The main derivatives of pine resin are rosin and turpentine, widely used by the industry of varnishes, paints, adhesives, enamels and others. Resin extraction, however, is still done manually, with cuts in the trunks of pine trees and bags attached below the cuts to collect the product.

After four years of research, building prototypes and carrying out tests, Irani filed a request for registration in the International Patent System (PCT) of a mechanical resin machine, unprecedented in the world. The equipment was specially developed for extracting resin from the company’s forests in Rio Grande do Sul. The application for protection of the invention was also made in Brazil.

Developed by Irani, in partnership with the startup Real World Agronomy, the project is the result of an open innovation challenge, launched by the company to mechanize the gum resin extraction process. In the future, the equipment may be adapted for other crops that require resin, such as latex production, for example.

The company plans a 20% greater resin extraction process with the equipment. In addition to less effort than the manual process, the machine is more precise in making the grooves.

Resiner photo: Disclosure/Irani