Bark Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil
See how we dry BarkLooking for bark dryer manufacturers in Brazil? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Brazil — see the regulatory and economic context below.
We build FlowDrya bark dryers to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and ship them to sawmills and timber processors here, though no FlowDrya bark line is commissioned in the country yet. The extensive plantation forestry generates large volumes of wet bark, and left green it rots in the pile, burns poorly and is costly to move. Drying bark to a low, even moisture turns a mill by-product into a graded biofuel for the mill's own boilers or for sale, or into a stable landscaping and mulch product. Recovering that residue as fuel or a soil product, rather than dumping it, is the direction the national solid-waste law sets as open dumps close.
Supplying Brazil
We supply Brazil from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented Bark installation in Brazil yet.
Regulatory context
The National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Lei 12.305/2010) is the framework statute for waste in Brazil. It fixes a binding order of priority — non-generation, reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment and only then the environmentally adequate final disposal of the residual rejects — and expressly recognises energy recovery from waste, so a drying-and-recovery operation that turns wet residue into a fuel or a soil product sits high in that hierarchy rather than heading for burial.
Source: https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2010/lei/l12305.htm · checked 2026-08
The 2020 sanitation framework law (Lei 14.026/2020) amended the solid-waste policy to set firm, staggered deadlines for every municipality to close its open dumps (lixões) and adopt environmentally adequate final disposal, with the final tranche — the smallest municipalities, those under 50,000 inhabitants — due by August 2024. Burial of untreated waste is being closed off nationwide, so an operator that keeps generating wet residue needs a treatment and recovery route such as drying.
Source: https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2024/08/02/na-data-limite-para-fim-de-lixoes-destino-dos-residuos-ainda-desafia-municipios · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, CONAMA 498/2020 biosolids (Classes A/B).
Economic context
Bought-in power is a real cost: recent data put Brazil's weighted-average industrial electricity price at R$ 442,05/MWh, which favours drying systems built around recovered kiln, boiler or flue heat rather than grid electricity.
Source: https://custobrasil.org.br/projetos/acesso-a-energia-eletrica-competitiva/ · checked 2026-08
Brazil is a bioenergy heavyweight, which underpins domestic demand for dried solid biofuels: its energy matrix reached 50 per cent renewability in 2024 and its electricity matrix 88,2 per cent, with sugarcane bagasse and wood among the largest biomass sources (EPE, Balanço Energético Nacional). Dried wood chip, bark and biomass feed straight into that established fuel economy.
Source: https://www.epe.gov.br/pt/imprensa/noticias/epe-publica-o-relatorio-sintese-do-balanco-energetico-nacional-2025 · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
For a sawmill, dried bark is both a saving and a revenue line. Burned in the mill's boiler it displaces bought-in fuel and feeds a country whose energy matrix is already 50 per cent renewable, so a graded wood fuel sells readily. Buying grid power instead is unattractive at an average R$ 442,05/MWh for industry, so running the FlowDrya on the boiler's own recovered heat keeps drying almost free of purchased energy. Surplus dried bark then sells as fuel or mulch, and a dry product freights economically because the water weight is gone. Assumptions: energy prices, heat integration and offtake vary by site.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
Bark Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil — FAQ
Do you have a bark drying installation here?
Not yet. We will not imply a reference we do not hold; our documented FlowDrya bark, woodchip and digestate lines run in Britain on the identical platform a mill here would take delivery of.
Why dry bark at all?
Green bark is wet, bulky and rots, and burns badly. Drying it raises the calorific value for a boiler, stabilises it for storage, and upgrades it into a saleable mulch or landscaping product rather than a disposal problem.
Can a sawmill run the dryer on its own heat?
Yes. The FlowDrya is designed to take recovered heat from the mill's existing biomass boiler or kiln exhaust, so bark is dried using energy the site already produces instead of costly grid power.
What end products come from dried bark?
Depending on grade, a graded solid biofuel for boilers and kilns, and a stable decorative or horticultural mulch. Dry, consistent bark blends predictably and travels without paying to freight water.
How is dried bark used in horticulture?
Screened and graded, dried bark makes a decorative surface mulch and a growing-media component that suppresses weeds and retains soil moisture; a consistent, dry input lets a blender bag a uniform product for the retail trade.
Does drying help the mill's energy bill?
It can. Burning dried bark in place of purchased fuel offsets rising energy costs, and the dryer itself runs on recovered heat rather than expensive grid electricity.
How is dried bark screened for market?
After drying, the bark passes over screens that grade it by particle size, separating a fine horticultural fraction from a coarser decorative one so each finds its best-paying outlet.
Is bark drying seasonal?
No. A continuous-flow dryer works in any weather, so a mill keeps upgrading bark through wet months when an open yard would simply soak, smoothing supply to buyers all year.