Element delivers critical aerospace materials testing services across the complete product lifecycle – from R&D to ongoing in-service support. Our extensive materials testing capabilities mean you can validate performance, achieve regulatory compliance, and maintain the highest safety standards, all while meeting demanding production schedules.
What is Aerospace Materials Testing Services?
Material failure is simply not an option in a safety-critical industry like aerospace. Aerospace materials testing rigorously examines the properties and behaviour of your aircraft’s materials to ensure they are fit for purpose and can withstand the most extreme conditions during flight. Through a range of destructive and non-destructive test methods, Element’s highly specialized experts can help you meet your deadlines and quality requirements, delivering quickly but – most importantly – accurately and efficiently.
What Can Element Offer You For Aerospace Materials Testing?
Components and materials we test
Our comprehensive testing capabilities cover the full spectrum of aerospace materials, from traditional metals and alloys to advanced composites and innovative coatings. We provide detailed material characterization and validation, so you can be sure your components meet stringent aerospace application requirements.
Methods and solutions offered
- Fatigue testing and fracture mechanics
- Tension and compression testing
- Impact and hardness testing
- Stress rupture and creep testing
- Non-destructive testing (NDT)
- Metallurgical testing and microscopy
- Chemical analysis
- Failure analysis and investigation
- Expert witness services
Cutting-edge equipment we use
Everything we do is designed to help our customers deliver materials, products and services that are always safe, quality, compliant and fit for purpose. Which is why our extensive range of mechanical testing equipment is always made up of the latest and most advanced technologies.
Which labs offer this service
The Element global network includes 35 industry leading, Nadcap-accredited laboratories strategically located in aerospace industry hubs. So wherever you – or your materials – are based in the world, we can provide you with convenient local access to world-class testing capabilities.
End to End support capabilities
From supporting your research and development (R&D), to production support, through in-service support and failure analysis, Element’s aviation experts have the expertise and access to state-of-the-art laboratories required to complete your projects.
Your Challenges, Our Solutions
your testing partner
Lack of specific expertise
Don’t let inhouse resource constraints hold you back. Whether developing new materials or manufacturing components, our experts have the knowledge and access to state-of-the-art laboratories required to assist projects including material characterization, material life predictions, and validation projects such as VSE or first article.
Time-to-Market Pressure
Access complete testing capabilities with one supplier, with our global network of laboratories and streamlined processes, to accelerate your development timeline. We’re constantly improving and innovating our technical and operational excellence, directly impacting how quickly and efficiently we deliver to you.
Production Support Challenges
You need a strategic testing partner with the capacity, capability, and credentials to meet challenging deadlines and quality requirements of production in the aerospace sector. Element are that partner.
Meeting Quality Assurance Demands
Trust our 80+ years of aerospace experience and comprehensive in-service support and failure analysis capabilities to make sure all your materials and components meet the highest safety and performance standards.
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Why Choose Element
Global Reach, Local Support
29 Nadcap-accredited laboratories worldwide providing convenient access to testing services.
Technical Excellence
Over 3,000 dedicated aerospace technicians, engineers, and scientists delivering reliable results.
Comprehensive Capabilities
Complete range of testing services from R&D through production to in-service support.
Industry Leadership
The largest independent global aerospace testing provider - serving both the commercial and military aerospace sectors for 80+ years.
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Element has one of the most comprehensive range of materials testing services for the aerospace sector. Click on one of the links below to find out more
Aerospace Mechanical Testing
Find out about Element's tensile, elongation, compression, impact, fracture toughness, stress, rupture, fatigue, hardness, abrasion & wear, bend, pressure, shear and torque testing services.
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
Find out about the range of NDT services Element uses to evaluate the properties of a material, parts, products, welds, or systems without materially affecting the integrity of the items being tested.
Structures
Find out how Element test key structures within aircraft, under static and dynamic operational loads, to assess the impact of fatigue and to determine accurate in-service life predictions for these structures.
Metallurgical Testing
Find out about Element's range of metallurgical testing services, including microscopy, corrosion evaluation, hardness and on-site services.
Fatigue Testing
Element's laboratories help customers characterize the properties and behaviors of materials and components using varying loads, speeds, and environmental conditions to create predictive patterns of future behavior.
Tensile Testing
Element delivers industry-leading tensile testing services for a wide range of metallic, polymeric, and other advanced materials to the Aerospace and other industry sectors.
Hardness Testing
Element's laboratories use a variety of micro-indentation and macro-indentation testing methods to determine the hardness of a material to deformation.
Stress Rupture and Creep
Find out how Element uses a variety of stress rupture and creep test methods to assess the effect of long term stress on metals, composites and a range of other advanced materials.
Fasteners
Find out how Element tests individual fasteners and fastening systems in high volumes, with reliable results to consistently meet the exacting demands of the Aerospace sector.
Additive Manufacturing
Find out how Element are leading the way in creating reliable and repeatable new test programs that deliver accurate results for the early adopters of additive manufacturing in Aerospace and other leading industry sectors.
Coatings Testing
We offer world-class materials expertise in polymers, elastomers, thermoplastics, composites, and structural adhesives. With a global reach of coatings laboratories in the UK, USA, Europe, and Asia, Element provides a comprehensive range of coatings testing services to the Energy, Aerospace, Defense, and Transportation sectors.
Charpy Impact Testing Services
Find out about the complete range of Charpy impact testing services that area available from Elements worldwide network of accredited laboratories.
Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) Testing
Our aerospace testing experts help companies characterize their CMC materials and develop their products with the properties needed for lightweight and extreme high-temperature applications.
Chemical Analysis
Find out how Element's chemistry teams work with our customers to identify the contents, composition and quality of materials they develop and manufacture.