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Wood is a hygroscopic material, meaning it exchanges water with the surrounding air, absorbing or desorbing it. This exchange is regulated by the air’s hygrometric conditions, such as temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure. So, for a given climate, there’s a balance where wood is neither absorbing nor desorbing.
Why do we need to dry lumber? Working in the wood processing industry and, more specifically, in the lumber drying sector, you get immersed in a lot of technical concepts when monitoring the lumber drying process.
Why is this process so complex? In this post, we will break it down into three categories: variability in nature, quality control/compliance, and optimization