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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Clifford M Rosenau, Willow Street, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34 46 ; 34 48 ; 34 54 ; 34191 ;
Abstract
A lumber kiln is controlled by a digital computer which periodically changes the wet bulb set point so that the rate of change of moisture content is maintained approximately constant. Reversible fans which circulate air through the lumber are periodically reversed. When they are reversed, the signals from the temperature sensors are reversed so that the temperature from the sensor at the high pressure end of the circulating air path is always used. A plurality of kilns may be controlled by the same digital computer because the computer is insensitive to variations in the operating parameters of the kilns.