Here’s an excerpt:

As a nation, the U.S. uses a large amount of wood and generates a significant volume of wood waste in the MSW and C&D waste streams. Interest is growing in utilizing this wood waste for a myriad of lumber and related products. The efficient reuse and recycling of wood waste presents an opportunity to extend our timber resource, reduce consumption of new resources, conserve landfill space, reduce costs through avoided purchase/disposal fees, preserve carbon storage, reduce energy and environmental burdens of producing ‘new’ products, and create ‘green’ jobs.

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We recently had the opportunity to have a load of our large slabs dried in a commercial vacuum kiln. Drying slabs so they are suitable for use in building or woodworking is typically accomplished by air drying the slabs for one or more years. Vacuum drying is a unique, and from what we’ve gathered, highly optimal way to reduce the time required to make green, newly milled slabs ready for use.

The nice folks up at PCS VacDry allowed us to use their facility to test dry a load of Cucumber Magnolia and Red Oak. The results look very promising and we’re exploring strategies to take advantage of this technology in the future.

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