Our process starts by identifying a need in the marketplace.  We then devise possible solutions to “meet the marketplace need” based upon our knowledge of materials science, process control, and mechanisms from the past two hundred years to spark new ideas. We start with a piece of blank paper. We then apply our collective and multidisciplinary knowledge and experience to problems in various industries. We are not interested in simple, incremental improvements to an existing technology. We at each technical challenge and approach it from a completely new direction, one that is often disregarded as infeasible and unconventional.  These solutions are then considered based upon the technical merits, the potential commercial advantages, the complexity and cost of tooling, the novelty, the patentability, and the technical and business risk associated with each concept. 

Omachron® has extensive experience in developing and patent protecting the key enabling features of our unique technologies. We also often patent other “promising” technologies to ensure that competitors are unable to capitalize and commercialize upon our concepts, thereby helping to ensure the success of our commercial partners.

Companies have limited appetites for R&D spending and a need for speed to market. We take on projects where we believe the probability of technical and commercial success is high, risks are low, and the ability to translate the project into a tangible commercial product in 12-24 months is feasible

We employ computer simulations where possible but our unique concepts often require experimental development.  As an example, CFD software cannot accurately predict the particle trajectories within many of our cyclone separators and our experimental prototypes often achieve 10x higher separation than predicted.

Our extensive experience is developing simple experimental setups to quickly validate and quantify new phenomena.  Each round of experiments typically leads to a deeper understanding of the underlying phenomena, enables new hypothesis to be formed, and leads to another round of experiments.  Our analysis of the experimental data includes considerations of the costs, complexities, and potential viability of commercially exploiting each of the given designs.  Thus, the experimental development program is constantly refined so as to lead to a commercially viable outcome.

Typically, three to five rounds of experimental iterations lead to materials, products, or process concepts that can the presented to the world in an “elevator pitch” – a brief summary outlining the technological and commercial benefits and merits of the new concept with samples, prototypes, and data to validate the commercial opportunity.

We then work with our commercial partners to provide the technical hand-off and support to make our technologies a commercial reality. 

Is it easy to transition from a controlled lab environment to manufacturing floor? This question is extremely important. You can’t afford to have a flock of trained scientists trying to oversee production, nor to invest in unanticipated manufacturing procedures to replicate what was done in the lab. We make sure that it’s not only possible to manufacture what we scientifically developed, but also that it can be manufactured in settings available to the clients. We are also very passionate about local manufacturing and place a strong focus on ensuring our products can provide benefit to the local community.

Our mission here at Omachron® is to accomplish the technically improbable for our partners - one innovation and one patent at a time. All of our patents are very practical and specifically focused on utility, performance, versatility of the product. A patent filed is an idea(s) full of intent and purpose.

We understand the IP landscape and are able to build tall "patent walls" around our inventions that enhance the value of our innovations to every client.

Innovation is in our blood. It’s a passion and addiction at the same time. We like to theorize from time-to-time - it’s good for the soul! Our ultimate goal is to develop technologies that make a real difference. We take great pride in doing things well and doing them quickly. That’s where the real satisfaction comes from.