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Shockwave
Shockwave processing skid — two stainless-steel cyclone separators on a blue steel frame inside the Redfield, Iowa demo facility.
Evidence before investment. Honest answers before commitment.

We dry, mill, and separate difficult materials in a single process.

Then we test yours before you invest.

See if your material is a fit
Credibility by the Numbers

Real results on real material — measured, not marketed.

Every figure below comes from a documented pilot or patent grant. We publish the numbers we can prove, and we won’t quote outcomes we haven’t verified on your feedstock.

U.S. Patent
12,146,127

Issued Nov 19, 2024

Moisture Reduction
14.88% → 3.75%

Utility fly-ash pilot, three passes

Throughput
11,600–14,600lbs / hr

Sustained pilot rate

SCM Fineness
88% < 53 μm

Passing 270 mesh

The Reality on the Plant Floor

The materials nobody knows what to do with.

Wet, bulky, inconsistent — and expensive to move. Every day, operators are stuck with byproducts that don’t fit anywhere: the wrong moisture, the wrong particle size, the wrong economics.

01

Too much moisture

02

Hauling and disposal costs climbing

03

Spoilage, odor, and regulatory heat

04

Byproducts filling landfill

05

Throughput bottlenecks

06

Particle size out of spec

The Answer

Drying, milling, and separation. One continuous process.

Our proprietary platform combines drying, milling, particle size reduction — and where applicable, separation and fractionation — in a single adaptable process. Fewer machines. Less energy. Consistent output. Real numbers on your material before you commit.

Process Flow
  1. 01
    Feed
    Wet, bulky, inconsistent
  2. 02
    Dry
    Moisture removed, spoilage halted
  3. 03
    Mill
    Particle size to target
  4. 04
    Recover
    Stable, uniform, sellable
Fully electricNo natural gas required for fly ash applications.
ContinuousDehydration and micronization in the same pass.

Bring us the material other people gave up on.

Renova Products

Upcycled ingredients from the same technology.

Our Renova brand turns eggshell waste into two commercial ingredient lines — calcium and membrane — sold into pet nutrition, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, plastics, and more.

Every material is different. Tell us about yours.

Our Customer Engagement Model

How we work with you.

A staged, evidence-based path from first conversation to full-scale deployment — designed to remove risk before you make a capital commitment.

Read the full model
  1. 01
    Stage 01

    Discovery

    Contact us to see if we’ve already run your material. If we have, we can share those results directly.

  2. 02
    Stage 02

    Feasibility

    We check your material against the Input Compatibility Guide — proven, conditional, or incompatible.

  3. 03
    Stage 03

    Pilot Test

    We run your actual material through our system and share the resulting data — moisture reduction, particle consistency, throughput.

  4. 04
    Stage 04

    Deployment

    Move to a full-scale system once the data supports it — not before.

Our Promise

Our promise is simple: we will not ask you to invest in a full-scale Shockwave system based on assumptions. We evaluate your material, compare it with what we have already proven, and when needed, test your actual material so you can see real performance data before moving forward. If we do not believe Shockwave is a good fit for your material or application, we will tell you honestly.

Evidence before investment. Honest answers before commitment.

Evidence before investment

Show us your material.

Bring us your material. We'll evaluate it against what we've already proven — and tell you honestly whether Shockwave is a fit.

Call (515) 412-0287