Test Lab & Material Testing

Test your material. Validate the process. Engineer the right solution.

Every bulk solid behaves differently. Before recommending equipment or committing to a complete process system, TierMax can test your actual product under representative operating conditions to understand how it flows, feeds, conveys, mixes, screens, dries, heats, cools, or discharges.
Our Test Lab helps reduce engineering uncertainty, verify equipment selection, and establish the operating parameters needed to design a reliable integrated bulk material handling and processing system.

Test Lab & Material Testing

“The best way to understand how a material will behave in a process is to test the actual product before we design the system around it.”

— TierMax Engineering Team
Material Characterization & Flow Evaluation

01. Material Characterization & Flow Evaluation

Successful equipment selection starts with understanding the material. We evaluate the physical and flow characteristics that directly influence equipment sizing, feeding accuracy, conveying performance, discharge reliability, and overall system design.
Testing and evaluation can include:

  • Bulk density and material behavior
  • Particle size and product characteristics
  • Flowability and discharge behavior
  • Bridging, arching, and rat-holing tendencies
  • Cohesive or sticky material behavior
  • Dust generation and handling characteristics
  • Material response to different operating conditions

02. Equipment & Process Testing

Depending on the application, TierMax can perform or coordinate trials using representative equipment and process configurations to determine the most suitable technology for your product.
Testing can cover applications such as:

  • Dosing and feeding
  • Pneumatic and mechanical conveying
  • Mixing and blending
  • Screening & Sieving (Safety Sieving, Dedusting, Classification)
  • Solid-liquid separation
  • Bulk bag and sack discharging
  • Filling and bagging
  • Heating, Cooling, Drying & Thermal Processing
  • Milling & Particle Size Reduction
Equipment & Process Testing

03. Application-Specific Testing

For challenging materials, standard equipment data may not be enough. We develop test procedures around the specific process conditions of your application. The objective is not simply to prove that equipment can handle the material, but to determine how it should be engineered to perform reliably under your actual process conditions.
Testing can also evaluate material behavior at different processing temperatures, including changes during heating, cooling, drying, and other thermal processes.

This is particularly valuable for materials that are:

  • Difficult to flow or discharge
  • Cohesive or prone to bridging
  • Heat-sensitive
  • Sticky at specific temperatures
  • Subject to changes in behavior at different temperatures
  • Abrasive or fragile
  • Hygroscopic or moisture-sensitive
  • Difficult to convey, feed, mix, or separate consistently

Test Lab & Material Testing

Validate your material and process with real-world testing. Our test lab helps define the right equipment and operating conditions for reliable, scalable performance.

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04. Validate Equipment Selection Before Scale-Up

Test results give our engineering team practical data for selecting and sizing the equipment.
This reduces uncertainty before moving into detailed engineering and full-scale system design.
Where applicable, testing can help establish:

  • Suitable equipment technology and configuration
  • Required throughput and operating range
  • Feed and conveying rates
  • Mixing or residence time
  • Screen size and separation performance
  • Operating speed and equipment settings
  • Temperature and thermal process requirements
  • Material discharge and flow-assistance requirements
Validate Equipment Selection Before Scale-Up

05. From Test Results to an Integrated System

TierMax's Test Lab capability is part of our broader system-integration approach. The information developed during testing can be carried directly into mechanical design, automation, equipment selection, and process integration.
Instead of testing the material in isolation, we look at the complete process:

Raw Material → Discharging → Dosing & Feeding → Conveying → Processing → Separation → Filling & Packaging

This allows TierMax to develop an integrated solution in which individual machines are selected and engineered to work together as one complete system.

06. Reduce Project Risk Before Investment

Testing provides an opportunity to identify potential material-handling problems before equipment is fabricated and installed.
A properly planned material trial can help:

  • Reduce equipment-selection risk
  • Identify flow and handling problems early
  • Validate process feasibility
  • Optimize equipment configuration
  • Establish realistic design parameters
  • Reduce commissioning adjustments
  • Improve confidence before capital investment

From Testing to Engineering

A successful test is only the beginning. Once we understand how your material behaves, our mechanical and automation engineering teams can use the results to develop the equipment, controls, and complete process system around it. Test → Validate → Engineer → Integrate → Fabricate → Commission >> Send Us Your Material for Testing | Discuss Your Application