As the use of additive manufacturing grows across industries, our Engaged Experts are on the leading edge of the new process, providing the most comprehensive level of additive manufacturing testing services in the industry.
As a trusted testing partner, we are supporting our clients in aerospace testing, medical devices testing, transportation testing, and energy by accelerating the creation of stringent international testing standards for additive manufacturing. In doing so, we have been able to qualify early in these highly-regulated industries characterized by rigorous validation. Our goal is to ensure that materials and products created with additive manufacturing methods are safe and fit for purpose in critical applications.
Our additive manufacturing services
We are facing the new challenges presented by additive manufacturing head-on, including understanding the issues our clients face when identifying and defining test requirements, creating reliable programs for quality assurance, determining material properties that may be vulnerable in additive manufacturing applications, and detecting critical flaws with a higher level of accuracy and detail. We are proud to be leading developments in additive manufacturing and testing methods, and collaborating with industry leaders, high education and public sector organizations to ensure the success of these new manufacturing resources.
With experts actively involved in organizations ranging from the ASTM International Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Testing Technology and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute to America Makes, our clients can be sure that we are staying on the forefront of additive manufacturing testing. You can be certain that your results from Element are reliable, accurate and dependable, no matter what the application. Our experts help ensure that your products can go to market quickly and safely.
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Abrasion and Wear Testing
Aerospace Fasteners
Aircraft Interiors Flammability Testing
Chemical Analysis
Chemical Processing
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Die Steel Qualification
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
Eddy Current Inspection
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FEA
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Hardness Testing
Impact
Liquid Penetrant Inspection
Magnetic Particle
Material Properties
Mechanical Testing
Metallurgical Testing
NDT Field Services
Nondestructive Testing and Inspection
Nonmetals Failure Analysis
Nonmetal Mechanical Testing
Nonmetal Testing
On-site metallographic examination
Paint and Coating Material Testing Services
Passivation
Polymer Matrix Composite Testing
Polymer Testing Services
Positive Material Identification
Radiographic Inspection
Residual Stress Measurement
Residue Analysis
Sour Service Corrosion Testing
Stress Rupture and Creep Testing
Stress Strain Analysis
Tensile Testing
Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
