Materials Testing

Our partnership with one of the industry's most sophisticated Materials Labs provides us with the ability to check chemical, mechanical, and metallurgical properties of the candidate part to match material, hardness, and strength.  Chemical analysis is done at the element level to determine the original OEM alloy or alloy classification - critical when dealing with parts from foreign manufacturers where the material used must be cross-referenced to the proper US alloy.  Lab accreditations include NADCAP, ISO 9001, ANSI/ASQC Q9001-94, and the Fastener Quality Act. 

Our specific materials testing capabilities include:

Chemical Analysis

          Alloy identification and complete chemistries 
          Plating, coating, etching, and cleaning analysis

Mechanical Properties Testing

          Tensile testing 
          Stress-rupture

Metallurgical Analysis

         Microstructure, grain size, cleanliness, and image analysis

Corrosion and Wear Testing

         Humidity, salt-spray, and salt water exposure 
         Taber and four ball wear testing 
         XRF, eddy current, and Kokour thickness testing

Scanning Electron-Microscopy

         Energy dispersive spectroscopy, light element detection 
         Wavelength dispersive spectroscopy 
         Failure-analysis and fractography 
         Dot-mapping/fatigue alignment 
         Fourier Transform infrared spectoscopy

Non-Destructive Radiographic Testing

Failure Analysis