Abstract: A housing is provided in which a horizontal drum assembly is mounted for rotation at low rpm about a horizontal axis. The drum assembly includes a central foraminated cylinder outwardly from which foraminated peripherally spaced vanes extend in generally radial planes of the drum assembly. Each pair of peripherally adjacent vanes defines a pocket in which to receive a panel to be dried and structure is provided within the housing for upwardly discharging heated dry air toward the axis of rotation of the drum assembly from below the latter and with drawing warm moist air from an upper central portion of the housing above the drum assembly.