Testing Laboratory a Key to Quality Control

An accredited testing laboratory, such as Miami Valley Materials Testing Center (MVMTC) of Tipp City, Ohio, plays a critical role in industrial quality control programs.

Chemical analysis and engineering analysis are major components of a testing laboratory’s services, helping industrial clients operate cost-effectively while producing well designed and manufactured products that meet or exceed customer expectations.

Through a combination of chemical and engineering analysis techniques and technologies, a testing laboratory, such as MVMTC, can assure that manufacturers use the most appropriate and functional, durable materials for a particular application.

A testing laboratory partners with a manufacturer to provide timely, accurate analysis and consultation to maintain production schedules while meeting quality standards.

Through chemical analysis, a testing laboratory can detect impurities and contaminants in materials as well as determine purity and suitability of materials to be used in specific manufacturing applications.

To provide the best service a testing laboratory should be staffed by engineers, chemists and technicians experienced and knowledgeable in the latest analytical techniques and instruments, from state-of-the-art spectrometers and electron microscopes to wet chemistry lab facilities.

Engineering analysis encompasses a wide range of services related to product and material performance and quality, such as:

• Studies to determine the root cause of material or product failure, whether the failure occurs in service or in production on the manufacturing floor and whether the failure results from material defects, design deficiencies, corrosion, improper fabrication, poor maintenance or other causes
• Engineering consultation to assist a client in developing a product to prevent product or material failure
• Troubleshooting quality problems
• Assisting clients in selecting the appropriate materials for specific applications
• Foreign materials consultation and evaluation
• Metallurgical and strength testing procedures
• Advice on heat treatment, including case hardening, hardening and tempering, annealing and stress relieving
• Analysis of welds
• Corrosion testing and corrosion-related investigations
• Measuring a product’s performance and end of life to recommend ways to enhance product performance and quality
• Studying the effect of environmental conditions on a product or material
• Managing and conducting nondestructive testing on products

MVMTC works with its manufacturing partners to establish quality assurance at every stage of the development and production process with comprehensive chemical analysis and engineering analysis. MVMTC’s team of experts provides its partners services that include hardness testing, failure analysis, chemical analysis, corrosion testing, nondestructive testing, OES chemistry analysis and microhardness and macrohardness testing, among others.