Single Source Testing: An Invaluable Partnership

Offering a full range of analytical services, single source testing laboratories partner with manufacturers at every stage of production to cost-effectively assure quality and effectiveness of materials and products.

And as they assure quality of materials and products, single source testing providers protect and maintain their clients’ integrity and reputation in the marketplace.

One such provider is Miami Valley Materials Testing Center (MVMTC) of Tipp City, Ohio. MVMTC’s expert team of lab technicians and industry consultants offers comprehensive single-source testing, analysis and consultation services for clients in the automotive, aerospace, medical, fastener, electronic component and other industries.

A single source testing lab, such as MVMTC, that is certified in a broad range of material testing techniques and technologies offers manufacturers many advantages.

For one, being able to depend on one lab for a full range of services proves more cost-effective than having to work with multiple providers. Establishing a relationship with a single source testing lab can also lead to more timely service, reducing downtime and meeting production deadlines.

A single source testing company that has in-house resources to prepare test specimens—such as MVMTC—can save even more time. Such a company can cut the time required to resolve material defects and get production back on track.

MVMTC has a vast array of state-of-the-art technologies to meet clients’ varied needs. These include a chemical analysis spectrometer, tensile tester, cyclic corrosion tester, microhardness and macrohardness testers, inverted metallograph and stereoscopic microscopes and a scanning electron microscope.

Through comprehensive testing and analysis, MVMTC partners with clients to assure quality at every stage of the manufacturing process. MVMTC’s team of experts offers clients the advantage of extensive industrial experience. They’re at home in the manufacturing environment and can offer quality managers practical tools to quickly assess, modify and correct production problems as they arise on the plant floor.

Single source testing labs, such as MVMTC, offer clients a valuable menu of services in metallurgical, tensile, corrosion and plastics testing. The company’s range of specialties includes:

• Chemical analysis
• Failure analysis of products and components to determine if fatigue or overload was the mode of failure and/or was there a material defect, manufacturing defect or some other initiator of the failure
• Foreign materials consultation and evaluation
• Nondestructive testing to check the integrity of products and their components without damaging or disassembling them
• Manufacturing and materials consultation to provide expert advice on effective solutions for quality products
• Mechanical property testing
• Hardness testing
• Microhardness and macrohardness testing
• Salt-fog, humidity and water resistance testing