Diseño de una Cámara de Secado de Madera para la Fábrica de Muebles Hidalgo

Abstract

The design of the wood drying chamber was carried out in the furniture factory "HIDALGO", in the city of Riobamba at the Faculty of Sciences of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo. The experimental method was applied using small eucalyptus (eucalyptus) wood planks from the furniture factory, taking 8 samples for their respective tests in the laboratory tray dryer, It was also used the inductive method where it was determined that the first four tests were dried in a longer time while the other four were dried in less time, therefore it is deduced that the temperature at 85°C is the optimum for the drying of eucalyptus, which contained an initial humidity of 86.7%, managing to reduce it to a final humidity of 13.6%, in a time of 288 hours. Thus, it is concluded that this artificial drying method will avoid the presence of fungi, larvae, physical deformations, color change, lower weight, better finish, oxidation in metallic accessories (nails, screws), thus obtaining wood of optimum quality. The use of this method is recommended because it will save time and money, in addition to obtaining articles of excellent quality.