Current codes, specifications and contracts usually require magnetic particle testing personnel to be certified. Here’s a look at what you need to know.

The E8500 PLUS emissions analyzer is a complete portable tool for EPA-compliance-level emissions monitoring and testing.

When large industrial vacuum brazing furnaces begin to produce customer parts that show discoloration instead of a pristine stainless steel finish or joints where the brazing material has refused to flow properly, production is quickly halted. Easy-to-find-and-fix leaks can take the furnace down for a half of a day, and more downtime is likely.

Heat-treatment consultants specifically add value and/or reduce cost for their clients by focusing on their operational, service and market needs related to heat treatment and ancillary issues.

Hydrogen embrittlement is a phenomenon that affects high-strength steels, titanium, aluminum alloys and many other high-strength metals.

The important spark characteristics (Fig. 2) are color, volume, nature of the spark and length.

Shimadzu’s HMV-G microhardness testers combine ease-of-use with reliable operation and include models ranging from stand-alone testers, with manual reading using an optical microscope, to fully automated testers that increase efficiency by testing intricate patterns without supervision.