Physical and Mechanical Properties of Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii) after vacuum drying.

The study was conducted on Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine) wood under a convective vacuum dryer. Wooden planks were seasoned at 45℃ above 20% moisture content and at 50℃ below 20% moisture content to final moisture content of 8 % to 12 %. It was found that all the physical and mechanical properties under study were increased. This study will encourage convective vacuum seasoning of timber for fast and defect-free drying.