The ATS Family of Companies (FoC) offers its analysis capabilities to find the cause of failures in a variety of components. Whether you are investigating a single component or dealing with a complete system failure, you can rely on the ATS failure analysis group’s expertise and in-depth knowledge of the product’s application and the relevant testing techniques to meet your full failure analysis needs.
From fractures to formability problems, corrosion to wear, our analysts will perform a root cause failure analysis and then assist in plans for prevention. Our metallurgists and professional engineers routinely conduct these services on a wide variety of materials, including steels, stainless steels, titanium, superalloys, copper and aluminum alloys, plastics, ceramics, and glass.
Metallurgical Failure Analysis Capabilities
Common Failure Causes
- Contamination
- Corrosion
- Creep
- Embrittlement
- Fatigue
- Impact
- Improper Material Selection
- Manufacturing Defects
- Overheating
- Overloading
Methods
- Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS)
- Hardness Testing
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Metallographic Examination
- Microstructural Analysis
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Tensile Testing
- Torque Testing
- Visual Inspection
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)