Within its network, TxIS controls a large number of test facilities.
| MECHANICAL TESTING | |||
| • Vibration | |||
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Fatigue (Axial,
Torsional, Rotating Beam, Crack Propagation,Thermal Spray Coating, Coating Shear, Thermo-mechanical) |
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| • Tensile (Bar, Bond, High Temp.) | |||
| • Hardness | |||
| • Shear | |||
| • Charpy Impact | |||
| • Scratch Resistance | |||
| • Abrasion Resistance | |||
| • Fracture Mechanics | |||
| • Coefficient of Friction | |||
| • Compression | |||
| • Weld | |||
| • Fasteners | |||
| • Stress Corrosion Cracking | |||
| • Tube Testing (Tensile, Hydrostatic Pressure, Flare) | |||
| • Failure Analysis | |||
| NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING | |||
| • Liquid Penetrant Testing | |||
| • Magnetic Particle Inspection | |||
| • Eddy-Current Testing | |||
| • Ultrasonic Testing | |||
| • Radiographic Testing | |||
| FAILIURE ANALYSIS | |||
| • Fracture Evaluation | |||
| • Fatigue | |||
| • Fractography | |||
| • Overload | |||
| • Ductile/Brittle Failures | |||
| • Chemical Attack | |||
| • Stress Corrosion Cracking | |||
| • Contamination and Corrosion Analysis | |||
| • Weld Analysis | |||
| • Reverse Engineering of Components | |||
| • Environmental exposure | |||
| METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS | |||
| • Light Microscopy | |||
| • Particle Analysis (Identification, Size, Distribution) | |||
| • Scanning Electron Microscopy | |||
| • Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy | |||
| • X-Ray Fluorescence | |||
| • Quantitative Image Analysis & Surface Topography | |||
| • Porosity Evaluation | |||
| • Fractography | |||
| • Weld Qualification | |||
| • Optical Emission Spectroscopy | |||
| • Induced Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy | |||
| • Positive Material Identification | |||
| • Raman spectroscopy | |||
| • Alloy Verification / Identification | |||
| COATING AND PLATING ANALYSIS | |||
| • Thickness | |||
| • Solvent resistance | |||
| • Cure testing | |||
| • Contamination analysis | |||
| • Peel testing | |||
| • Chemical analysis | |||
| CHEMICAL ANALYSIS | |||
| • Metals | |||
| • Alloys | |||
| • Oxides, Glasses and Ceramics | |||
| • Coatings | |||
| • Oils and Fluids | |||
| • Hydraulic Fluids | |||
| • Lubricants | |||
| • Lubricants Thermal Analysis | |||
| • Lubricants and Fluids Compatibility | |||
| • Biodegradability of Lubricants and Fluids | |||
| • Trace Analysis | |||
| • Ferrography | |||
| • Liquid Fuels | |||
| • Fuel Test Methods (ASTM, IP, DIN, ISO) | |||
| • Fuel and Lubricant Additives | |||
| • Biofuels | |||
| • Ethanol Fuels | |||
| • Fluids Rheology | |||
| • Rubbers & Plastics | |||
| • Polymers and Additives Identification | |||
| THERMAL ANALYSIS | |||
| • Differential scanning calorimetry | |||
| • Thermogravimetric analysis | |||
| • Thermomechanical analysis | |||
| • Differential thermal analysis | |||
| • Dynamic mechanical analysis | |||
| • Dielectric thermal analysis | |||
| PLASTICS & POLYMERS TESTING | |||
| • Composites | |||
| • Alloys and Blends | |||
| • Degree of crystallinity | |||
| • Accelerated aging (heat, fluids) | |||
| • Biodegradability (identification, degree and rate) | |||
| • Coefficient of thermal expansion | |||
| • Flammability | |||
| • Melt flow rate & viscosity | |||
| • Melting point and glass transition | |||
| • Electrical properties (dielectric, resistivity) | |||
| • Water absorption | |||
| • Tensile, flexural, & compressive properties | |||
| • Impact (Gardner, Izod) | |||
| • UV exposure | |||
| • Hardness (shore, rockwell) | |||
| • Creep & fatigue | |||
| • Coefficient of friction | |||
| • Taber abrasion | |||
| • Analytical Testing (Chromatography, Spectrometry, X-Ray | |||
| Fluorescence, X-Ray Diffraction, NMR Spectroscopy) | |||
| • Thermal Analysis | |||
| • Rheological Analysis | |||
| CORROSION TESTING | |||
| • Identification of corrodents | |||
| • Stress corrosion cracking | |||
| • Environmental stress cracking | |||
| • Estimation of components service life | |||
| • Corrosiveness of Fluids | |||
| • Corrosion Rates of Metals | |||
| • Inter granular Corrosion | |||
| • Pitting Corrosion | |||
| • Hydrogen-Induced Cracking Test | |||
| • Sulfide Stress Corrosion Cracking | |||
| • Chloride Stress Corrosion | |||
| • Ammonia Vapour | |||
| • Galvanic Corrosion | |||
| • Microbiological Corrosion | |||
| • Environmental Simulation | |||
| • Corrosion Failure Analysis | |||
| • Salt Spray | |||
| • Engine Coolants | |||
| • Corrosive Properties of Petroleum Refined Products | |||