Our pilot plant’s utilisation rate exceeds 90%

From the beginning, Megatrex understood the need for test equipment. It’s the only sure way to test and demonstrate to customers what Atrex equipment can do with their materials.

The pilot plant has developed significantly over the years, and today is in almost continual operation. Megatrex’s Miika Partanen – responsible for Equipment and Process Sales – estimates that the equipment’s utilisation rate is over 90%. This provides customers valuable, personalised information about Atrex’s functionality, and allows Atrex to be customised optimally for the customer’s specific needs.

Megatrex’s pilot plant area is about 800 m2 and houses a number of ATREX test units with various rotor-rotor packages and accessories, such as feed conveyors, variable-frequency drives, pumps, tanks, and instruments. In addition, customers can make use of mobile pilot plants at their own worksites.

We’ve invested strongly in test automation. These days, process temperature, pressure and energy consumption can all be monitored in real time – and the data can be saved for later analysis. If needed, Megatrex – in partnership with universities – can analyse the end product of a test run with the customer’s materials in a laboratory.

The goal is always to produce trustworthy information to support the customer’s investment decision.