Sun-Tec Corporation, ASTM members, uniquely specializes in hardness testing equipment that includes Rockwell-type, Vickers/Knoop, Brinell, ductility and tension/compression, along with metallographic equipment and consumables.

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA installed a second machining center to support its newest service, tensile testing. The company added a fully programmable 8,100-RPM Haas VF2 milling center to support the machining of flat tensile specimens. This machining ability fully complements the function of the 10,000-PSI hydraulic jaw that is an integral component of the Tinius Olsen 300SL tensile machine. These large hydraulic jaws can grip either threaded-round or flat specimens.

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA added tensile testing to its range of mechanical testing services. The company recently took delivery of a new Tinius Olsen 300SL Universal testing machine and installed it in a temperature-controlled environment. In addition, Solar Atmospheres of Western PA purchased a new Haas Model TL-1 CNC lathe to custom-machine test specimens. Both units are located in a new 10,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the company’s 75,000-square-foot vacuum heat-treating production facility in Hermitage, Pa.

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Composite materials are changing the face of manufacturing and product development, and no industry has seen this more than aerospace.

When hot tensile testing is required, it can be time consuming and energy intensive, especially when trying to meet strict standards such as Nadcap.