Our Recent Projects
293
Completed failure analysis
87
Research Projects
Ph. D: 8, MASc: 12 and BSc: 5
Number of Significant Expertise
Our Mission
- Solve complex problems and provide valuable insights that can prevent future failures and improve the safety and reliability of your product.
- Material’s performance in any application or industry is critical to the safe, efficient, and economical operation of any component. By testing materials today, we can ensure your product performance tomorrow.
Our Vision
T3M prides itself in its role as the premier third-party, independent metals testing laboratory and forensic engineering services. We embrace and fully commit to the responsibilities that our customers trust in us regarding their need for material testing services.
Why T3M?
- The most impressive collection of knowledge and expertise who have been working on failure analysis and materials testing for decades.
- In-house facilities significantly reduce the project completion time.
- Offers competitive pricing without compromising quality.
We are Professional Metallurgical Service Provider
We offer premium services at competitive prices. Provide a better solution and come up with the economical idea for your business what makes you different from your competitors.
Our team consists of highly qualified and motivated professionals, who are all experts in their field. With many years of experience in the industry, they have the expertise to provide comprehensive, first-rate services to our clients.
Failure Analysis
In-depth analysis to identify the root causes of material failures, guiding you towards effective solutions and preventing future issues.
Material Testing
Rigorous testing to evaluate the microstructure, properties and performance of metals and alloys, ensuring they meet the highest standards of quality.
Parts Certification
The Metallurgy MasterMind is working as third-party for OEM parts certification and validation. We are committed to delivering the highest standards of quality and safety in every product for our customer. Our dedication to excellence extends to the certification of the OEM parts supplier/buyer, ensuring reliability and compliance with industry regulations.
We understand the importance of your customers’ trust in your products. Our commitment to parts certification is rooted in your desire to foster long-term relationships with your customers. We encourage you to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding the certification of the components.
Our dedication to quality doesn’t end with certification. We continually strive to enhance your processes and product offerings, ensuring that we not only meet but exceed the expectations of our customers.
Thank you for choosing The Metallurgy MasterMind. Your satisfaction and safety are our top priorities.
Research & Development
At T3MS, we are dedicated to developing new materials to address the ancient problem, metal fatigue. Our team of world-class scientists and engineers is working on a variety of projects, including developing alloys and their heat treatment process for longer fatigue life, creating new technologies, and finding ways to protect the environment. We are committed to making the world a better place, and we believe that our research and development efforts are essential to achieving this goal. We invite you to learn more about our work and to join us in our mission to make a difference.
Training and Learning
We deliver high-quality metallurgical training beneficial to non-metallurgists involved in product design, supply chain management, quality control and manufacturing. This includes engineers, technicians, and sales and sourcing people. We encourage interactive learning through projects, discussions, and hands-on activities. Highlight the importance of continuous education in metallurgy to stay abreast of industry advancements.
Additional features for learning:
• Discussion Forums
o Create a space for learners to share knowledge and ask questions.
• Resource Library
o Curate articles, papers, and videos on metallurgy topics.
• Interactive Quizzes
o Incorporate quizzes to test understanding of key concepts.
This structured approach will enhance the educational experience for users interested in metallurgy.
Contact us to discuss your training needs and objectives.
List of services T3M provide:
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
- Thermo mechanical fatigue (TMF) 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
- Cryogenic testing
- Digital image correlation
- Ductility testing
- Elevated, reduced, or ambient Temperature
- 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
Business Hours
- Mon – Fri
- 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
- Sat – Sun
- 11:00 am – 07:00 pm
Contact us
- Telephone: +1 877-503-8367
- E-mail: info@t3ms.com
- Address: Naperville, IL, 60565
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