KILN DRYING HANDBOOK 93 
Although records other than the kiln record will provide for some 
necessary information, the kiln form should be inclusive rather than 
exclusive, with extra blank spaces for occasional special data. Con- 
venience, as well as wisdom, almost demands that a copy of all other 
pertinent records be filed with the kiln record. 
An operator doing custom drying of course requires some infor- 
mation not needed by others, just as one handling stock from many 
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Figure 14.—The probable appearance of the plotted record of. a kiln run that followed 
general hardwood Schedule 5 accurately and took 30 days for completion. Records 
of any conditioning treatments that may have been give. are omitted for the sake 
of simplicity. The three moisture-content curves are intended to show the current 
moisture-content vaiues of three kiln samples. The temperature and humidity 
graphs are plotted directly from Table 2 on page 49 
and diverse sources carefully records data that are of slight value 
to the man drying only the product of a single mill drawing its 
supply from the same stand. Hence individual conditions will 
modity somewhat the fellowing list of suggested headings for the 
kiln record form. 
Name of the company drying the stock. 
Name of the operator. 
Kiln number. 
. Run number. 
Date and hour of the beginning of the run. 
Date and hour of the completion of the run. 
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