Engineering Validation
Evaluate Material Behavior
Understand material behavior before designing your conveying system.
Cyclonaire evaluates material characteristics that can directly influence pneumatic conveying performance, including particle size, bulk density, moisture content, flowability, cohesiveness, abrasiveness, and material degradation. These findings help our engineers determine how your material is likely to respond under actual conveying conditions and inform system design from the start.
Why Material Testing Matters
Optimize System Performance
Validate system performance before installation.
Full-scale testing identifies potential challenges, confirms design assumptions, and ensures your system performs as expected in real-world conditions.
Reduce risk, eliminate guesswork, and optimize performance before your system goes live.
Prove Performance Before You Build
Cyclonaire’s full-scale testing facility replicates real-world conveying conditions to validate system design, material behavior, and performance—before installation.
From material analysis to complete system mockups, we evaluate how your material flows, degrades, and responds to pressure, velocity, and routing conditions.
Reduce risk. Eliminate guesswork. Optimize performance—before your system goes live.
Full-Scale Simulation
Replicate real-world conveying conditions using configurable closed-loop test systems designed to evaluate material behavior and conveying performance before installation.
Material Behavior Analysis
Evaluate particle size, bulk density, moisture content, flowability, conveyability, and degradation characteristics to better understand how your material will perform in motion.
System Optimization
Refine conveying parameters—including pressure, velocity, airflow, line configuration, and equipment selection—to improve reliability and consistent system performance.
Risk Reduction
Identify potential plugging, degradation, wear, or performance issues early—before they become costly problems after startup.
5,000 sq ft
Full-scale testing facility
1,100+ ft
Closed-loop conveying configurations
2–8 in.
Convey line diameters
Full-Scale System Validation
Simulate real-world conditions, validate performance, and reduce risk before installation.
Technology Demonstration & System Proving Facility
CycloTech™: Where Performance Is Proven
CycloTech™ is Cyclonaire’s full-scale Technology Demonstration and System Proving Facility, where materials and conveying configurations can be evaluated under controlled, real-world operating conditions.
From material analysis to full-scale process simulation, CycloTech allows our engineers and customers to evaluate conveying behavior, compare system configurations, and validate performance before equipment is manufactured and installed.
Built for Real-World Testing
Full-Scale System Testing
Validate conveying performance using closed-loop system configurations that replicate real-world process conditions.
Material Analysis Capabilities
Evaluate particle size, bulk density, moisture content, and flow characteristics to inform system design.
Process Simulation
Simulate dense phase, dilute phase, vacuum, and pressure conveying to determine optimal system configuration.
Data-Driven Validation
Evaluate system performance using measured operating data and material behavior to support informed engineering decisions and system configuration.
See how your material performs before you commit to a system.
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Material Testing Facility Guide
Explore Cyclonaire’s full-scale material testing and system proving capabilities, including material analysis, process simulation, configurable conveying systems, and specialized test equipment.
Validate Your System Before You Build
Work with Cyclonaire’s engineering team to evaluate your material, simulate your process, and ensure your system is designed for performance from day one.
No guesswork. No surprises. Just proven performance.