2020 Newsletter

ATS has original roots in the aviation industry, our founders worked for Lockheed Martin, an aerospace company located in Marietta, GA.  Since our founding in 1967 we have increasingly performed a wide array of testing related to airplanes. The ATS NDT group has performed testing on many different aerospace components both in the lab and…

Congratulations to the ATS Greenville, SC branch office as they have achieved AS9100D certification! The Greenville office is the first Non-Destructive Testing branch office to have a third party certified AS9100D Quality Management System. AS9100D is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. AS9100D was developed by the International Aerospace Quality Group…

ATS is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Florian Misoc to their Forensic Investigations Department. Dr. Misoc holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, an M.Sc. in Engineering Technology from Pittsburg State University, and a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Bucharest. Dr. Misoc’s prior experience includes Associate Professorships at…

GEC continues to advance knowledge and capabilities using a UD T2000 electrodynamic shaker.  The T2000 shaker is rated to 28,000 force-pounds and maximum payload of 1,800 pounds. GEC has simulated extremely severe vibration/shock environments such as rockets taking off, missile flight events, and even igniters that are mounted inside a liquid oxygen storage tank. A…

The ATS Metallurgy and Failure Analysis team presented their studies as invited speakers at the internationally acknowledged Materials Science & Technology 2019 conference in Portland, OR. The presentations were as follows: As a leading organization consisting of various material science related societies in the field of metallurgy and failure analysis, the conference provided an opportunity…

ATS has acquired a new Microtrac S3500 to increase our powder testing capabilities and to better serve the additive manufacturing industry.  The Microtrac S3500 uses laser light diffraction to provide particle size distribution testing per ASTM B822. This helps to ensure that 3D printing feedstock material meets manufacturer physical requirements, which is critical to printing…

Today, if you are not using the cloud, you are in the minority. Abel Solutions, an ATS company, is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Cloud Service Provider who can help you maximize your investment in the cloud. If you have not already started leveraging Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 to increase your productivity and…

ATS Commercial Services has always been focused on providing great service to our clients. As we move into the new decade, we are determined to further that service by focusing on client education. We have offered lunch-and-learns to commercial architecture firms in the past, presenting design requirements of façade access systems for new construction. Moving…