Fastener Testing: A Critical Link in Product Quality

For a full range of consumer and industrial products, nuts, bolts, screws, nails, rivets and other fasteners can prove to be the linchpin that ensures durability and quality performance or a weak link that can result in failure. Failure of a fastener in a car or plane can be devastating. And at the very least, fastener failures can be detrimental, if not devastating, to a manufacturer's reputation among consumers.

That's why fastener testing should not be overlooked in any manufacturer's overall product and material testing program.

Fastener testing is an integral component of the comprehensive material and product testing services of Miami Valley Material Testing Center (MVMTC) of Tipp City, Ohio. In combination with our other testing services, fastener testing helps clients design and develop quality products as well as analyze product failure and find solutions to improving product durability and performance.

MVMTC's engineers and technicians have extensive experience in a wide variety of industries. And our clients represent a diverse array of industrial specialties, including industrial manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, electronic components, medical, casting and the fastener industry itself. Our testing lab, in fact, has the equipment and expertise to handle material testing for just about any industry.

A single-source testing laboratory, MVMTC offers clients skilled personnel, new technology and other capabilities for fastener testing—whether testing individual fasteners or fastener systems. Our facilities are equipped with a metallography lab, machine shop, microscopes and much more. The testing lab's capabilities also include tensile testing, corrosion testing, chemical analysis, hardness testing, failure analysis, manufacturing consultation and materials consultation.

MVMTC uses a variety of mechanical testing techniques, along with chemical and metallurgical analyses of various metals, to offer critical insight into a fastener's compliance with design specifications and how fit it is to stand up to the anticipated and even extraordinary stresses of a particular application. Our engineers can serve clients as consultants to identify and recommend the fastener best suited for any job.

Using state-of-the-art technology, including a scanning electron microscope, MVMTC's engineers and technicians can identify the source of product and fastener failures, down to microscopic detail. And by getting involved in the development and design process we can help our clients catch potential problems so they can steer clear of costly mistakes.

Our expert staff and services enable clients to extend their products' service life, improve safety and performance, reduce replacement costs and product liability and protect and maintain their reputation for quality.