XALPES · Research · Development · Testing
XALPES is an independent research, development and testing organization based in Austin, Texas. We take products and technologies from concept to industrialization: prototypes, performance characterization, intellectual property and, where no reference exists, the technical framework that makes performance comparable.
Austin, Texas — planned facility · project under development
Project — under development
Planned center dedicated to applied research, technical testing, product development, pilot manufacturing and industrial process validation. The facility is designed to bring a testing laboratory, a prototyping workshop, a pilot line and a process-validation area under one roof, so that design, measurement and correction follow each other without delay.
What XALPES does
Research and product development, a testing laboratory division and three technical divisions share the same programs, the same instruments and the same documentation standard.
From an idea or an existing patent to a finished, marketable product: feasibility, prototypes, industrialization, market study, intellectual property.
02Performance characterization, test protocols, in-house instruments and subcontracting capacity for existing laboratories and testing organizations.
03Respiratory protection, filtration media and assemblies, CBRN filtering facepieces, human factors and technical files.
04Custom machines and physical equipment, and an oil-and-gas equipment division: equivalence, specification and sourcing of critical rotating equipment.
05Program development: custom software, calculation models to implement, APIs and automation, digital platforms such as BEASE — for XALPES programs and for external clients.
How to work with us
Companies, inventors, investors and organizations: XALPES takes the program end to end, from the first analysis to the technical file, the intellectual property and the market.
For existing laboratories and testing organizations: XALPES works in white label or as co-contractor. Deliverables are returned to the ordering laboratory, which remains the sole interlocutor of its client. Confidentiality by default.
XRS™ scale · XRS 001:2026
Standards cap breathing resistance; none grades comfort. The XRS scale is XALPES's first published heuristic: six levels, X1 to X6, derived from a single bench-measurable quantity — specific resistance, Rs = Δp/Q — each anchored on a measured or published reference.
A heuristic, not a standard. No regulatory value. Does not classify filtration. Human-panel validation not yet conducted.
In preparation
XALPES is finalizing a new marking for filtering facepieces intended for CBRN environments. Publication will follow the filing currently in progress. Manufacturers, laboratories and buyers can ask to be notified.
Programs
From an idea and an existing patent base to a finished, marketable product: design, characterization, patent filed and managed, and the creation of a reference where none existed.
Confidential research and development program currently under intellectual property protection. Additional information will be released after completion of the patent filing process.
Study, design and structuring of a system intended to simplify access to business services, commercial exchanges and administrative operations through an integrated architecture combining organization, technology and automation.
Ongoing engineering engagement covering feasibility and technical equivalence assessment for legacy critical rotating equipment on an existing industrial facility. Confidential program conducted under non-disclosure obligations.
In-house instruments
Two digital analyzers of the Testing Laboratory Division, built on XALPES's proprietary calculation models, used in our programs and available as a service.
Multilayer filtration, breathing and adsorption performance analyzer. From the technical data of each layer of a filtering assembly — mask or filter — a proprietary mathematical model establishes the performance of the finished product: particle and bacterial filtration efficiency (PFE, BFE), breathing resistance carried through to the assembled mask and classified on the XRS scale, adsorption capacity and gas performance (breakthrough time). Each analysis is checked against international references (EN 149, EN 14683, EN 14387, ASTM F2100, NIOSH 42 CFR 84, GB 2626, AS/NZS 1716) and ends in a traceable performance report — before any prototyping.
Seal, leakage and breathing performance analyzer. From a mask simulated in shape on the five NIOSH/ISO reference head forms, the XALPES Fit Lab model computes the performance of a multilayer assembly: face-seal tightness, total inward leakage (TIL) and outward leakage, breathing pressure, real breathability and leaks at the face.
Method
Real need, technical constraints, risks, state of the art and objectives.
Technical solutions, material selection, architecture and concept optimization.
Mock-ups, functional prototypes, iterations and pre-series.
Testing, measurement, performance analysis and documented technical data.
Patents, trademarks and portfolio strategy, coordinated with qualified IP counsel where required.
Market study, regulatory mapping and, where none exists, the technical reference that defines the product.
Contact
You are developing a new product, looking for a technical solution, or seeking to evaluate an existing technology? XALPES supports companies, inventors, laboratories and organizations in their research, development and validation programs.
