"The core idea [of biomimicry] is that nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with. Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers."

Janine Benyus

PAX Streamline takes a unique approach to understanding the problems of fluid-handling equipment. Through our observation and analysis of the fundamental mathematics underlying natural fluid flow, we are able to optimize streamlining geometries and apply them to technology. PAX studies fluid flows using both CFD numerical methods and analytical methods derived from accepted engineering practices. Independent testing of the technology, in collaboration with international research facilities, demonstrates the measurable effectiveness of the PAX streamlining approach. Past R&D by other companies in the PAX family has already been leveraged into commercial applications in the air handling and water management markets.

Most fluid-handling equipment—pumps, turbines, propellers, fans, mixers—faces significant limiting factors in the form of drag resistance, inefficient energy usage, low output, excessive noise, and component wear. Technologies that move through fluids, such as boat hulls and airplane fuselages, likewise face these factors. PAX’s development teams employ what we know about natural flow geometries to address and ameliorate these limitations. Among the many benefits available using nature’s streamlining strategies include:

Increased …
•  Energy efficiency
•  Output (e.g., flow, heat flux)
•  Structural integrity
•  Control over directional thrust

Decreased …
•  Noise
•  Drag
•  Shear and cavitation
•  Materials usage
•  Motor size

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