Capabilites

Our NATA Accredited Laboratory can perform :-

Tensile load testing – Bolts, metal bars, plates, wires, plastic and composite coatings.
Compression Testing – Nuts, concrete, plastics, coatings.
Hardness Testing – Vickers, Rockwell and Brinell.
Bend Testing – Single, three and four point bending of metals, welded joints, metal overlays and claddings and non-metallic coatings and claddings.
Charpy Impact Testing – ‘V’ and ‘U’ Notch over a wide range of temperatures.
Macro metallographic examinations of welded joints.
Microstructure examinations including ferrite point counting.
Corrosion testing to ASTM G48 & A262.

We can also offer the following services;

Material Identification and microstructural examination
Grinding Media Analysis
Metallurgical Failure Analysis
Research and Development Testing
Batch Testing of Threaded Fasteners
Weld Procedure / Welder Qualification Testing
Reprocessing of Fasteners to Specific Grade Designations
Design and fabrication of testing jigs and apparatus
Heat treatment of materials
Strain hardening of austenitic stainless steels

We also have an Omax© Water Jet Cutting machine for sample preparation.

No heat input and highly accurate cutting (+/- .01mm) are two features of this machine, as well as reduced preparation time. Capable of cutting up to 200mm thick materials, including carbon and stainless steels, manganese, white metal and other wear hardening steels, glass, plastic, rubber, wood and other materials.

MTS Metallurgical Testing Services

Capabilites

We can also offer the following services;

We also have an Omax© Water Jet Cutting machine for sample preparation.

MTS Metallurgical Testing Services Capabilites - Adobe PDF Format

MTS Metallurgical Testing Services NATA Accreditation Certificate - Adobe PDF Format

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