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Shock steaming lumberShock steaming of lumber and it's benefits.Shock steaming is a term used for a short steam treatment which can be compared to a short heat treatment. The object of a shock steaming is to achieve a certain wood temperature as soon as possible and then stop the steam process either to prevent damage or a color change. Kiln-direct's steam controller used a special internal wood temperature sensor to help insure that the shock steaming is terminated after the wood has reached the desired set point. When shock steaming it is essential to only steam sticked bundles, since deadpacked bundles will not allow evenly steaming/heating of all the lumber. Benefits of shock steaming certain species.
Kiln-direct believe shock steaming can help provide better drying result on several species. However, very little researc and experimentation has been done on this. The lack of testing is probably due to the fact that few sawmill has special steam chamber on-site for testing. |
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