engineering failure analysis

The complete metallurgical support service for materials, components & manufacturing / repair processes

Specialists in engineering failure analysis & incident investigation

 

Areas of Expertise


  • Metallurgical technical support and advice.
  • Component failure analysis.
  • Expert witness services.
  • Materials selection for design and repairs.
  • Process optimisation and troubleshooting; heat treatment, metal finishing / coatings, thermal spray coatings, welding / brazing / fabrication, casting, forging, shot peening, machining, chemical processing, etc.
  • Corrosion prevention.
  • Metallographic evaluation; gas turbine blade overtemperature assessments, coating evaluation (thermal spray, electroplating, diffusion coatings, etc.), corrosion assessments, weld assessments, microstructure analysis & any other metallographic assessments.
  • Preparation & delivery of materials & processing training programmes.
  • Development & publishing of technical procedures.
  • Technical auditing of specialist sub-contractors.