Wheat bran drying lowers the moisture of bran from flour mills that temper wheat before milling, and can also heat-treat it for food use. Bran is light, flaky and low in density, so it behaves differently from heavy grains in a dryer. Millers dry it to prevent mould in storage and to meet food-fibre microbial specifications.
To dry wheat bran, GEM recommends the Vibratory Fluid Bed Dryer. Typical moisture is 14–18% in the feed and 10–12% after drying. Rotary Dryer and Industrial Cooler are used when the feed or site calls for it. Every project starts with a pilot trial on your own sample.
A vibratory fluid bed dryer moves flaky bran with gentle vibration, using low air velocity to dry without carry-over. Rotary dryers suit wetter or mixed mill streams, and a cooler follows heat treatment where bran is stabilised.
| Typical feed moisture | 14–18% |
| Typical target moisture | 10–12% |
| Recommended dryer | Vibratory Fluid Bed Dryer |
| Alternatives | Rotary Dryer, Industrial Cooler |
| Application area | Pomace, Pulp & By-products |
| Industries | Animal Feed, Breweries & Distilleries, Agriculture & Grain Processing |
Dry bran stores safely and travels as a feed commodity. Heat-treated bran for human food sells at a premium and meets buyer microbial limits, adding value to a routine mill output.
Plants searching for a wheat bran dryer or comparing a bran drying machine usually need three answers: which dryer fits, what it costs to run, and how fast it pays back. For Wheat Bran, we start from your throughput, current moisture (typically 14–18%) and the target (10–12%), trial a sample on the Vibratory Fluid Bed Dryer, and return a sized recommendation with a budget quotation for your animal feed and agriculture operation.
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We trial your material in our pilot facility before any equipment decision, then size the dryer from real data.
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