摘要 |
A method and an apparatus for the manufacture of building structural members of straw material in block form. The straw material is collected and oriented so that strong connection is obtained in the horizontal direction as well as in the vertical direction in block form. The block (21) of straw material is placed in a heating oven (4, 6) located in the apparatus, grasped by transferring arms (9) along the short sides thereof in its center point, rotated before suitable heating sources (3) until the complete block (21) has received a temperature of between 80 and 130`C. The so heated block (21) of straw material in heated condition is transferred to a press (17-20), wherein the block (21) is compressed in vertical and horizontal direction and then the heated and compressed block (21) is cooled to the temperature of the surroundings with maintained compression force. |