Some Capabilities of Central Laboratories
  • Metallurgical Engineering Services
  1. Material selection and design review
  2. Failure Analysis with corrective recommendation
  3. Metallurgical  reports with photomicrographs covering quality of
    heat treatment; inclusion content; plating thickness and quality;
    case quality and depth with Tukon microhardness survey for
    effective case depth; microstructure of all metals
  4. Certification of welders and welding processes
  5. Metallography
  6. Scanning Electron  Microscopy
  • Mechanical Testing Service
  1. Tensile testing providing Ultimate Strength, Yield Strength,
    Percent Elongation, Percent Reduction of Area on equipment
    with an X-Y plotter and rate controls.  Ref:    ASTM A 370,
    ASTM F 606, ASTM E 8
  2. Bend Testing  Ref:    ASTM A 370
  3. Charpy Impact Testing to -320º F  Ref:    ASTM A 370, ASTM E 23
  4. Stress Rupture Testing to specification temperatures to 2200º F
    Ref:    ASTM E 139, E 292
  5. Elevated Temperature Tensile Testing  Ref:    ASTM E 21
  6. Jominy End Quench Test  Ref:    ASTM A 255
  7. Hardness Testing  Ref:    Rockwell - ASTM E 18, Brinell - ASTM E 10,
    Microhardness - ASTM E 384
  8. Olsen Ductility Testing  Ref:    ASTM E 643
  • Analytical Chemistry Service
  1.   Chemical Analysis of all metals
  • Specimen Preparation Service
  1. Machining facilities with tolerances to  +/-  .001"
  2. Laboratory heat treating facilities