Frequently asked questions.

Yes — under the Animal By-Products Regulations (ABPR) you may incinerate fallen stock on-farm in an approved incinerator. The unit must be type-approved to EU Regulation 142/2011 (in the UK, enforced by APHA / DEFRA) and operated to the documented temperatures and burn cycles. AIS Cyclone units are supplied with the required approvals and operating documentation.

Approved animal-by-product incinerators must hold the secondary (afterburner) chamber at a minimum of 850°C for at least 2 seconds. AIS Cyclones are built to comfortably exceed this, typically operating between 800–1,100°C in the primary and ≥850°C in the secondary chamber.

For low-capacity on-farm incineration of your own fallen stock under ABPR, a separate environmental permit is generally not required, but the unit must be APHA-approved and you must keep operating records. Larger commercial throughputs and third-party waste typically require an Environmental Permit. Our compliance team will guide you through it.

A simple operating log: date, species/category of material, approximate weight, start/finish times and chamber temperatures achieved. AIS units include digital logging that satisfies APHA / DEFRA inspections out of the box.

It contains potentially diseased material on your site and destroys pathogens at high temperature in minutes. You eliminate the disease-transfer risk associated with collection trucks visiting daily or weekly, and you remove the storage period in which pathogens can multiply.

Yes. Composting relies on slow microbial breakdown over weeks and depends on conditions being maintained throughout the pile. High-temperature incineration destroys pathogens in a single, controlled burn — including bones and resistant tissues — leaving only sterile ash.

On-site incineration is one of the methods explicitly recognised by APHA for disposal of fallen stock during disease control situations, subject to instructions from the Animal Health authority at the time.

Diesel/red diesel (gas-oil) is the standard option. LPG and natural gas variants are available on request. Burners are Riello, Ecoflam or Elco, depending on capacity and territory.

Fuel consumption depends on model and load, but a representative figure for our mid-range Cyclones is 8–14 litres of diesel per hour during the active burn cycle. Once the chamber is hot, the burners modulate and consumption drops considerably.

A full load typically takes 6–10 hours including pre-heat, burn and cool-down. Smaller loads finish proportionally faster.

A small quantity of fine, sterile, mineral ash — typically 2–4% of the original mass. It is biologically inert and can be disposed of as agricultural waste in line with local guidance.

Considerably less than a composting pad. A medium Cyclone needs roughly the footprint of a transit van, plus safe clearance for loading and the flue. We provide a site-plan template with every quote.

Properly serviced AIS Cyclones routinely give 15–20+ years of service. The hand-built steel chambers, ceramic-fibre lining and replaceable wear parts are designed for long-term operation.

An annual service covering burner, thermocouples, refractory and door seals is recommended, plus user-level checks before each burn. Servicing can be performed by AIS engineers under contract, or by a trained on-site technician using our spares.

Every new AIS Cyclone is supplied with a 3-year warranty as standard, covering the chamber, controls and core components when serviced in line with our schedule.

Yes — we hold UK & US stock of consumables (thermocouples, door seals, refractory, burner parts) for next-day dispatch on most lines. See our Spare Parts Catalog or contact support.