Power Generation Metallurgical and Mechanical Test Laboratory
Metallurgical and mechanical test laboratory supports the power generation industry with related failure analysis, condition assessment, forensic, and litigation work.
Intertek maintains a complete in-house power generation industry metallurgy lab, working with analytical and field inspection experts, to support projects and investigations with metallurgy analyses performed in our in-house laboratory. The following is a partial listing of laboratory techniques:
Combustion Testing
- Burner design and performance
- Thermal system efficiency
- Emissions testing – CO, NOx, HC, etc
Hardness Testing
- Rockwell hardness tester
- Microhardness tester
- Portable field hardness tester
Inspection Equipment
- Color videoprobe
- Magnetic particle testing
- Ultrasonic testing
- Metallurgical surface replication
- Crack depth measurement
- Acoustic emission*
- Pulsed Eddy Current
- Portable XRF Alloy Analyzer
Material Preparation
- Wet and dry sectioning, flame cutting
- Machining and welding*
- Metallographic mounting, polishing, and etching
- Wet chemistry lab*
- Glass bead blasting
Mechanical Testing
- Computerized tensile, fatigue, and fracture toughness testing
- Strain gage installation
- PC-based data acquisition
- High temperature creep testing*
Optical Microscopy
- Stereobinoculars
- MeF3 research metallograph
Photodocumentation
- Digital photography
- Macro- and micro-imaging, fractography
- Digital video recording
Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Electron microscope
- EDX chemical microanalysis
- Other chemical analysis (SIMS, etc.)*
Welding
- 550 amp welding power supply - GTAW, GMAW, SMAW, FCAW
*Equipment available at Intertek or in cooperation with local laboratories