Years of testing experience, T3M provides comprehensive testing solutions across critical industries, including automotive, aerospace, construction, defense, and energy engineering, confirming the customer’s materials and products are safe and sustainable for the end user.

Metallurgical Testing Services and Capabilities

Our advanced metallurgical testing services investigate metals both surface and sub-surface. Some of the metallurgical testing methods are listed below, but are not limited to:

Alloy depletion
Alpha case evaluation
Austenite measurements
Carburization/depth of decarburization
Case depth
Casting evaluation
Ferrite measurements
Fractography
Grain size measurements
Inclusion content
Intergranular corrosion
Jominy testing
Macroscopic evaluation
Microstructure evaluation
Particle analysis
Passivation
Photomicrography
Pitting and crevice corrosion
Plating and coating thickness
Recast evaluation
Replication metallography
Metallographic preparation
Scanning Electron Microscopy / Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS)
Inclusion analysis

Expert Witness service

Failure analysis of metals/metallurgical failure analysis  
Detecting defects or evidence of abuse
Determining physical, mechanical or chemical properties of materials
Assisting with subrogation claims
Developing precision evidence analysis protocols
Determining specification compliance
Evaluating patent infringement
Delivering detailed and convincing deposition and trial testimony
Conducting joint plaintiff and defendant investigations
Coordinating with other outside engineering experts, testing, and support firms
Advanced instrumentation and qualified expertise

Fastener, screw, and bolt testing services

Mechanical Testing

Hardness Testing Services: T3M’s Hardness testing services and capabilities listed below:

Brinell hardness test
Rockwell hardness test
Vickers hardness test
Knoop hardness test
Hot hardness test
Shore hardness test
Leeb hardness test
VST hardness tests
Microhardness testing

Fatigue Testing Services: Types of fatigue testing we provide:

High cycle fatigue (HCF) testing 
Low cycle fatigue (LCF) testing 
Axial fatigue testing
Torsional fatigue testing
Bending fatigue testing
Strain Control
Stress Control
Displacement Control

Tension, compression, shear, and torsional loading.

Tensile testing capabilities:

Axial tensile testing
Ductility testing
Elongation testing
Fastener testing
Open hole compression & tensile testing of composites
Ring testing
Room temperature tensile
Slow strain rate tensile testing
Tensile adhesion strength
Tensile resistance
Tensile testing of porous coatings
True stress and strain measurements

Corrosion & Wear testing

Medical device wear & pin-on-disk wear
Accelerated Corrosion Testing (ACT) 
Assessing materials for resistance to crack propagation 
ASTM G48 pitting and crevice corrosion testing
Corrosion failure analysis 
Corrosion fatigue 
Corrosion testing and evaluations 
Dezincification resistance test in accordance with ISO 6509
Electrochemical corrosion testing
Galvanic corrosion testing
Intergranular corrosion testing
SCC stress corrosion cracking test

Visual Inspection (VT)

Cracks
Corrosion
Surface flaws
Banding
Surface discontinuities

Other Services

Residual Stress Measurement Services
Phase analysis using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Texture analysis using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Heat treatment of alloys
Additive manufacturing & 3D Printing testing services
Processes optimization

Strain Gaging
XRD
Phase analysis using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Texture analysis using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
Heat treatment of alloys
Additive manufacturing & 3D Printing testing services
Processes optimization
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Six Sigma