Titan Metallurgy in Industry

Titan Metallurgy provides mechanical, metallurgical, and value-added testing for a wide range of industries. Materials we have worked with and tested include:

• • Wrought steel and stainless steel
  • Steel and stainless-steel components
  • Tool steel
  • Aluminum
  • Copper
  • Forgings
  • Castings of iron, steel, and aluminum
  • PVD/CVD coatings
  • Nickel plating
  • Phosphate coatings (Mn or Zn)
  • Chrome plating/hard chrome
  • Thermal Spray (HVOF/Plasma)
  • Carburized, Nitrided, and Ferritic Nitrocarburized components
  • Heat-treated components including
    • Quench and temper
    • Normalize
    • Annealing
    • Aging

Titan Metallurgy in the Steel Manufacturing, Foundry, and Forging Industry

Titan Metallurgy has many steel manufacturing, foundry and forging customers that rely on our expertise and testing services. We understand the unique issues and challenges of these industries and work closely with our customers to provide appropriate solutions for their mechanical and metallurgical testing needs. We are committed to providing low costs and fast turnarounds for all our customers. Common testing we provide for our steel manufacturing, foundry and forging customers include:

• • • Hardness testing to ASTM E10 and E18
      • Brinell hardness to ASTM E10
      • Rockwell hardness to ASTM E18
      • Microhardness (Vickers or Knoop) to ASTM E384
    • Mechanical testing to ASTM A370 and other common ASTM methods
      • Tensile properties (tensile, yield, elongation, reduction of area) to ASTM E8
    • Charpy impact testing to ASTM E23
    • Macro etching for structure and grain flow to ASTM E381
    • Microstructure testing
      • Rating phases and microstructures in cast iron and steel
        • Rating pearlite, ferrite, martensite, or spheroidization
      • Rating inclusion content to ASTM E45
      • Grain size to ASTM E112
      • Decarburization to ASTM E1077
      • Rating phases and precipitates in aluminum
      • Rating cast iron flakes or nodules to ASTM A247
    • Jominy testing to ASTM A255
    • Engineering support in identifying
      • Common raw material defects
      • Heat treating issues
      • Downstream processing issues
      • Casting Defects
      • Forging Defects
      • Failure modes and analysis, including SEM/EDS