Veneer Drying and Panel Manufacturing
(the "dry end")

Well, now we have our sheets of wood called veneers. Several more steps are required to get the veneer ready to be turned into a sheet of plywood. We call this the "dry end" veneer manufacturing: the dry end is the section of the plant responsible for preparing the veneer for assembly into plywood:

• Drying
• Detecting
• Dry Sorting
• Stitching

Next, let's take a look at veneer drying...