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Materials Testing
ADI's NATA accredited Metallurgy and Materials Laboratory at our Garden Island facility offers a comprehensive metallurgical failure investigation and consultancy service, providing expert advice on component failures and selection of materials for engineering and corrosion service.
Our services include, but are not limited to the following:
- Detailed investigations into complex metallurgical and corrosion failures of aerospace, military commercial and general engineering components, such as:
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Threaded fasteners and rivets |
Weldments, forgings and castings |
SMT solder joints |
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Bearings, sliding and rolling element |
Lifting equipment, wire rope chains |
Chemical plant |
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Shafts |
Boilers/heat exchangers |
Hard polymers |
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Springs |
Tube, piping and flanges |
Engine and oil filter debris |
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Gears |
Orthopaedic implants | |
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Gas turbine components, blades, discs, nozzles, aluminide and M-Cr-Al-Y overlay coatings, oxidation, hot corrosion etc. |
Coatings, electroplated, sprayed, paint, etc. |
- Identification of metal failure mechanisms, such as:
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Ductile and brittle |
Hydrogen embrittlement |
Creep |
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Fatigue |
Corrosion - general, pitting, SCC, de-alloying, intercrystalline, exfoliation, etc |
High temperature oxidation |
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Wear, erosion, impingement and cavitation |
Corrosion fatigues |
Hot corrosion |
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Liquid metal embrittlement |
Adhesion/cohesion failure of coating |
thermal fatigue |
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Carburisation/decarburisation | Microstructural degradation |
- Metallography, microstructural examination and photomicrography (10x-2,000x) of :
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Ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
Surface coatings, oxide and corrosion scales |
Total and effective case depth |
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Composites, cermets and polymers |
Preparation of component cross-sections |
Decarburisation |
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Specialty and general engineering materials |
Coating thickness |
Material defects |
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Effects of heat treatment on microstructure |
Grain size |
- Scanning electron microscope including:
- Interpretation of fracture surfaces
- Evaluation of finishes on polished, peened, blasted and abraded surfaces
- Examination of miscellaneous samples
- Energy dispersive X-ray qualitative analysis and identification of metals, alloys, coatings, corrosion products, metallic and inorganic particles and oil filter debris
- Asbestos fibre identification
- Hardness testing using Vickers (including micro-hardness), Brinell, and Rockwell tests
Contact Details
Richard Jackson
Senior Material Scientist
Ground Floor, Building 68
Naval
ADI Limited
Garden Island
Sydney, NSW, 2011
Tel: +61 2 9562 3346, Fax: +61 2 9562 3378, Email: richard.jackson@adi-limited.com
