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Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Services

Metallurgical Associates provides a comprehensive range of testing, analysis and engineering experience to improve products and increase our client’s profitability.

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Our Core Services Include:

Failure Analysis

  • How (mode) and why (root cause) failure occurred and recommendations to prevent additional failures

 

Corrosion Analysis

  • Identification of corrosion type, root cause and prevention

 

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Micro-Analysis (EDS)

  • Fracture Mode and Origin Identification
  • Contaminant Analysis and Source Identification
  • Wear Particle Identification

 

Contaminant Investigation

  • Identification of source and composition and effect

 

Microstructure – Heat Treat – Defect Analysis

  • Determine conformance to specification
  • Identification inclusions or defects

 

Weld Engineering & Evaluation

  • Failure Analysis of welds and welded structures
  • Welded Qualification and Weld Certification

 

Reverse Engineering

  • Identification of materials and processes required to duplicate a part, component or material characteristic

 

Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection (NDT)

  • Ultrasonic (UT) – Magnetic Particle (MT) – Dye Penetrant (PT)
  • Ultrasonic Thickness Measurement
  • ASNT Level III Certified

 

Mechanical Testing

  • Tensile – Impact – Compression – Bend Testing
  • Rockwell & Superficial Rockwell Hardness – Brinnell Hardness
  • Knoop and Vickers Micro-Hardness

 

Chemical Analysis

  • Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (GDS – Bulk Analysis)
  • Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS – Micro Analysis)

 

Consulting

  • Litigation Support
  • Insurance Investigations

 

Specification Review and Revision

  • Revise and Update Specifications to Maximize Manufacturing Productivity and Profitability

Services Quick Links

  • Chemical Analysis
  • Consulting
  • Contaminant Investigations
  • Corrosion Analysis
  • Failure Analysis
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Microstructure Defect Analysis
  • Non–Destructive Testing
  • Reverse Engineering
  • SEM – EDS Application Examples
  • Specification Development, Review & Revision
  • Weld Engineering and Analysis

Recent Posts

  • Analyzing Fatigue – Microscopic Features
  • Case Study: Metallurgical Failure Analysis of Cracked Turbine Blades
  • Case Study: Metallurgical Failure Analysis of a Torsion Spring
  • Case Study: Metallurgical Failure Analysis of Two Ruptured Pressure Tanks
  • Failure Analysis of Fatigue – Part 7 – Analyzing Fatigue – Microscopic Features

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