Yet another new technological leap at Stenvalls in Örarna, Luleå

Now when Stenvalls starts sawnwood production in Örarna, Alent Dynamic is also back with the new dynamic control system, Alent Dynamic®.

Thomas Landström and Erik Björkman is back in the compartment kiln in Örarna where they in 1993 started up Alents first demo kiln which involved several innovations.

Now is the next technological leap installed with Alent Dynamic®. Alent Dynamic® is based on all experience and improvement proposals that have emerged over the years and is now ready to be installed in highly productive environments. It contains the patented pump drying and the new patented moisture meter with characteristics for the development of drying towards an increasingly specific customer products. With new features for adaptive drying to the target moisture content and a new moisture meter that also shows the moisture distribution in the airflow direction and the board cross section.

The new drying control system is already being tested at Stenvalls in Sikfors and at three kilns in Stenvalls at Lövholmen.

From the left: Thomas Landström and Eric Björkman, Alent Dynamic AB

The winning team

                                      From left: Roger Franzén, Thomas Landström Alent, Ulrika Friman Franzén and Urban Franzén Bäckebo Sågverk

We saw the benefits of Alent early. Their method of drying wood felt right for us from the beginning. What was said in terms of quality, electricity savings and heat consumption sued good and this gives us a very good confidence in Alent. We have used Alent DryTec since 2013 and have now decided to go ahead and upgrade to Alent Dynamic® says Roger Franzén. One of the advantages is that they optimizes the drying process with their moisture meter WMC which take into account and correct the drying process continuously depending on the heat input, moisture and outdoor climate says Urban Franzén. Then they have a fantastic support and that they even care about the smaller sawmills means a lot and we therefor strongly recommend Alent. This is very nice to hear says Thomas Landström, seller at Alent. It shows that we have chosen the right path! 

New compartment kiln from OS Panto adapted for the Scandinavian market with Alent control system

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

They got a kick start in Luleå

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.

OS Panto, Italien manufacturer of drying kilns,

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.   

SP has measured significant energy savings in a kiln with Alent Dynamic®control system

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