The invention provides a rotary
drying method for timbers. The method comprises the following steps of: stacking the timbers and airing the timbers till the
water content is about 30 percent; stacking the aired timbers, putting the timbers in a timber
drying kiln, preheating, raising the temperature, humidifying, preserving heat and
moisture,
drying and dehydrating, finally treating and carrying out balanced humidification and rotary treatment many times. The method has the keys that a drying medium in a
kiln is kept to form rotary vortex, and the
water content of the timbers is not reduced in one step and is kept in rotary decline; by the rotary method, the
internal stress of the timbers is dispelled in time, drying stress and surface hardening are eliminated, plasticizing deformation is prevented in the drying stage of the timbers, the defects of air shrinking, bending, deforming,
cracking and the like are not caused, the degradation loss of the timbers is reduced to be below 6 percent, the drying period is shortened by about 20 percent, energy can be saved by about 15 percent, and limited timber resources are utilized more effectively; and the method has strong universality, is suitable for various different timbers, and can be widely applied to drying kilns with high
automation degree.