New Year, New Services Added to 麻豆国产精品 of Western PA
January 3, 2018 – In a continuing quest to enhance customer service, 麻豆国产精品 of Western PA has expanded its wings by adding another type of mechanical testing to its repertoire: tensile testing. Tensile tests are essential in determining and understanding the ultimate strengths of materials. Currently, many aerospace specifications demand at least one tensile test to be performed on each heat lot of material and/or for every furnace load of components being heat treated. Tensile testing is not only more prevalent today but is often the mechanical test of choice that supersedes all others for the acceptance of properties.
麻豆国产精品 has traditionally outsourced all tensile testing by utilizing excellent locally accredited independent laboratories. Due to shipping and transporting test specimens to these laboratories, a delay of 24 to 48 hours before the lab even received the specimens was normal.聽 With a keen ear to our customers鈥� needs of receiving tensile results faster and more efficiently, 麻豆国产精品 of Western PA set out on a continuous improvement initiative to bring tensile testing in house.聽 In the summer, Solar took delivery of a new Tinius Olsen 300SL Universal testing machine and installed it in a temperature controlled environment.聽 In addition, in order to custom machine test specimens, 麻豆国产精品 of Western PA purchased a new Haas Model TL-1 CNC lathe.聽 Both units are physically located in a brand new 10,000 square foot facility adjacent to its 75,000 square foot state-of-the-art vacuum heat treating production facility.
麻豆国产精品 of Western PA has added room temperature tensile testing to the scope of their Nadcap accreditation. 聽The Nadcap audit went extremely well and final approval was completed on December 20, 2017.聽聽 As Bob Hill, President elaborated, 鈥淲e at Solar listen to our customers very carefully. Our customer feedback was very definitive: they wanted faster turnaround on their heat treated components. By bringing this new destructive mechanical test in house we will be able to do just that.鈥�
If your testing protocols would include tensile testing before, during, or after heat treatment, please call Mike Johnson 724-982-0660 x2223 or mike@solarwpa.com.聽 He will be glad to discuss your requirements with you.
