Five stages, each exiting with a deliverable you can hold or read. You move forward only when the numbers work — risk is retired before capital is spent.
Each stage exits with a deliverable you can hold or read. Move forward only when the numbers work.
Formulation, MSDS, target SKU
Lab benches · bench granulator · sieve stack
100 g – 5 kg samples · physical test data
Approved bench sample
Process model · CapEx model · risk reg.
Scale-up plan · unit economics · runbook
Bulk raw materials
Disc/drum · pin/fluid-bed · coater
500 lb – 1 t pilot · QA report
Scheduled raws · packaging
Full process train · bag-line
20+ tn campaigns · CoA per lot
Finished pallets
Warehouse · 3PL integration
DTC drop-ship · LTL · export
We start where the risk is highest and the cost is lowest. Bench-scale formulation validates crush strength, bulk density and ingredient compatibility before anyone commits capital.
You leave this stage withWe answer the only question that matters at scale: what does this cost per ton, and where does it break? Process parameters, scale-up math and a complete commercialization roadmap.
You leave this stage withA real run on real equipment. Pilot batches from 500 lb to a ton confirm the bench result survives contact with the production line.
You leave this stage withScheduled campaigns from 20 tons up, with a Certificate of Analysis on every lot and inventory managed to your forecast.
You leave this stage withPackaging, labeling, warehousing and shipping — the finished pallet leaves our dock as the unit your customer receives.
You leave this stage withA typical Renovo engagement reaches its first commercial batch in 8 to 12 weeks. That covers the formulation brief and bench work, a feasibility study on the real equipment, a pilot run at intermediate scale, and then the commercial campaign. Materials that need coating development or unusual drying profiles sit at the longer end of that window.
Four stage gates. Brief and bench establishes whether the material granulates at all, using 5 lb samples. Feasibility runs it on production equipment at small scale to fix binder ratios and drying curves. Pilot proves the parameters hold at intermediate tonnage. The commercial run then produces to spec with a certificate of analysis on every batch.
Yes. Renovo works under NDA from first contact, and the client retains full ownership of the formulation, the process parameters developed for it, and any intellectual property arising from the work. Renovo supplies the equipment, process engineering and labour; it does not take a stake in the client's product or sell competing versions of it.
Renovo's in-house analytical lab tests crush strength, particle size distribution, moisture content and bulk density on production batches. Results are recorded against the batch and issued as a certificate of analysis. Testing during feasibility and pilot uses the same methods, so the numbers a client approves at pilot are directly comparable to what ships commercially.
Project intake takes ten minutes. We’ll counter with a bench-stage plan, a cost window, and a calendar.