Producing fasteners for the aerospace industry requires a greater focus on quality and material selection to meet high performance expectations. A comprehensive testing program helps you to ensure that your materials and processes will meet your customers’ exacting requirements.
The approvals you need to supply aerospace and defense
Element works with you in all phases of your product’s life cycle: from R&D support, through manufacturing and life cycle verification, to failure analysis and service. Whether you need to test individual fasteners or fastening systems, our highly trained staff is ready to help. Our chemistry department has the equipment and standards you’ll need to test the aluminum, titanium and highnickel alloys common in the aerospace industry. We can provide atmospheric heat treatment for your test samples, as well as elevated temperature tensile and stress rupture expertise.
Our engineers investigate samples in accordance with such governing bodies as:
- National Aerospace & Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap)
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Element evaluates fasteners using the following methods and techniques:
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Fastener chemical analysis
Fastener mechanical testing
Axial tensile testing
Wedge tensile testing
Double shear testing
Single shear testing
Torque testing
Proof load testing
Fastener metallurgical analysis
Dimensional inspection
Fastener failure analysis
Positive material identification
Fastener low-cycle fatigue testing
Fastener high-cycle fatigue testing
Elevated temperature tensiles
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Fluorescent penetrant
Magnetic particle inspection
Radiography or X-ray Relevant Aerospace Specifications
Procedural Specs:
NASM 1312-10
ASTM E292 and E139
Customer Specs:
GE C50TF13
AS 7479, AS 7578,
AS 7471D, AS 4777D |
Meeting Standards
Element Materials Technology’s quality program meets the ISO/IEC Guide 17025 standards (equivalent to the relevant laboratory requirements of the ISO 9002 series of standards).