Drying/Curing Chamber

Unlike conventional hardening furnaces, the IBE drying and curing system operates on the principle of dielectric drying. The main advantage of this method is a homogenous warming-up of the mineral wool fleece made possible by a high-frequency alternating electric field applied at material with according properties.

Conventional drying/curing is done with hot air:

• The air flows through the panel.
• In case of high thickness of panels and high densities this principle gets to its limits (heating of an insulator).
• Outer zone is hardened first, the core determines the process time.

Alternative technology: dielectric drying

• energy input via condenser plates
• homogenous warming up of the product across the entire cross-section
• utilization of reaction energy (exothermal process energy)

Advantages:

• lower energy consumption
• less space required
• modular construction
• no cooling zone needed