The vulnerability is not just where minerals are mined — it is who processes them. Terradyne is a modular, forward-deployable, continuous-flow extraction platform that qualifies domestic tailings into defense-grade material, delivered by an approved U.S. Government contractor.
Domestic mining does not equal domestic supply. Separation and refining of rare earths and critical metals remain concentrated offshore — a single point of failure for magnets, optics, munitions, and propulsion.
Terradyne operates within the 1635 Resources ecosystem — an American-owned defense supply-chain company and approved U.S. Government / DLA contractor, differentiated by re-harvesting previously mined ore and tailings.
Domestic production capacity for critical materials.
Defense logistics and program-office engagement.
Rare-earth & critical-materials programs.
What follows is the physics category and the outcome. The enabling parameters — geometries, setpoints, reagent chemistry, and control logic — are held under our patent filings and disclosed only under NDA.
An inline, non-mechanical cyclonic stage sorts a polymetallic slurry by density — flinging abrasive heavy fractions into a protective outer ring while concentrating target minerals on the core axis. The equipment never contacts the abrasive fraction.
Targeted, non-thermal energetic excitation lowers chemical activation energy in the core stream — achieving sub-five-minute extraction kinetics without the thermal runaway, fouling, and wall-scaling of surface-conduction heating.
A proprietary flow-control condition freezes the sorted extraction gradient in place, enabling continuous, single-pass selective fractionation before the stream can homogenize.
| Disclosed publicly — the "what & why" | Protected — the "how" |
|---|---|
| Disclosed Cyclonic density sorting shields equipment from the abrasive fraction and pre-concentrates targets. |
Protected Rotational-velocity envelopes, chamber geometry, liner specification, core-pinch control. |
| Disclosed Non-thermal excitation drives sub-five-minute kinetics without thermal runaway or scaling. |
Protected Excitation mode, power, frequency, coupling method, and tuning. |
| Disclosed A closed thermal loop holds a tight low-temperature window that keeps eco-friendly lixiviants stable. |
Protected Exact stability-window setpoints, loop design, and reagent identities. |
| Disclosed A flow-control condition enables continuous single-pass selective fractionation. |
Protected The governing control law, setpoints, and valve / pressure orchestration. |
| Disclosed A control-software platform reads a site's geological profile and coordinates the extraction envelope. |
Protected FORGE Suite logic, algorithms, and integration architecture. |
The single most tangible difference for a program office: how the capability shows up, and how fast.
Terradyne is in applied research and development, spanning TRL 1–3. We state maturity plainly and offer a fundable path — not a finished plant.
Core stratification, non-thermal kinetics, and reagent-stability behavior demonstrated at lab scale under defined conditions.
Bringing the three stages together on a continuous-flow skid, with instrumented recovery and purity data on representative feedstock.
Program-funded field pilot toward munitions- and commercial-grade qualification and modular scale-out. Milestones defined; timing subject to funding.
Terradyne is led from within the 1635 Resources ecosystem — decades of mining due-diligence, metallurgical testing, civil and infrastructure project delivery, and defense-contractor operations.
A vertically integrated, U.S.-owned mine-to-machine chain — feedstock, processing, and forward-deployable manufacturing under one strategy.
Program offices and primes: tell us your mission need and we will follow up with a capabilities statement and a briefing under appropriate agreements.