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Drying Stages
1) Warm Up: Clothes are being warmed up from their ambient conditions. This period is
usually short in duration (up to 25 minutes for large loads).
2) Steady State: This is where the bulk of the drying is performed.
3) Post Critical Moisture Content: All moisture on the outside of the fabric has been
removed. The only moisture left is moisture sitting between the inter-woven fibres.
At this stage the moisture content of the clothes is 20 to 30%. This is where the
dryer uses its sensing to determine how long to continue to dry for (which is
depended on the cycle chosen and the dryness level required). See Dryness Levels.
4) Cool Down: Clothes have reached their targeted moisture content. The dryer then
cools the clothes to an acceptable level and turns off.
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