standard testing services

EWI’s standard testing services include:

• Tensile Bend Fatigue
• Charpy impact Fracture toughness (CTOD, J&K)
• Heat treatment services (stress relief, normalizing ageing)
  • 3-cubic ft. convection furnace
  • 12-cubic ft. convection furnace
  • 9-cubic ft. oven
• Weld cracking sensitivity tests (WIC, Y-groove, CTS, GBOP)
• Diffusible hydrogen measurement (Mercury and gas chromatography)
• Gleeble Thermo-mechanical simulator
  • Weld simulation CCT curves
  • Process simulation
  • Thermal/mechanical simulation
  • Weldability (Varestraint, Sigamajig)
• Oberlikon-Yanaco Hydrogen Analyzer with high-temperature measurement capability
• Microstructural characterization
  • Optical Hardness Feature quantification
  • Weld procedure qualification
  • Residual stress measurements (blind-whole method)
• Digital image analysis SEM with EDS capability
• Experimental stress analysis (strain gauging services)
• High temperature testing up to 1200°C
• Expert failure analysis
• Welding services (PQR, test plate fabrication, etc.)
• In-house NDT services