About us – Terajoule

OUR TEAM

At Terajoule and JL Metals we adopt a collaborative work culture that is motivating, exciting and adaptable to the needs of our clients, our partners, and our employees. Our greatest asset is our culture and positive, goal-focused team.

Michael Spino

As an architect of original and innovative solutions for the mineral processing industry, Michael personally conceives, develops and delivers increased levels of efficiency and effectiveness never before seen by expanded Perlite producers.

General Manager of Normiska Corporation, VIL Vermiculite Perlite and vermiculite mineral processing facility. Managed a staff of 20 employees where we transformed raw ore into expanded minerals in high temperature furnaces for the construction, industrial and agricultural markets. READ MORE…

JL Metals

At JL Metals we consider ourselves the full system steel parts manufacturer for everyone. Our experienced staff and diverse metal parts manufacturing capabilities allow us to serve a multitude of market segments including automotive, agricultural, HVAC, office furniture, material handling, construction, energy, forestry, mining, industrial and transportation to name a few. We know the stringent requirements of manufacturing across these industries, and we will ensure that each system is produced to exacting standards and specifications, on schedule. READ MORE…

Development History

Traditionally, furnace operators had one air stream supplied to the burner, be it pre-heated air or ambient. Terajoule uses a purpose built heat exchanger to freely transfer waste heat remaining after the expansion process to the combustion air. In this way we truly recover lost heat and a side benefit is that the exhaust air is cooler which protects the bag house and fan.

OUR STORY

WHO WE ARE

Terajoule is an engineering company devoted to saving energy, money and greenhouse gas emissions for its clients.

Terajoule was founded in response to the challenges of ever-increasing fuel prices and stagnant innovation from major furnace manufacturer’s approach to fuel efficiency and operational design.

We challenge complacency in innovation, cost competitiveness and customer service. We are invested in our clients’ success, and redefining their financial and operational goals. We strive to keep our clients competitive.

WHAT WE DO

Our projects increase our clients production volumes while lowering operating costs which all contributes to our clients scaling up their businesses. Our clients are reinvesting their savings back into their businesses; they’re hiring more staff, increasing production volumes and becoming even more competitive on a global scale. We are passionate about directly impacting the success of our clients businesses and it’s vitally important to us that our work has a direct positive influence on their bottom line, their profitability and their product quality.

WHY WE DO IT

At Terajoule we are a focused, solutions-based team driven by innovation, continuous improvement and collaboration. We disrupt the existing mineral expansion market with state-of-the-art technology that allows expanded perlite producers to reliably, quickly and cost-effectively produce expanded perlite of higher quality, lower density and with significantly less energy input by re-using the waste heat produced by their own furnace system. The energy of the hot, dusty, and abrasive by-products of combustion are now saving costly fuel input, whether natural gas, propane or heating oil, by raising the temperature of the combustion air by several hundred degrees C.  Our technology delivers a signiﬁcant value proposition to mineral producers, primarily with a system to reuse wasted furnace mega joules continuously to improve furnace performance. Our set it and forget it pressure and temperature monitoring system can be integrated with your current process management systems to see on-line performance improvements in real time.