At the LIGNA fair Alent featured new solutions that makes wood drying even better if the kiln manufacturer improves their constructions. OS Panto is the first to have done just that.
Luca Cadamuro, Sales Manager in Europe for OS Panto, has developed a new construction for compartment kilns in stainless steel, specifically for the Scandinavian market with high demands on availability, capacity and durability.
Luca Cadamuro, Sales Manager in Europe for OS Panto
Ariel Inzunza and Salvador Morales from TSST Chile visited Luleå to learn more about the Alent control system. During lunch break they got the opportunity to try the typical Swedish "spark" (kick) on ice. A cold but nice experience.
are using Alent Dynamic and is now running 29 system in France and 3 system in Poland. New stainless steel kilns for Scandinavian market from OS Panto is specially adapted to dynamic drying.
The Alent vision is that all batch kilns in the world shall be controlled by Alent Dynamic® control system. Alent will not manufacture any kilns. Therefor we presented several mechanical solutions for kiln constructions at this year’s LIGNA trade show. We want to push energy-efficient wood drying solutions that utilize all possibilities with Alent Dynamic®.
In a full scale demo project funded by Setra, Alent and The Swedish Energy Agency, one of this new solutions was tested. Measurements by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden showed great improvements in the drying of pine 50 mm to 18% compared to conventional drying:
61% lower power consumption
20% less heat consumption
15% faster drying time and tension free wood