Welding Engineering

According to the American Welding Society, over 50 percent of the U.S. gross national product can be associated with welded or bonded products.

As technology advances, these welded products become more technically complex, and require more training and support to meet compliance requirements. Element provides AWS-certified welding engineering and training services, and conducts weld testing and inspection programs for businesses in construction, electronics, power generation, oil, gas, and petrochemicals, materials development, automotive, aerospace and hydrospace, robotics, national defense industries, and more.

Element Certified Weld Inspectors (CWI) and Certified Weld Engineers (CWEng)

Element laboratories maintain CWI and CWEng-certified staff experienced in all aspects of ferrous, nonferrous, polymer properties and welding requirements. Our range of weld testing services includes:
  • Welder Training and Procedure Qualification in ASME and AWS welding codes and TÜV/PED requirements.
  • Development of Weld Procedures to meet client specifications and all applicable codes, with in-house machining.
  • Weld Failure Analysis investigating the causes of weld failures and developing cost-effective corrective actions.
  • Weld Quality Analysis through visual inspection, macroscopic and metallographic examination, and other nondestructive testing methods. The quality and reliability of weld joints, including those in fabrication are evaluated with in-house and onsite inspections.
  • Weld Repairs Development and management of repair welding projects including failure analysis, procedure development, procedure and performance qualification, witness and troubleshooting of repairs, inspection of completed work, and coordination of post-weld heat treatment, painting, shipping, etc.
  • Weld Machine Calibration Certification of welding equipment to comply with electrical parameters, including qualification of electrodes and rods.
  • Welding Process Improvement Audit, inspection, and review of welding processes and procedures to troubleshoot and correct problems and inefficiencies.

Welding and Welding Engineering Services

  • Weld cross-section measurement
  • Component structural teardown
  • Stereoscope evaluations
  • Weld evaluations to specifications
  • Weld/base metal chemical analysis
  • Weld process troubleshooting
  • Weld sectioning
  • Weld metallography
  • Microstructure evaluation 
  • Charpy impact
  • Fracture toughness
  • Microhardness
  • Weld failure analysis

Element provides the following types of weld testing:

  • MIG weld testing
  • TIG weld testing
  • Stick weld testing
  • Wire weld testing
  • GMAW Gas metal arc weld testing
  • GTAW Gas tungsten arc weld testing
  • Tungsten inert gas weld testing