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Kiln Drying Optimization
Moisture content plates anomaly
Anomaly
The four moisture content plates returning the same percentage and/or a communication error occurred.
Potential
consequences
The end of the drying will not be defined in an appropriate way due to the wrong value of the mean moisture content. And this will lead to an over\under dried batch.
Corrective
action
Our experts warned the client and the company responsible of the data collection to fix the issue. The plates worked fine after this (see graph).
Humidity evacuation anomaly
Anomaly
One of the wet bulb sensor’s temperature reading is giving a abnormally high value compared to the sensors.
Potential
consequences
The average of the web bulb temperature is higher than the set-point so the vents began to evacuate the humidity while the climate is dry.
Corrective
action
Our experts diagnosed the anomaly and suggested the client change the cotton of the wet bulb sensor which returned the readings to normal.
Kiln sudden stop anomaly
Anomaly
Once the drying have been started, the fan speed and the heat went down to 0. This anomaly occurred at the end day of Friday
Potential
consequences
The drying is stopped during the weekend without noticing. The client could loose two days of drying time.
Corrective
action
Our experts noticed the alarm using our notification system and report it to the mill. The operator returned to the mill and restarted the kiln.
