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Metallurgical Testing Lab


This section about Metallurgical Testing Lab carries out testing on crystalline structures and the morphology of metallic materials which facilitates an understanding of the physical and technological properties of these materials: fundamental both in research and innovation and product verification, control and certification.

Main activities of our Metallurgical Testing Lab:

Test of cut and hole processes according to EN 1090-2:

  • Dimensional control, roughness and hardness tests

PREVENTION CONTROL. Verification 

  • Metal alloys and their characteristics;
  • Conformity of raw materials to current standards or contractual requirements
Failure analysis:
  • Tests for determination of break causes;
  • Tests for determination of corrosion causes;
  • Technical reports about break and corrosion causes

METALLURGICAL TESTING: DETERMINATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND DESIGNATION OF METAL ALLOYS:

  • Carbon steel
  • Low and medium alloy steel
  • Cast iron
  • Stainless steel
  • Aluminium and aluminium alloys
  • Copper and copper alloys

METALLURGICAL TESTING: EXAMINATION OF PROTECTIVE LAYERS (HOT-DIP COATING), ANODIZING etc. – verification of:

  • Thickness (gravimetric, magnetic or optic)
  • Quality (uniformity, adherence etc. according to product standards)

HARDNESS METALLURGICAL TESTING

  • Rockwell hardness
  • Brinell hardness
  • Vickers hardness
  • Vickers microhardness
  • Shore A and D hardness
  • Barcol hardness

METALLOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THERMAL TREATMENT AND SUPERFICIAL HARDENING

  • Cementation
  • Nitriding
  • Hardening

METALLURGICAL TESTING: VERIFICATION OF WELDING

  • Macrographic examination
  • Micrographic analysis
  • Hardness testing
  • Mechanical testing

Non-destructive tests (NDT):
  • Penetrating liquids
  • Magnetic crack detection
  • Ultrasound
  • Radiographies
Main equipment
  • Thermal quantometer ARL 3460
  • Nikon Optiphot-2 optic microscope;
  • Microhardness tester
  • Durometer for Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Shore and Barcol durometer
  • Zeiss electronic microscope
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