Alent drying
Alent Drying has developed a patented-protected technique to dry timber. The energy consumption in timber driers can be reduced by 300-400 MWh.
The market is considerable – in Sweden, there are around 2000 timber driers at sawmills and in total throughout the world there are more than 5000 . In Sweden alone, there is the potential to save between 0.6-0.8 TWh per year.
The founders of the company Eric Björkman and Stefan Ericsson have considerable international experience in the industry.
The unique method is based on exposing the timber to heavy drying for a limited amount of time and then stopping the circulation fans and allowing the timber to recover. The moisture migration to the surface of the timber continues even during the resting periods. Timber can be dried intensively for shorter periods without cracking.
