Embodiments provide a veneer dryer system and methods of constructing, relocating, and replacing veneer dryers and other constructs such as lumber kilns, machinery, and processing lines or parts thereof. Embodiments of a veneer dryer system may include a track and a veneer dryer movably coupled with the track. The track may extend between the desired location of the veneer dryer and a construction location. Movers may be coupled with the track at the construction location. The veneer dryer may be partially or fully constructed on the movers and moved to the desired location for use. A pre-existing veneer dryer at the desired location may remain operational during the construction and removed before the new veneer dryer is moved into place, substantially reducing downtime and costs as compared to prior methods of replacing veneer dryers.

A system and methods using the system for processing a wallboard panel, the system comprising: a post-kiln conveyor having a surface configured for receiving a post-kiln wallboard panel and moving horizontally the post-kiln wallboard panel on the conveyor surface with one of the two long surfaces contacting the conveyor surface; and a non-contact encoder configured for producing a laser beam, splitting the laser beam into at least a first laser beam and a second laser beam, and transmitting the first laser beam and the second laser beam to the conveyor surface, the non-contact encoder being mounted vertically above the post-kiln conveyor at a distance from the conveyor surface, the distance configured such that the first laser beam and the second laser beam intersect fully or substantially fully at a long surface of the post-kiln wallboard panel when the post-kiln wallboard panel is passing under the non-contact encoder.

A laundry aid device including a spherical-body and a plurality of spokes. The laundry aid device is preferably constructed from heat resistant rubber materials for flexibility and constructed from anti-bacterial and anti-fungal materials. The spokes extend tangentially from the spherical-body, each of the spokes including a head affixed to an end of the spoke furthest from the spherical-body, and a neck disposed between the spherical-body and the head of the spoke. The spokes each also include circumferential ribs located between the neck and the head of the spoke. The circumferential ribs are constructed of a flexible material such that the head of the spoke is able to flex in relation to the remainder of the spoke. The device is placeable into a laundry machine to prevent tangling of clothing and linens and increase the efficiency of the laundering of the laundry machine.

A vertical oven for panels includes trays configured to support mainly flat panels arranged in a multiple of two stacks circulating in opposed directions, such as the first stack moving in an ascending direction and the second stack in a descending direction. The trays are arranged at a distance from each other and the movement of the trays is such that at least one every other tray is withdrawn from the circulation, doubling the distance between the trays.

Embodiments provide a veneer dryer system and methods of constructing, relocating, and replacing veneer dryers and other constructs such as lumber kilns, machinery, and processing lines or parts thereof. Embodiments of a veneer dryer system may include a track and a veneer dryer movably coupled with the track. The track may extend between the desired location of the veneer dryer and a construction location. Movers may be coupled with the track at the construction location. The veneer dryer may be partially or fully constructed on the movers and moved to the desired location for use. A pre-existing veneer dryer at the desired location may remain operational during the construction and removed before the new veneer dryer is moved into place, substantially reducing downtime and costs as compared to prior methods of replacing veneer dryers.

An infeed rollcase for transporting an infeed object. The rollcase uses a split drive system to move infeed objects at varying speeds in different infeed decks of the infeed rollcase. By detecting the position of each infeed object along a front portion of each infeed deck, the drive speed of the split drive system is varied such that the infeed objects maintain a predetermined position (e.g., overlapping) with respect to a preceding infeed object.

An infeed rollcase for transporting an infeed object. The rollcase uses a split drive system to move infeed objects at varying speeds in different infeed decks of the infeed rollcase. By detecting the position of each infeed object along a front portion of each infeed deck, the drive speed of the split drive system is varied such that the infeed objects maintain a predetermined position (e.g., overlapping) with respect to a preceding infeed object.

A drying oven for crosslinking a continuous mat of mineral or plant fibers includes a plurality of heating boxes through which the mat of fibers successively passes. At least one of the boxes includes, between an external insulating jacket of the drying oven and a central compartment of the box, an in-built hot-gas heating and recirculation device that includes at least one radial turbine mounted horizontally, the axis of rotation of which is arranged vertically, the turbine drawing hot gas along the axis through a gas outlet orifice of the central compartment after it has passed through the mat, and discharging it radially toward a recirculation device that recirculates the hot gas leaving the radial turbine to a gas inlet orifice of the compartment, and at least one heating device for heating the gas circulating in the box.

A liquid curing apparatus for a liquid transfer device includes a liquid transfer unit and a plurality of ultraviolet-emitting diodes. The liquid transfer unit transfers an ultraviolet curing liquid to a transfer target body. The plurality of ultraviolet-emitting diodes are arranged to oppose the transfer target body and emit only ultraviolet-wavelength light to irradiate the transfer target body to which the liquid has been transferred by the liquid transfer unit, thereby curing the transferred liquid.

The present disclosure provides a substrate support structure, a vacuum drying device and a vacuum drying method. The substrate support structure includes a support platform and a plurality of pins in the support platform. The plurality of pins is divided into at least two groups, and the at least two groups of pins are in the support platform in such a manner as to be liftable in the support platform, so that a substrate is supported by the at least two groups of pins alternately.