For more than 50 years, ATS has been providing material testing services to clients nationally and internationally. Our accredited labs have earned an excellent reputation among many major industries including automotive, aerospace, chemical, construction, manufacturing, power generation and more. Our diverse range of tests, many of which are standardized, measure material characteristics and behaviors when exposed to specific applied conditions. ATS experts collect and report detailed data that can assist in determining material identification, manufacturing/application suitability, mechanical reliability, and causes of failures.
List of ATS’ Accredited Material Testing Labs
Types of Materials Tested:
- Metals
- Polymers/Plastics
- Rubber
- Composites
- Wood
- Ceramic
- Glass
- Paper
- Leather
- Textiles
- Coatings/Paint
- Stone/Sand/Clay
ATS’ Multi-Disciplined Material Testing Services
Mechanical Testing – Accredited Services
- Notched Bar Impact – ASTM, EN, ISO
- Tensile – ASTM, EN, ISO
- NucleFastener Testing, Tensile – ASTM, SAEar
- Fracture Toughness – ASTM
- Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials – ASTM, ISO
- Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials – ASTM
- Microhardness of Materials – ASTM, EN, ISO
- Vickers Macrohardness – ASTM, EN, ISO
- Leeb Hardness – ASTM
Metallographic Analysis – Accredited Material Testing Services
- Macroscopic and Microscopic Examination of Weld – EN
- Inclusion Evaluation – ASTM
- Microstructure and Graphite Type in Iron – ASTM
- Gain Size – ASTM
- IGA Susceptibility - ASTM
- Metal and Oxide Coating Thickness - ASTM
- Coating Weight - ASTM
- Anodizing Coating Weight – ASTM
- Decarb Depth - ASTM
- Case Depth - ATS (ASM)
- SEM/EDS - ASTM
- Image Analysis - ASTM
- Coating Thickness – ASTM
- Acid Dissolution Testing of Anodic Coatings – ASTM
- Conductivity Measurement - ASTM
- Conductivity Measurement - ASTM
- Weld and Braze Evaluation and Qualification – AMS-STD, API, ASME, AWS, AASHTO, ISO, BS, BS EN, DIN EN, MIL-STD, NAVSEA, NACE
- Failure Investigation - ATS (ASM)
- Failure Investigation - ATS (ASM)
- Computed Tomography - ATS
Non-Metals Testing – Accredited Material Testing Services
- Pencil Hardness – ASTM
- Tape Adhesion – ASTM, FLTM, GM, ISO
- Specular Gloss – ASTM, ISO
- Color - ASTM, ISO
- Coating Impact – ASTM
- Izod Impact (Method A) – ASTM
- Rockwell Hardness, Plastic - ASTM
- Flexural Properties – ASTM
- VICAT Softening Temperature – ASTM
- Coating Thickness – ASTM
- Tensile Properties of Plastics – ASTM, ISO, DIN
- Durometer (Shore A & D) – ASTM, DIN
- Melt Flow – ASTM
- Tear Resistance - ASTM
- Heat Deflection Temperature - ASTM
- Odor Testing – VDA
- Organic Emissions of Non-Metallic Materials for Automobile – VDA
- Taber Abrasion – ASTM
- Fogging – DIN, PV
- Flammability of Interior Materials - DIN FMVSS, HES
- Flammability of Clothing Textiles – ASTM, 16 CFR
- Flammability of Plastic Materials – UL
- Flexible and Rigid Cellular Polymeric Materials – ISO
- Paints and Varnishes – Visual Comparison of Colour of Paints – ISO
- Paint and Varnishes – Evaluation of Degradation of Coatings - ISO
- Paints and Varnishes – Determination of Resistance to Cyclic Corrosion – ISO, MBN
Environmental Exposure – Accredited Material Testing Services
- Florida Exposure - PV
- Kalahari Exposure – PV
- Immersion in Liquids (Paints & Varnishes) – ISO
- Salt Spray – ASTM, FLTM BI, GM, DIN, ISO
- CASS – ASTM
- Altitude Testing – MIL-STD, RTCA
- Filiform Corrosion – ISO, ASTM
- Humidity – ASTM
- Water Fog – ASTM
- Coating for Automotive Industry – Pressure-water Jetting – DIN, DIN EN ISO
- Corrosion Test in Artificial Atmosphere – Salt Spray Test – DIN EN ISO
- Procedure for Exposing Test Specimens in Condensation Water Atmospheres- ISO
- Accelerated Corrosion Test – GM
- Cyclic Salt Fog – ASTM, SAE, GMW
- Stone Chip Resistance - DIN ISO
- Gravelometer – ASTM, SAE
- Color Stability of Plastics Exposed to Indoor Office Environments - ASTM
- UV Fluorescent Exposure Testing – ASTM, ISO
- Xenon Arc Weathering – ASTM, SAE, ISO, VDA
- Resistance to Artificial Weathering – FLTM BO
- Measurement of Gloss of Painted Panels -FLTM BI
- Resistance to Interior Weathering – FLTM BO
- Artificial Weathering of Automotive Interior Trim Materials – GMW
- Colorfastness to Artificial Weathering – GMW, ISO
- Weatherability for Automotive Parts – JIS
- Solar Simulation – DIN
- Shock and Vibration – MIL-STD, IEC
- Seismic Testing – IEEE 344, GR-63-CORE, AC-156
Chemical – Accredited Material Testing Services
- Optical Emissions Spectroscopy (OES) – ASTM
- X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) – ASTM
- XRF (Wavelength Dispersive) - ASTM
- Combustion (S, C, N, O, H)- ASTM
- SEM/EDS – ASTM
- X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) – ASTM
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) – ASTM
- Lead by Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) – ASTM
- Determining Lead Content in Substrates or Children’s Toys – ASTM
- Surface Coating Materials – Soluble Test for Metals – ASTM
- Toy Substrate Materials – ASTM
- Determining Total Lead in Paint and Other Similar Surface Coatings – 16 CFR 1303
- Determining Total Lead in Children’s Metal Products – CPSC
- Determining Total Lead in Non-Metal Children’s Products – CPSC
- Toy Safety: Migration of Certain Elements – EN
- Standard Operating Procedure for Determining Phthalates - CPSC
- Analysis of Bisphenol A - ATS
- Organic Emissions of Non-Metallic Materials for Automobiles – VDA
- Determination of Aldehyde and Ketone Emissions – GMW
- Substances of Concern Materials and Components Constituents and Emissions- BMW
- Substances of Concern Prohibited and Declarable Substances in Materials and Components- EPA
- Determination of Volatile Matter Content, Water Content, Density, Volume Solids, and Weight Solids of Surface Coatings – EPA, ASTM
- Toyota Engineering: Substances of Concern Materials and Components Constituents and Emissions – TSM
- Toyota Engineering: Substances of Concern Materials and Components Constituents and Emissions – TSM
- Non-Metallic Materials in Automotive Interior Trim; Determination of Emission of Organic Compounds – PV
- DSC – ASTM
- DMA – ASTM
- TGA – ASTM
- TMA – ASTM
- FTIR – ASTM
- Ion Chromatography (IC) – ASTM
- Specific Gravity – ASTM
- Brookfield Viscometer – ASTM
- Electrical Conductivity of Solutions – ASTM
- Capillary Viscometer – ASTM
- pH – ASTM
- Wet Chemistry – ASTM