Welcome to MercuryLab
The handling of particles, powders, grains and other bulk solids is crucial to a majority of modern industries. However, the design and maintenance of bulk-handling systems is a complex task subject to many – often unforeseeable – pitfalls.
MercuryLab offers state-of-the-art virtual prototyping software for the design and optimisation of bulk-handling machinery, specialising in industrial mixing processes, helping you get a top-quality product to market in the shortest timeframe possible.
Our aim is to offer a faster, cheaper alternative to conventional prototyping, helping you to design, improve and optimise particle-handling systems and processes effectively and efficiently. In particular, we can help you:
• Identify and solve mixing or flow problems
• Rapidly optimise system design
• Improve efficiency
• Reduce running costs
We offer a range of services, including:
Consultancy – If you have a specific problem that needs fixing, or a system that needs designing or optimising in a short timescale, our specialist consultants have the expertise and cutting-edge tools needed to get the job done rapidly and effectively.
Cloud Services – The future of industrial system design – run computer simulations to optimise your machinery and processes anytime, anywhere, with unlimited computational power.
Training – Knowledge is power, and the key to staying ahead of your competitors is ensuring that you and your staff have the most cutting-edge skills and knowledge. We offer a range of courses covering all aspects of particle handling technology, ranging from on-site training in the usage of particle handling equipment to intensive courses through which you can learn to apply state-of-the-art computational techniques to the design and optimisation of your equipment.
CONSULTANCY
PLAN, PREDICT, PREPARE
The unpredictable behaviours of dynamic particulate systems make the design of new industrial equipment intended to handle powders and grains an extremely complex and risky task.
Although many attempt to resolve the above issues by constructing scaled-down model systems, this somewhat archaic approach is not only a slow but expensive process.
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By utilising simulation methods such as MercuryDPM, it is possible to gain insight into the behaviours of an industrial system before beginning construction of any form, allowing a multitude of possible issues to be avoided at the planning stage, and therefore potentially saving considerable amounts of time, effort and money.
TRAINING COURSES
MercuryLab offers training courses in how to model particle-handling systems, with the use of MercuryDPM. To get the most out of this course, we highly recommend some prior knowledge of C++. Therefore, we also offer C++ training to those with no experience in programming, no knowledge in C++ but some experience in programming as well as those with pre-knowledge of C++.
Our training courses are designed to provide a working knowledge of C++ and discrete particle method (DPM/DEM) techniques in a quick, convenient and accessible manner.
TEAM MEMBERS
MAKING IT ALL POSSIBLE
Anthony Thornton
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Weinhart
Chief Technology Officer
Stefan Luding
Senior Consultant
Prof. Stefan Luding is a world leading expert on the handling and processing of granular materials. He chairs the Multiscale Mechanics group at the University of Twente, NL, is Managing Editor-in-Chief of Granular Matter and president of the organisation committee for the Powders and Grains conference series.
Deepak Tunuguntla
Consultant
Dr. Deepak Tunuguntla obtained his PhD in 2015. His PhD focused on the investigation of segregation and mixing problems effecting the steel industry. Since completing his PhD he joined the MercuryLab consultancy team and is still actively publishing research papers on the topic of ‘mixing and segregation’.
