Proceptia is an independent engineering consulting practice focused on manufacturing and process-driven industries.

The practice draws on senior engineering experience across industrial operations, capital projects, and technical risk management, with an emphasis on disciplined analysis, practical outcomes, and clear communication.

Proceptia operates as a focused, owner-led practice and engages selectively to ensure depth, accountability, and continuity across all work undertaken.

Principal: Tony Acquadro

Tony creates first-principles analytical models that bridge pilot plant operations and commercial deployment. His background combines pyrometallurgical, oil and gas, chemicals, pharmceuticals, food & beverage expertise with systematic approaches to modelling complex chemical systems.

Career Highlights

  • 2001: Published research on numerical modelling of TSL injection systems (Alicante Conference)
  • 2005: Co-inventor on international patent WO 2005/098059 A1 – Process for Copper Converting
  • 2001–2005: Led pilot plant campaigns at Ausmelt developing Top Submerged Lance technology
  • Present: Commercialising solution-based modelling approaches for emerging technologies

Publications

  • Numerical and experimental investigation of top submerged gas injection system Morsi, Yang, Achim, Acquadro — Alicante, Spain, 2001

Patents

  • WO 2005/098059 A1 – Process for Copper Converting Hughes, Matusewicz, McClelland, Acquadro, Baldock — Filed April 2005