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Wood steaming chambers – type PK

The wood steaming chambers KATRES type PK represent equipment that utilizes heat and steam for temporary or permanent modification of chemical and physical-mechanical properties of the wood e. g. colour tone, dimensional stability and workability.

Temporary changes include wood plastification and its temporary sterilization. Long-term changes include unification of the wood colour tint faciliting subsequent drying, improvement of the wood stability as far as its dimensions are concerned and workability. KATRES can offer you variant of wood steaming chambers for direct as well as indirect steaming. A combination of both variants is also possible to strengthen the steaming effect.

Standard capacity of the steaming chamber is 30 m3.

Direct wood steaming

Steaming of wood is performed directly using low-pressure saturated steam.

Indirect wood steaming

The wood steaming chambers are equipped with one or two steaming tubs with heating elements. Using these elements – water is brought to the boil with simultaneous generation of steam.

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