As one of the world leaders in timber drying industry KATRES can offer complete portfolio of services for your comfort and confidence with their products. KATRES offers high quality value for money and has become a reputable player in the kiln market over the past years
Chamber drying kilns – type KAD – loaded by forklift truck Do you need to dry economically and effectively your wood? With convective drying kilns KATRES type KAD you´ll get best quality of drying wood together with possible lowest costs and early economic return of your investments. Wood material is standardly filling by fork lift truck from one side of chamber, but we can offer modified kiln version with double-sided filling. You´ll improve your production with this flexible solution. Of course our dryers are individually constructed according to the client´s requirements. In basic range of kilns we offer capacities from 29 – 240 m3 for all types of European as well as exotic wood species. Combine kiln types, join types, create technological entites – it´s your choice! It´s the best choice – KATRES kilns!
KATRES offers kilns loaded by wagons on rails as well
	Automatic control system MK 320 G guarantee smooth drying process. You can adjust air flow speed and direction or temperature and moisture content of air. You can choose from default drying schemes or you can prepare own schemes.
Heat treatment chambers Highly powerful equipment designed for heat treatment of wooden packaging materials (pallets, cases, containers, barrels, etc.) meet the international standard ISPM 15. Chamber makes possible optimum temperature rise at low energy consumption.
	The 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 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.
Batch drying kiln - type KAE Economic version of batch kiln with design outgoing from our proven KAD and KSR types. Simple instalation and control predestinate this type to immediate using. Last inovative from KATRES production – economic batch drying kiln with fans on the back side of chamber together with effective heating registers. Tottaly new typ of chamber meet the strictest manufacturing process keeping favourable price and outstanding operation parametres. Construction made from aluminium profiles with sufficient insulation coat of circumferential covering. Swing doors and front side forklift loading. For drying of all kinds of timber species – soft or hard wood. Kiln is suitable for „International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures“ – ISPM 15 requirements for wood packaging materials.
Key features of type KAE -  Automatic regulation of drying process -  Stainless steel warm-water heating radiators with aluminium ribbing -  Fans diameter 630 mm powered by SIEMENS motor unit -  Measurement of temperature and humidity of drying atmosphere: EMC/psychrometer -  Heat conductivity factor of kiln wall is 0,3W.m-1.K-1 -  Air outlet valves controlled by servodrive unit on rear side -  Measurement and record of wood temperature -  Measurement of the timber moisture -  Kiln capacity 14 m3 of timber (stacks dimension ca. 4,2 x 1,2 x 1,2 m)

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