Metallurgy and failure analysis
BETA Metallurgical Laboratory performs failure analysis of metal components, including boiler tubes, high-energy components, rotating equipment, valves, etc.

Each year clients from all over the United States rely on BETA's metallurgical and failure analysis laboratory. The widespread customer base includes the automotive industry, utilities, insurance companies, and a variety of manufacturing companies. Many of the services provided have assisted in the areas of material selection, fabrication, material analysis, condition assessment, and material identification. Our engineers and technicians on staff possess a great deal of knowledge and experience - a number of them have over 25 years of industry experience.

Capabilities include:
  • Macro and microscopic elemental analysis of materials, corrosion/combustion layers using SEM/EDS
  • Consulting services in the area of materials engineering
  • Chemical analysis by optical emission spectroscope, inductive coupled plasma
  • Material failure analysis and fracture characterization using scanning electron microscope
  • Evaluation of remaining useful life of waterwall tubes, superheater tubes and high-energy piping
  • Boiler tube and turbine blade deposit index and chemical analysis
  • Optical microscopy
  • Materials testing for a wide variety of materials and environments
  • Field chemical analysis, replications and hardness testing
  • Image analysis
  • Macro and micro hardness testing

Contact us for more information about metallurgy and failure analysis.

(04/15/08)