide by 84 feet long. The fan system consists of eleven Moore 6" diameter special disc fans mounted on a longitudinal shaft overhead above the loads of lumber. These fans are powered by a single motor and produce a uniform and rapid air circulation which assures quality drying of Ponderosa pine lumber. The drying conditions of temperature and humidity are automatically controlled throughout the kiln, which is heated with exhaust steam pressure of four to five pounds from their factory engine. When exhaust steam is not available, reduced boiler pressure steam is employed in the kiln.